alternative energy

Well if the answer is yes, Kedco can help you beat your last minute shopping with a GREEN gift for someone special this christmas.

Our bioethanol fire range of mobile fire solutions without smoke or smell make a unique gift for anyone.
Fueled by bioethanol, they can be arranged within different indoor as well as outdoor environments..

The unique solutions used allow the fires to obtain the effect of dancing flames in their natural intense colours. Inspired by contemporary applied art and lifestyle, these features enhance the quality of life, bringing the element of fire from the past to present modern interior spaces. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you one of the many people out there that are looking to build your own home, maybe planning an extension, or carrying out home improvements? Well if the answer is yes and you are forward thinking, you’ll want to avail of the many alternative energy grants available to you.

Currently, there are many energy grants available to homeowners who are installing renewable energy technology. Read the rest of this entry »

Minister for the Environment John Gormley is set to announce Ireland’s second carbon budget later today.

It is expected he will outline the Government’s plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and plans to drive towards a sustainable energy economy

Minister Gormley is due to provide further information on Minister Linehan’s Budget announcements yesterday. such as an increase in funding for sustainable energy programmes in Ireland.

Kedco takes great pride in its wood pellet delivery service. We are the only company in Ireland that delivers bagged wood pellets directly to our customer’s doors, as well as providing an on-site fork lift service. Our loose pellets are delivered in a tanker model truck specially designed for the purpose, and we offer our loose wood pellet customers a 100% guarantee that no animal feed trucks are used.

Further advantages of Kedco’s trucks over conventional trucks for delivery of wood pellets include:

Kedco provide a unique service - we will deliver both bagged and bulk wood pellets straight to your door. We can supply a minimum of 3 tonnes bulk - blown into storage facilities, or a minimum of 1 tonne of bagged pellets on a pallet.

Our extensive network of manufacturing partners enables us to guarantee continuous and ongoing fuel supply to all customers who purchase a Kedco wood pellet boiler.

Waste prevention, using less raw materials and energy recovery are the three activities that businesses believe will be crucial to saving them money in the face of economic recession.

More than 85% of the companies questioned by sustainable business advisors Envirowise said the three changes would be the best environmental measures to make their businesses more profitable.

The findings follow a warning from the British Chamber of Commerce that firms are facing “a difficult and risky climate” in the next six to nine months. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Ross Griffin, business manager at specialist recruitment firm Hays Energy, said the energy industry was rapidly growing.

He told the newspaper: “We can see the incredible employment potential in the energy industry and are confident we can successfully fill many jobs in this business. Read the rest of this entry »

According to a government energy white paper, the residential sector is responsible for 11,640,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, with electricity consumption accounting for 41% (4,770,000 tonnes) of these emissions.

View the energy white paper here

Some 2.3 million people work in the renewable energy industry or supplier industries across the planet, according to a new report.

The World Watch Institute said while the renewable energy industry was growing, the coal, oil and natural gas sectors were downsizing year after year, with high-cost production equipment replacing workers.

Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost in the UK, US, China, Germany and South Africa in the last two decades, the WWI said in its Vital Signs Update report.

“Renewables are poised to tackle our energy crisis and create millions of new jobs worldwide,” according to senior researcher Michael Renner.

“Meanwhile, fossil fuel jobs are increasingly becoming fossils themselves, as coal mining communities and others worry about their livelihoods.”

The WWI said Germany, Spain and Denmark in renewable energy development and green jobs as a result of strong government support.

Across the planet, the solar thermal industry employs at least 624,000 people last year, with workers in the wind power industry reaching 300,000.

More than one million people work in the biomass and biofuels sector, the US think tank said.

Are you one of the many people looking to alternative sources of energy, are aware of the buzz terms but don’t know exactly what they all mean ? Well it’s time to get educated and here on the Kedco Blog, we will try to provide you with as much information as you could  ever need to get yourself familiarised with the ‘in terms’ solar energy,  solar panels, Bio-ethanol fires, wood pellets, wood pellet boilers, wood stoves, anaerobic digestion, gasification and biomass heating etc.

So lets start with solar energy, the SEI have some great information on solar energy and here’s what they have to say about it.

Solar energy is the mother of most renewable energies on earth. The sun powers natural cycles on earth like the wind, water flow and plant growth. Read the rest of this entry »