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A Bolt out of the Blue, a specially curated exhibition commissioned by the National Built Heritage Service in partnership with ESB, with photographs provided by the Photographic Unit of the National Monuments at Ardnacrusha

ESB Exhibition Celebrates 100 Years of Ardnacrusha

A specially curated exhibition is celebrating the century one of the country's most ambitious engineering projects in Irish history

Business • 15 Aug

ESB's planning application to decommission Derrybrien

An ESB subsidiary has lodged plans with An Coimisiún Pleanála to decommission and remove the 70-turbine Derrybrien wind-farm in south Galway.

Business • 18 Jul

ESB's annual report shows that its 2024 profit after tax fell to €706m compared to €868m in 2023

ESB profits down 19% due to lower wholesale energy prices

The reduction of wholesale energy market prices led to a 19% drop in profits for the ESB last year.

Business • 20 Mar

The Inch Cape wind farm, off the east cost of Scotland, is Bank of Ireland's biggest single green energy investment

Bank of Ireland invests £98m in Scottish offshore project

Bank of Ireland is providing £98m in finance for a major offshore wind project in Scotland that, when completed, will generate enough green energy to power the equivalent of more than half of all Scottish homes.

Business • 29 Jan

At the Workplace Relations Commission today, an adjudicator said she was "alarmed" by posts the complainant made on social media

ESB denies operating 'blacklist' following allegations

The ESB has denied operating a blacklist after a former lineman claimed his involvement in a labour dispute nearly two decades ago may have been the reason he was not re-hired by the State utility.

Business • 15 Jan

SIRO CEO John Keaney, Vodafone Ireland CEO Amanda Nelson (right) and ESB Deputy CEO Marguerite Sayers (left) in Carrick-on-Shannon today

SIRO'S fibre network now live in every county

Fibre broadband network operator SIRO, a joint venture between ESB and Vodafone, said it now has operatations in every county in Ireland following the news that SIRO's high-speed fibre broadband service is now live in Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim.

Business • 26 Nov 24

The ESB has been given approval to convert the Moneypoint coal-burning power station in Co Clare to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO)

Moneypoint gets approval for conversion to HFO generator

An Bord Pleanála has granted the green light to the ESB to convert the 900MW Moneypoint coal-burning power station in west Clare to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO).

Business • 03 Oct 24

Eoin Doherty, EMEA Regional Leader, Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation; Lavinia Morris from Microsoft's EMEA Data Centre Operations; Jim Dollard, ESB Executive Director, Generation & Trading; Paul Lennon, Head of Offshore Wind, Hydrogen at ESB

Microsoft's green hydrogen pilot project for data centre

Microsoft has entered into an agreement with ESB that will see its data centre power control and administration building in Dublin being powered by zero emissions green hydrogen power.

Business • 27 Sep 24

The Oriel windfarm will be located off the north Co Louth coast and will comprise 25 wind turbines

Oriel Windfarm to lodge planning application this week

Oriel Windfarm is set to lodge a planning application with An Bord Pleanála later this week for its proposed offshore wind farm in the North Irish Sea.

Business • 20 May 24

ESB's Customer Solutions' division, which includes Electric Ireland, reported an operating loss of €12m for 2023 compared to a loss of €109m in 2022

ESB profits after tax rise over 30% to €868m for 2023

ESB has reported profits after tax of €868m for 2023, up over 30% on the previous year.

Business • 07 Mar 24

Moneypoint conversion to oil needed to lower outages risk

If the 900MW Moneypoint coal-burning power station in west Clare does not convert to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) to produce electricity, "it is possible that extended power outages could occur to cover the Winter peaks in the period 2024 to 2029".

Business • 23 Feb 24

Jim Dollard of ESB, Sean Rapple of Kirby Group, Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Paul McCusker, Fluence President of EMEA, and Claire Quane of ESB.

ESB opens major battery plant at Poolbeg site in Dublin

ESB has officially opened a major battery plant at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, which will store excess renewable energy for discharge when needed.

Business • 07 Feb 24

The ESB sought the information because it intends to take proceedings against the individuals

Firms must gives ESB names of staff who sought payments

The High Court has ordered two companies to provide the ESB with certain information about several of its employees alleged to have demanded cash payments to complete electrical works near constructions sites.

Business • 16 Oct 23

The bonds were bought in the main by investors from across Europe

ESB raises €1bn in sale of two bonds

ESB has raised €1bn in a bond sale, which received orders of around €3.5bn.

Business • 28 Sep 23

Eduardo Porras, Head of EPC, Voltalia, Mary O'Malley, ESB Commercial Lead, John Reilly, Head of Renewable Energy, Bord na Móna.

Bord na Móna, ESB start construction of new solar farm

Construction of a new solar farm at Timahoe North in Co Kildare is under way as part of a wider solar energy joint venture between Bord na Móna and ESB.

Leinster • 20 Jul 23

The partnership with the ESB and Ørsted has the potential to deliver up to five gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy

ESB and Ørsted agree Irish offshore wind farm deal

ESB and offshore wind company Ørsted have agreed a new deal to jointly develop an Irish offshore wind portfolio.

Business • 02 Jun 23

The ESB said it is not permitted to subsidise the prices in its Electric Ireland subsidiary with profits made in other parts of its business

ESB defends pricing approach at Electric Ireland

The ESB has defended its approach to pricing for its residential and business customers in a briefing note posted on its website.

Energy • 03 Mar 23

Commercial semi states paid out dividends of €199.4m

Commercial semi-state companies last year paid out aggregate dividends of €199.4 million to the exchequer.

Business • 10 Feb 23

The ESB is aiming to have the emergency power generation online in the final quarter of next year

ESB lodges €500m emergency Dublin power station plans

The ESB has lodged plans with Dublin City Council for a €500m emergency 299MW gas fired power station adjacent to the Dublin Bay Power Plant at Ringsend as part of a Government-backed effort to avoid energy black-outs in the capital.

Business • 27 Jan 23

Ten test cases in the ESB dispute were rejected by the tribunal in decisions published this week

ESB technicians lose all test cases in payroll row

ESB workers who accused their bosses of unlawfully withholding overtime after they refused to use a new timekeeping app have lost a series of test cases at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Business • 28 Dec 22

In April ESB announced it was putting up the unit rates charged for use of the public points by up to 53%

ESB rates for public car chargers to rise by up to 52%

The ESB is increasing charges for the use of its public electric vehicle charging points by up to 52%.

Business • 21 Nov 22

Smart meters have been pointed to as a way for households to save on their energy bills - but doing so may require a change of routine

Power Plan: How to get the most out of a smart meter

With nearly one million households now switched over to smart electricity meters, many are still in the dark about what the new system can do for them, writes Adam Maguire.

Business • 08 Oct 22

Minister Eamon Ryan had suggested cutting the dividend being paid on after-tax profits by ESB from 40% to 20%

Ryan wanted to cut ESB dividend in half - FOI

Environment Minster Eamon Ryan wanted to cut in half the dividend being paid to the state by the ESB so that the company could reinvest its profits in energy infrastructure and renewables.

Business • 06 Oct 22

Customers are advised not to use non-essential electrical goods between 5pm and 7pm (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Most smart-meter customers not using key feature

Only 4% of the more than 900,000 smart meter customers are availing of the "time of use" feature, according to the ESB.

Business • 23 Sep 22

The ESB is among those that have paid a dividend

Commercial semi-states pay out €179m in dividends

Commercial semi-state companies have to date this year paid out aggregate dividends of €179.4m to the Exchequer.

Business • 22 Sep 22