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Following the publication of the provisional results last week of the first auction under the Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS) (see our previous article here)...

The Planning and Development Act 2024 was signed into law by the President on 17 October 2024. It is expected that the act will be commenced in stages...

In the coming year, Ireland will take steps towards unlocking the potential of the internet of things and the green economy.

The proposed Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (the EPB Recast Directive) looks set to bring about significant changes to the way in which buildings are constructed and maintained.

Budget 2023 has allocated €2.14bn in funding for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Department). This allocation is an increase of €283m on Budget 2022 and the highest level...

The Council agreed its positionon operational provisions (643 KB) to be included in the proposed Regulation establishing the Connecting Europe Facility 2028–2034.

In November 2021, Ireland's Climate Action Plan was finally published which sets out in detail how Ireland is going to take action to achieve firstly, a 51% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and secondly, ...

The Government is consulting on RESS 3 auction design and implementation. The closing date for responses is 16 December 2022.

We anticipate further changes to the Public Works Contracts. The last of the changes throughout 2022 and 2023 were the introduction of a limit on the Contractor's liability to a sum stated or the Contract Price...

The need for district heating development has been identified by the Irish Government as being a key part of Ireland's overall strategy to improve energy efficiency of buildings and reduce emissions.

In its Programme for Government 2025, the Irish Government plans to enact legislation to accelerate the roll out of district heating systems in Ireland.

Several initiatives are underway to refine the CBAM, which applies to certain goods being imported into the EU (in the categories of cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen)...

The European Parliament has approved revisions to the European Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) that are intended to reduce carbon...

The EU Taxonomy Regulation1 sets down the conditions which must be met in order for an economic activity to be considered "environmentally sustainable".

The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, as amended (the 2015 Act) commits Ireland to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 51% from 2018 levels by 2030...

RESS 4 is the fourth auction held under the Irish Government's Renewable Electricity Support Scheme.

Consultation on RESS 6 terms and conditions by the Department for Climate, Energy and the Environment runs until 13 March 2026.