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The Government published a Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026 and Circulars, following on from the Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan (PDF 7.8MB). We consider the Bill in our insights post...

The European Commission published new and updated guidance for Member States to accelerate deployment of renewable energy.

Societal change in response to climate change is not a new topic. However, as the global climate crisis grows, more and more organisations are taking steps to curb their impact on the environment.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published on 18 February 2025 a proposed decision paper on Large Energy Users – connection policy (CRU/202504).

RESS 5 is the fifth auction held under the Irish Government's Renewable Electricity Support Scheme.

Ireland recently signed a joint declaration on green hydrogen development co-operation with Germany, which will play an important role in decarbonising and expanding our energy system.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) published on Friday 8 March its policy paper "Powering Prosperity, Ireland's Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy"...

Earlier today, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Energy (DCEE) published the provisional results of the Tonn Nua offshore wind auction, Ireland's second offshore wind auction under...

The Terms and Conditions and Timetable for RESS 3 are now available, with the qualification process opening on 30 May 2023.

For background, following a public consultation in 2020, the Government published a policy statement in April 2021 adopting a three-phased approach to offshore wind deployment...

The Private Wires Bill 2025 - only the General Scheme of the Bill has been published to date. This was submitted to the Joint Committee for review.

The Irish Government has launched a €200 million biomethane capital grant scheme aimed at supporting indigenous biomethane production. This Expression of Interest process invites prospective developers to provide project information that may qualify for capital support under the initiative. The scheme represents a significant step toward Ireland's ambitious target of producing 5.7 terawatt-hours of biomethane by 2030.

On 26 September 2019, EirGrid launched its 2020-2025 Strategy in response to the Irish Government's 2019 Climate Action Plan.

The European Commission has published its final Delegated Regulation establishing a common rating scheme for data centres, introducing electronic sustainability labels for facilities with at least 500 kW of IT power demand. The regulation incorporates significant changes from the draft version, particularly around nuclear energy consumption indicators, and will require data centre operators to understand complex conditionality requirements for energy procurement arrangements.

The European Commission approved a €682 million Belgian scheme to support renewable offshore wind energy to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy.

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, received approval from the Government on 5 July 2024...

As several instruments are finalised (see here), work continues on further elements of EU energy and climate legislation.