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Regulation of natural gas interconnectors  by Thomas Cleary

Regulation of natural gas interconnectors

In January 2011, the Commission for Energy Regulation published a consultation paper on the regulatory treatment of Ireland's natural gas interconnectors. Read more

Seveso III directive by Tom Leonard

Seveso III directive

There is a new draft directive being developed on the control of major accident hazards (COMAH), which will have implications for all operators of Seveso establishments when it ent ... Read more

Rules for electrical installations in explosive atmospheres by Douglas Adamson

Rules for electrical installations in explosive atmospheres

The third edition of the Electro-Technical Council of Ireland’s National Rules for Electrical Installations in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres came into force in January 2012. Read more

Annual environmental reports (AER) to the EPA by Dermot Reddy

Annual environmental reports (AER) to the EPA

Ireland’s environmental regulator, the Environmental Protection Agency, published revised guidance for IPC and waste-licensed facilities on the annual reporting of environmental co ... Read more

EPA guidance on noise by Douglas Adamson

EPA guidance on noise

In 2012 the EPA published guidance on environmental noise for licensed sites in Ireland and for carrying out and assessing the results from noise surveys. Read more

New industrial emissions directive by Thomas Cleary

New industrial emissions directive

The European Commission has recently recast several existing directives covering emissions from industrial operations into a new directive on industrial emissions (integrated pollu ... Read more

Introduction of biofuel obligation scheme by Liam M. Ó Cléirigh

Introduction of biofuel obligation scheme

The biofuel obligation scheme was introduced in 2010 as a key component in Ireland’s renewable energy strategy. It obliges oil companies to supply certain minimum amounts of biofue ... Read more

Shale gas: a 'game-changer' for gas supply? by Liam P. Ó Cléirigh

Shale gas: a 'game-changer' for gas supply?

In the 2000s the supply outlook for natural gas in the USA was transformed by the emerging viability of unconventional gas supplies, primarily shale gas. By 2009 the IEA described ... Read more