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707, 2015

Submission to Kerry County Council

By |July 7th, 2015|BLOG: KERRY RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OPERATIVE|0 Comments

Hi all,

 

Just a quick note to show our submission to the LECP has been acknowledged by Kerry County Council

From: LECP <LECP@kerrycoco.ie>
To: Barry Clarke <barryfishir@yahoo.co.uk>; energy@transitionkerry.org
Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 14:10
Subject: RE: Submission

Dear Mr Clarke,

I acknowledge with thanks receipt of your submission to the LECP.

Kind regards,

Lisa Fanning
Community Department
Kerry County Council”

707, 2015

Green Foundation Ireland

By |July 7th, 2015|BLOG: ECONOMY WORKGROUP|0 Comments

Hi all,

 

Here is another interesting link from Barry Clarke

Its a group which looks at ideas for creating a sustainable society in Ireland and throughout Europe.

http://www.greenfoundationireland.ie/

They also have some interesting publications on their website, such as

Sustainable Democratic Energy for Ireland and Europe.

The section on Citizens Jury’s in quite interesting.

2806, 2015

Energy Co-op Flyer

By |June 28th, 2015|BLOG: KERRY RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OPERATIVE|0 Comments

Hi all,

Here is a copy of our Flyer should the group need it.

Energy_PDF_v3

I have also included two jpeg images of the flyer, one inside and one outside. Which are much smaller in size.

 

1306, 2015

Economic Benefits of indigenous clean energy

By |June 13th, 2015|BLOG: ECONOMY WORKGROUP|0 Comments

SEAI article on the Economic benefits from the greater use of Indigenous clean energy.
” In particular, the analysis shows that, in the case of bioenergy, the jobs potential doubles to 5,500 if we use locally sourced biomass such as by-products of the wood and forest industries and energy crops ”
http://www.seai.ie/News_Events/Press_Releases/2015/Ireland%E2%80%99s-economy-will-benefit-from-greater-use-of-indigenous-clean-energy.html

806, 2015

Reducing Energy Costs, DaysE

By |June 8th, 2015|BLOG: KERRY RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OPERATIVE|0 Comments

Reducing Energy Costs, Recycling Energy Credits,  Sustainability…
Going “Greener” in your Parish, Business, Organisation. Community.
Wednesday 10th June, John Paul 11 Pastoral Centre, Rock Road, Killarney at 7pm
(If driving please park in the public car park near the library, NOT at the Centre)
An opportunity to meet Colm Byrne , the man behind DaysE, an NGO set up […]

806, 2015

Transition Energy Group on Radio Kerry

By |June 8th, 2015|BLOG: KERRY RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OPERATIVE|0 Comments

Hi all,

 

There is a really interesting pod cast of Transition Kerry Energy group on Radio Kerry.

Well worth listening too.

http://www.radiokerry.ie/podcast_series/saturday-supplement/

 

2605, 2015

Social Enterprise and Energy Co-ops

By |May 26th, 2015|BLOG: KERRY RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OPERATIVE|0 Comments

Social enterprises are a community centered business model which is already being used extensively in Ireland.

The main aim of the enterprise is not to create wealth for the owners or share holders, but to provide a necessary service in the community.

The surplus’s gathered from it commercial activity’s are then reinvested in groups activities in the […]

2904, 2015

Interesting links from last Energy group meeting

By |April 29th, 2015|NEWS|0 Comments

Hi all,

 

Here are some interesting links provided by Barry Clarke from our last Energy group meeting.

Here are the links from the two speakers,

Our first speaker was Colm from Dayse.org. Who spoke about the massive potential in energy credits.
Followed by Colm from  Purchase.ie. Colm spoke about the energy saving products his company sells and generously offered […]

2804, 2015

LEADER Funding Allocations for Kerry and Ireland 2014-2020

By |April 28th, 2015|BLOG: KERRY RENEWABLE ENERGY CO-OPERATIVE|0 Comments

The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG) allocated €220 million overall to individual sub-regional (county) areas for the purposes of the implementation of the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme by Local Action Groups within those areas. As announced in Budget 2015, an overall €250 million will be allocated towards the LEADER […]