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Renewable Energy

Ireland now imports over 90% of its energy and is heavily, and increasingly, reliant upon imported fossil fuels. The Western Region can make a significant contribution to the national target of the 12% renewable share in the heat sector by 2020. The region has abundant natural resources so has huge potential for the development of the renewable energy sector – including wind, wood and ocean energy.

The WDC has been particularly involved in developing wood energy and in assisting community development in renewable energy.

Recent News

  • The 2010 Douglas Hyde Conference takes place on 15th October in the Abbeyfield Hotel, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport will officially open the Conference, which will highlight the role of Creativity in Education, Innovation, Economy, and Society.
    Presented by Roscommon County Council Arts Office in association with the Western [...]

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  • The Western Development Commission (WDC) has announced its support for the Féile Icarus business planning workshops which will be held in Connemara on the 27th and 28th August 2010. The full-day workshops will provide a supportive platform for entrepreneurs, start-ups, innovators and creatives to identify their strategic challenges and devise practical ways to unlock their [...]

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  • A successful networking event to promote the Western Region to key London-Irish business people was recently held by the Sligo Business Network in London (SBN), supported by the Western Development Commission (WDC).
    The event was attended by people originally from Sligo who have made London their business base, and the evening focussed on WDC’s continuing work [...]

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