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Emerging opportunities from Ireland’s sustainable energy transition

  • Pavithra Ramesh
  • 4 Min

SEAI’s recent report suggests that Ireland’s supply chain will play a strategic role in the ongoing energy transition and further contribute to the nation’s economic growth and creation of jobs in the years ahead.

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Energy Research

Challenging assumptions about how people in Ireland heat their homes

  • Hannah Julienne
  • 4 Min

Heating is the single most energy intensive activity that takes place in Irish homes, but we haven’t had a good picture of how people actually heat their homes – until now.

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Business & Industry

Top Five Reasons to Attend the SEAI Energy Show

  • Kim Buckley
  • 2 Min

The Energy Show is a must visit for businesses and organisations interested in saving energy or switching to clean energy solutions.

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Energy Statistics
Featured

Stat Chat: A new first look at Ireland's Energy Supply

  • Dr. Emily Byrne
  • 5 Min

A new report from SEAI helps illustrate key details of Ireland's energy supply in 2023 and the security of that supply.

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Featured
Home Energy Upgrades

How we became the proud owners of a heat pump

  • Tom Halpin
  • 8 Min

Tom, from SEAI, shares his reasons for switching over to a heat pump in his home.

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Climate Action
Featured
Home Energy Upgrades

The value of a home energy upgrade

  • Dr. Ciaran Byrne
  • 8 Min

Interested in learning more about the 'value' of a home retrofit and why it should outweigh the cost, especially when it comes to the lifetime benefits you can expect.

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Electric Vehicles
Featured

A Year Driving Electric

  • Fergus Sharkey
  • 10 Min

Thinking of purchasing an EV? Hear from Fergus, who bought his first EV in 2023. Get an honest, practical and balanced view of what it's like to make the switch and drive an EV as the family car for last 12 months.

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Business & Industry
Featured

Energy Efficient Design - why do we need it?

  • Jason Doherty
  • 5 Min

Everyone knows that large businesses need to be more carbon efficient, but the question is, how? And what's the best approach?

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Electric Vehicles
Featured

Fuel Price Comparison

  • Shane Prendergast
  • 5 Min

Let's set the record straight on the new Fuel Price Comparison posters displayed now at fuelling stations nationwide.

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Climate Action
Featured

Margie McCarthy's Five Degrees of Change

  • Daniel Murray
  • 6 Min

Margie McCarthy, the Director of Research and Policy Insights at the SEAI, explains the changes she would make for a greener world.

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    Electric Vehicles

    Why have EV sales dropped in 2024?

    • Emer Barry
    • 4 Min

    The first three months of 2024 has seen the first ever reduction in EV sales. Emer Barry, SEAI, asks the question why, and examines some potential reasons for this drop.

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    Electric Vehicles

    Electric Vehicles: Reaching Price Parity

    • Conor Edgley
    • 5 Min

    Conor, from our EV team, examines the latest trends in the EV market and asks if we've reached price parity yet.

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    Communities
    Renewable Technologies

    Empowering Sustainable Energy Communities: A Guide to Solar Meitheal Projects

    • Eilish McCabe
    • 4 Min

    Discover the benefits to activating your own Solar Meitheal project, in your Sustainable Energy Community (SEC)

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    Climate Action
    Communities

    Young Environmentalist Awards: Pobal Scoil Neasain at the Eco Den Semi-finals

    • Aoife Cannon
    • 3 Min

    Aoife Cannon, Schools Programme Manager at SEAI shares her experience of being a judge at the Young Environmentalists Awards

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    Electric Vehicles
    Featured

    Fuel Price Comparison

    • Shane Prendergast
    • 5 Min

    Let's set the record straight on the new Fuel Price Comparison posters displayed now at fuelling stations nationwide.

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    Reduce Your Use

    Reduce your Use: Heat water the right way and save money!

    • OPW
    • 5 Min

    Don't let your hot water system flush money down the drain - Save energy and money by looking at the different options to heat water at home.

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    Climate Action
    Featured

    Margie McCarthy's Five Degrees of Change

    • Daniel Murray
    • 6 Min

    Margie McCarthy, the Director of Research and Policy Insights at the SEAI, explains the changes she would make for a greener world.

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    Climate Action
    Home Energy Upgrades

    The Year of the Heat Pump

    • Dr Ciaran Byrne, Director of National Retrofit
    • 6 Min

    2023 was an exceptional year for retrofit in the residential
    sector. Building on the achievements made in 2022, last year
    hit new, more ambitious targets. The trajectory is going in
    the right direction, and that is a testament to the appetite
    of the Irish people to do something tangible to reduce the
    CO2 emissions from their homes.

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    Electric Vehicles

    Electric Vehicle Charging Essentials - Part 2

    • 4 Min

    New to driving electric or planning to make the switch to an EV soon? We share all the essential information you need to know about charging your EV

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    Electric Vehicles

    Electric Vehicle Charging  Essentials - Part 3

    • 6 Min

    New to driving electric or planning to make the switch to an EV soon? We share all the essential information you need to know about charging your EV. 

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    Electric Vehicles

    Electric Vehicle Charging Essentials - Part 1

    • 4 Min

    New to driving electric or planning to make the switch to an EV soon? We share all the essential information you need to know about charging your EV.

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    Climate Action

    How You Move Matters

    • 8 Min

    Fergus Sharkey of SEAI and Professor Brian Caulfield of Trinity College Dublin recently shared ideas with broadcaster Sinead Ryan on reshaping Ireland's transportation landscape on SEAI's 180 Degrees Podcast.

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    Electric Vehicles

    My driving test in an electric car

    • Orla Grant
    • 3 Min

    We all remember our first driving test, right? The fear! Hear from Orla Grant, who took her first driving test in an electric car.

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    Home Energy Upgrades

    Switch to clean, renewable energy with a heat pump

    • Susan Andrews
    • 3 Min

    It's time to give your home an energy upgrade and switch to clean, renewable energy with a heat pump.

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    Business & Industry
    Featured

    Five things to do at the SEAI Energy Show

    • Orla Grant
    • 4 Min

    Ireland's leading B2B sustainable energy event is happening soon and you won't want to miss it.

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    Electric Vehicles

    EVs: The Burning Question

    • Shane Prendergast
    • 4 Min

    Shane Prendergast, Programme Manager for EV Charging Infrastructure & Policy and Smart Networks, highlights the clear research and evidence available which debunks the myths and false narratives around the chances of an EV catching fire.

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