Electrek

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill.

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Electrek

APRIL 12, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland’s Moneypoint coal station will become a green energy hub that includes a floating offshore wind farm. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

The new link also facilitates power trading between the two countries and connects Ireland to the European grid. As Ireland expands its wind power capacity, it can export surplus electricity to the UK, and can import power when required.

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Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2024

600 MWh Tesla Megapacks will be installed on the same site as Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm in eastern England. Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm is located near Norwich, Norfolk, in Swardeston. Our 12 operational UK offshore wind farms are providing a huge amount of clean energy to the grid.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 25, 2023

The message above was sent through the first transatlantic telegraph cable between Newfoundland and Ireland, way back in 1858. million km of submarine cables (Figure 1) in service, ranging from a short 131 km cable between Ireland and the U.K. It makes sense: Wind is stronger and more consistent over the open ocean than it is on land.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This stretch, called Iris, will link Iceland to Ireland. The station, called Fengning and located about 200 kilometers north of Beijing, will store up to 40 gigawatt-hours of energy, and help keep the grid on clean energy when the wind isn’t blowing or the sun’s not shining.

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