Plans for the UK's first tidal energy farm have moved a step closer to realisation after engineering giant Siemens confirmed it has joined the latest £4.8m funding round in Marine Current Turbines (MCT).

Novozymes has launched the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste.

Bloom Energy has unveiled its fuel cell technology amid claims that the system can support neighbourhoods and commercial campuses with enough energy to effectively take them off the grid.

Siemens, Europe's biggest engineering group, could target component makers for takeovers in its drive to become one of the top three players in the wind energy sector.

Hundreds of new jobs are to be created under a £100 million investment in a new wind turbine research centre, it has been announced.

Do not make the mistake of thinking energy prices will fall substantially in the years ahead.

As part of Engineers’ Week, which took place in February, groups of school students travelled to attend an event to find out more about renewable energy.

The Ocean Energy Development Unit (OEDU) of Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has deployed a weather buoy off the coast of North Mayo to monitor wave and weather conditions.

Dublin City Council could halve its €7m-a-year lighting bill by using more energy-efficient bulbs, it has been claimed.

One year after Bord Gáis launched its Big Switch campaign, up to 300,000 customers have defected from the ESB to avail of cheaper electricity.