Issue 124
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Energy and Environment
Renewable electricity generation in Northern Ireland 2024: Second successive decrease
In March 2025, the most recent figures on Electricity Consumption and Renewable Generation in Northern Ireland – covering the calendar…
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Energy and Environment
Celebrating 20 years of growth and promoting the move to a greener future for Northern Ireland
2025 marks a significant milestone for firmus energy networks – 20 years at the heart of energy infrastructure development in…
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Energy and Environment
Achieving net gain from offshore wind farms
Andrew Edwards-Jones, social science researcher at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), tells agendaNi about potential measures that could enable offshore wind…
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Energy and Environment
Storage required to manage renewable oversupply
If not proactively managed, curtailing renewable generation when there is more supply potential than demand could become a major barrier…
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Energy and Environment
Great British Energy Bill: Uncertainty remains over Northern Ireland implications
In its report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Great British Energy Bill, the Committee for the Economy has…
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Energy and Environment
Progress on the horizon for Northern Ireland’s renewable sector but now is not the time for complacency
It is an exciting time for the renewables sector in Northern Ireland, with some highly anticipated policy progress due to…
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Energy and Environment
Navigating Northern Ireland’s energy transition
A colleague of mine often talks about the energy transition by mis-quoting Star Trek’s Montgomery Scott: “Ye cannae change the…
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Energy and Environment
Integrating solar PV into the grid
Georgios Tzounas, Assistant Professor at University College Dublin (UCD), outlines the modelling, simulation, and control challenges that arise when solar…
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Energy and Environment
Building bridges: Innovating to keep the lights on
The Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE), set up by Invest NI, has been instrumental in helping Northern Ireland’s industry…
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Energy and Environment
Energy commitments in Programme for Government 2024-2027
With a total of 22 mentions, energy permeates the Executive’s Programme for Government (PfG) for 2024-2027, Our Plan: Doing What…
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