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Children at St Patrick’s and St Joseph‘s Primary School, Glenullin near Garvagh were tested on their knowledge of green energy recently, on a visit to the school from international renewable energy developer, ABO Wind. The school Assembly was the culmination of seven weeks of work and learning and was attended by pupils’ parents and family members, so …

26 October, 2022 Leading international renewable energy developer, ABO Wind has established a full-time presence in England with the opening of its new office in Slough, Berkshire. This will be its first office in England and will complement existing offices in Lisburn in Northern Ireland and Falkirk in Scotland. The new office forms part of …

Belfast-based communications firm Belmont Strategy has strengthened its PR offering with the appointment of Fionnuala O’Connell to its senior team. O’Connell joins the consultancy from NI Water, where she was most recently External Communications Manager. As well as having extensive experience in infrastructure communications, she previously worked at the Ulster Farmers’ Union and spent almost …

Belfast. Thursday 29th September 2022 – Northern Ireland industry group Hydrogen NI has welcomed future collaboration with the Civil Service in working to develop a clean hydrogen economy. Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Jayne Brady met today with Hydrogen NI members to hear how a thriving regional hydrogen economy will be a crucial …

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The planning system has a key role to play in facilitating Northern Ireland’s clean energy transition. That was the message delivered at the latest Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Energy Forum event, held today at the MAC, Belfast.

Hydrogen NI, the industry group that represents the voice of the clean hydrogen sector in Northern Ireland, has welcomed the Department for the Economy’s renewed commitment to growing a thriving clean hydrogen economy here in the region. The Department’s ambitions were set out during a webinar event hosted by Hydrogen NI, at which at which …

Hydrogen NI has hosted the Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Conor Burns MP at a meeting in Belfast to discuss the exciting opportunities a green hydrogen economy offers Northern Ireland. The Minister for State joined Hydrogen NI members for a wide-ranging discussion on topics including the progress made across the sector to date and …

Up to three quarters of the electricity flowing on the electricity grid at any point in time can now come from variable renewable sources following the completion of a ground-breaking project by grid operator SONI. The power system is the first in the world to reach this level, overcoming major technical challenges associated with integrating …