‘A visionary who has never been afraid to speak up for what he believes in and expose what he believes to be ineffective and wrong’ 8th June 2011: NUI Maynooth today conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering on Eddie O Connor, one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs. Dr O’ Connor received his Honorary Doctorate from
The Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG) recently welcomed three new members: General Electric, Red Eléctrica of Spain and Vattenfall. This brings to 20 the number of members. FOSG was launched in March 2010 to progress policy towards the construction of a pan-European Supergrid. Through the combination of their respective areas of expertise, FOSG is the
The conclusions of the EU Energy Summit on the 4th February explicitly recognise the need to build new electricity infrastructure in the EU to reach the 2020 goals in terms of energy efficiency, emissions reductions, increase of RES use, creation of a single electricity market and security of supply. However, Friends of the Supergrid CEO Ana
The Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG) today welcomed four new members: Spain’s world leading civil engineering contractor ACS-Cobra Italy’s CESI, a globally recognised testing house for electromechanical equipment and power system studies and consultancy UK’s National Grid and France’s transmission system operator, RTE. This brings to 17 the number of members of FOSG, which was
Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG), the organisation established to progress policy towards the construction of a pan-European Offshore Supergrid, has welcomed today’s statement by UK Prime Minister David Cameron supporting plans for a European Supergrid. The Prime Minister made the comments as part of the UK-Baltic-Nordic summit being held in London. He announced that the
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