GT Energy News
24/09/10
A COMPANY plans to provide power for 8,000 homes by tapping into boiling water hidden four kilometres below the Earth's surface.
GT Energy has sought planning permission to build the country's first geothermal energy plant at Newcastle, Co Dublin, which it says will produce environmentally-friendly energy within two years.
20/09/10
Irish Government to table geothermal energy law
Ireland is preparing a draft law to boost the development of geothermal energy in the country.
20/09/10
Ireland's Minister for Natural Resources, Conor Lenihan T.D. has announced that the Irish Government is drafting a Geothermal Energy Bill
The Bill, according to the Minister, will allow for the licensing of companies to explore for and develop deep geothermal energy resources.
20/6/10
GT Energy to test for geothermal opportunities
GT Energy, an Irish-owned company specialising in deep geothermal energy, has secured a grant of €162,000 from Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI).
31/5/10
GT Energy and ESBI sign partnership to build Ireland's first geothermal energy plant
GT Energy, a leading company that specialises in harnessing deep geothermal energy in the development and provision of renewable heat and electricity, has entered into a Technology Partnership Agreement (TPA) with ESB International (ESBI).
31/5/10
Irish companies join forces to tap geothermal energy
ESB International (ESBI) plans to join with GT Energy to develop systems for generating electricity from geothermal energy – heat generated under the ground.
25/4/10
GT Energy raises €1.6m from investors and grants
An Irish firm that aims to become a major player in geothermal energy has raised almost €1.6 million in equity and grant funding.
22/2/10
Building a Greener Future for Ballymena
Ulster Unionist North Antrim MLA, Rev Dr Robert Coulter, and UUP consumer affairs spokesperson, Robin Swann, have welcomed the provision of grants worth up to £500,000 for a low carbon project in Ballymena.
4/2/10
Ballymena going green with carbon neutral network
Ballymena is bidding to become Northern Ireland’s first carbon neutral town thanks to an innovative new scheme to heat homes and businesses using energy from beneath the earth’s crust.
4/2/10
Ballymena Borough Council and GT Energy Secure £500,000 to Advance Green Energy Project for Town
Ballymena Borough Council (“the Council”) and GT Energy, a leading company specialising in the harnessing of geothermal energy...
9/7/09
GT Energy form Strategic Alliance with Ballymena Borough Council
Ballymena set to become first town in Ireland to harness deep geothermal energy...
6/4/09
GT Energy appoints two new directors
GT Energy, an Irish company specialising in the extraction of hot water from deep below the earth’s surface, has appointed former Fine Gael minister...
27/11/08
Energy network to heat 60,000 homes
A spin-off of civil engineering firm Liffey Developments is spending...
11/11/08
Geothermal energy could provide 15% of Dublin's heat
As much as 15 per cent of Dublin's hot water and heating could be provided by geothermal energy...
4/11/08
Geothermal energy soon for Dublin consumers
4/11/07
Clean energy at the core
Geothermal Energy has identified two locations in Ireland where its eco-friendly energy can be utilised...
25/10/07
Geothermal firm claims fault line could yield cheap power
A geological fault line that stretches along the fringes of Dublin could provide thousands of homes...
- *Courtesy of the Irish Times www.irishtimes.com
- **Courtesy of the Sunday Business Post www.sbpost.ie
- ***Courtesy of the UUP www.uup.org
- †Courtesy of the Belfast Telegraph www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- ††Courtesy of Business and Finance www.businessandfinance.ie