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EirGrid ordered to disclose costings
The defence of “commercial or industrial confidentiality” is routinely abused by many enterprises to conceal a plethora of evils from the reach of legitimate requests for Access to Information on the Environment (AIE). . Article 9(1)(c) of the AIE Regulations … Continue reading
Posted in EIA Directive 2014/52/EU, EirGrid; Insurance; Law; Cancer; EMF, EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target, Freedom of Information; Access to Environmental Information; AIE; Commissioner for Environmental Information, Law; High Court; Leave To Appeal; Environment, NREAP; National Renewable Energy Action Plan; EU Commission; Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; ACCC, Paudie Coffey; series compensation; Fine Gael; Alan Kelly; Alex White, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters; Aarhus Convention; Aarhus Treaty
Tagged Aarhus Treaty; Aarhus Convention; UN; EU; windfarms; NREAP; Pat Swords; Rabbitte; environment; wind turbines; consultation; EirGrid;, Al;ex White TD; Green Paper on Energy Policy in Ireland; New Ross, Alan Kelly; Labour Party; wind turbines; setback distance, Catherine McGuinness; John Fitzgerald; Keith Bell; Karen Foley; Colm McCarthy; Pat Rabbitte; EirGrid, Coolnabacky; Laois; Kilkenny; An Bord Pleanala; Andrew Boyle; EirGrid; substation; 110kV; 400kV; Rabbitte; EirGrid; pylons; EMF; judicial review; High Court; appeal; justice; Fianna Fail; Fine Gael; L, Rabbitte; cancer; EMF; expert panel; Catherine McGuinness; EirGrid; Chief Scientific Advisor; Michael Repacholi; WHO; ICNIRP; leukaemia; Dennis Henshaw; Dr Graham Roberts; Grid 25; Fianna Fail; Fine G, Rabbitte; Phil Hogan; Office of the Chief Scientific Advisor; error; academic research; methodolgy; ethics; EirGrid; cancer; EMF; EMR; Dennis Henshaw; child leukaemia
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The Cloud Bytes Back
This is a guest blog on the excellent Irish Energy Blog which I have very cheekily nicked – thanks Owen! http://irishenergyblog.blogspot.ie/2015/10/the-cloud-bytes-back-how-data-centres.html It is also a timely reminder to those people who think that GridLink has gone away forever. We need … Continue reading
Posted in Apple; Google; Data Centre, EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target
Tagged Aarhus Treaty; Aarhus Convention; UN; EU; windfarms; NREAP; Pat Swords; Rabbitte; environment; wind turbines; consultation; EirGrid;, Al;ex White TD; Green Paper on Energy Policy in Ireland; New Ross, Alan Kelly; Labour Party; wind turbines; setback distance, BW Energy; ReThink Pylons; Green Paper on Energy; wind turbines; GridLink; EirGrid; biomass; Solar PV; renewable energy, Catherine McGuinness; John Fitzgerald; Keith Bell; Karen Foley; Colm McCarthy; Pat Rabbitte; EirGrid, cloud; data centre; Apple; Google
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Questions for EirGrid
There has been intense speculation about EirGrid’s announcement on GridLink, and the miracle cure in the form of “series compensation”. . I am not an engineer or very technical-minded, and even when some engineering friends tried to explain it to … Continue reading
Posted in Paudie Coffey; series compensation; Fine Gael; Alan Kelly; Alex White
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Wind and the Green Dream: Flatulence and Fancy
The renewable energy industry, more particularly the wind industry, has always portrayed itself as the noble knight on the white charger, crusading to save our planet from global warming and climate change. . Nothing could be further from the truth. … Continue reading
Posted in EIA Directive 2014/52/EU, EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target
Tagged Aarhus Treaty; Aarhus Convention; UN; EU; windfarms; NREAP; Pat Swords; Rabbitte; environment; wind turbines; consultation; EirGrid;, Aarhus Treaty; Aarhus Convention; UN; EU; windfarms; NREAP; Pat Swords; Rabbitte; environment; wind turbines; consultation; EirGrid; GridLink; John Lowry; Fine Gael; Fianna Fail; Labour Party; Green P, Al;ex White TD; Green Paper on Energy Policy in Ireland; New Ross, Alan Kelly; Labour Party; wind turbines; setback distance, autism; special needs; aspergers; home education; Department of Education; autistic units; national schools; teachers; Education; human rights; ABA; speech therapy; play therapy; educational therapy; , BW Energy; ReThink Pylons; Green Paper on Energy; wind turbines; GridLink; EirGrid; biomass; Solar PV; renewable energy, Catherine McGuinness; John Fitzgerald; Keith Bell; Karen Foley; Colm McCarthy; Pat Rabbitte; EirGrid
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Electricity Prices will get higher and higher
Here is the text of the letter by Wind Aware Ireland in today’s Sunday Business Post: Wind Aware Ireland welcomes the examination by the Oireachtas Committee on Communications and Transport of the rise in electricity prices for Irish consumers and … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine McGuinness; John Fitzgerald; Keith Bell; Karen Foley; Colm McCarthy; Pat Rabbitte; EirGrid, CIArb; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; EirGrid; independent review; consultation; Aarhus; GridLink; Grid25; NREAP; Pat Swords; Fine Gael; Fianna Fail; Rabbitte; Green Party; Eamonn Ryan; Labour, CSA; Chief Scientific Adviser; Professor Patrick Cunningham; Professor Denis O'Sullivan; EirGrid; E.ON International Energy; SSE Renewables; Pat Rabbitte; Paul Dowling; Aidan Corcoran, EirGrid; budget; tax; stealth tax; PSO Levy; electricity price; charges; financial statement; Fine Gael; Fianna Fail; Labour Party; People Before Profit; Direct Democracy; ESB; Rabbitte; Phil Hogan; S, Wind Aware Ireland; electricity; prices; ESB; Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; poverty; fuel poverty; household bills
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Breaking the Law
“All lawful modes of expressing opposition to this principle had been closed by legislation, and we were placed in a position in which we had either to accept a permanent state of inferiority, or to defy the Government. We chose … Continue reading
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A Farewell to Pensions
The National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) was established by the National Pensions Reserve Fund Act No 33 0f 2000 by the then Minister of Finance, Charlie McCreevy. Its intended purpose was to prepare for the ever-increasing pensions bill of the … Continue reading
Posted in EirGrid; Insurance; Law; Cancer; EMF
Tagged Aarhus Treaty; Aarhus Convention; UN; EU; windfarms; NREAP; Pat Swords; Rabbitte; environment; wind turbines; consultation; EirGrid; GridLink; John Lowry; Fine Gael; Fianna Fail; Labour Party; Green P, Catherine McGuinness; John Fitzgerald; Keith Bell; Karen Foley; Colm McCarthy; Pat Rabbitte; EirGrid, CIArb; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; EirGrid; independent review; consultation; Aarhus; GridLink; Grid25; NREAP; Pat Swords; Fine Gael; Fianna Fail; Rabbitte; Green Party; Eamonn Ryan; Labour, Coolnabacky; Laois; Kilkenny; An Bord Pleanala; Andrew Boyle; EirGrid; substation; 110kV; 400kV; Rabbitte; EirGrid; pylons; EMF; judicial review; High Court; appeal; justice; Fianna Fail; Fine Gael; L, Mainstream Renewable Power; National Pensions Reserve Fund; National Competitiveness Council; Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; Charlie McCreevy; Brian Lenihan; Minister of Finance; Labour; Fianna Fa, Pat Swords; High Court; Four Courts; Pat Rabbitte; NREAP; EirGrid; EU; wind energy; wind turbines; pylons; Labour; Fianna Fail; Sinn Fein; Green Party; Eamon Ryan
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Is EirGrid an ‘illegal organisation’? – Part 2
I have written an article questioning whether EirGrid is an “illegal organisation”. The article is published in the Irish Law Times in three parts, with Part 1 to be found at pages 81-85 of Volume 32 (2014), and now Part … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine McGuinness; John Fitzgerald; Keith Bell; Karen Foley; Colm McCarthy; Pat Rabbitte; EirGrid, Catherine McGuinness; John Fitzgerald; Keith Bell; Karen Foley; Colm McCarthy; Pat Rabbitte; EirGrid cyclist; status; Road Traffic Act; interpretation; motorist; Special Olympics; Green Man Dr Graham
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THE PANEL (no, not the comedy show)
Whenever a Commission or Board of Inquiry is announced, the overall focus is on the people making up that panel. And this is right, because the people on that panel have usually worked long and hard in their particular areas … Continue reading
