This week’s episode is a dive into data centres. Across Europe they consume about 3% of the grid’s electricity, but in Ireland, that figure is over 21%. Eirgrid expect that to rise to 30% in the next 5 years. Can our grid and our water system c...

Energy systems engineer Sarah Cullen on the break up of the ESB, the impacts of extreme weather, the power of trade associations, and the case for a Department of Energy: a critique of how energy policy is made in Ireland. Sarah Cul...

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is sometimes framed as a necessary evil to guarantee energy security and a better alternative to coal. This interview with Kerryman Johnny McElligott tackles those questions head-on. McElligott also gives the inside ...

John Gibbons on how RTE cover climate change, the weather in Europe, the citizens assembly on biodiversity loss, and the years ahead. John Gibbons is a regular contributor to the Buisness Post and the Irish Examiner.He has featu...

Ireland has declared a climate emergency.In this interview Barry McMullin looks at what can be learned from other emergencies in Ireland’s history. He does the maths on carbon budgets, discusses the growth of Irish dairy, green growth, the ...