Archive for December, 2008

The conversion of Clew Bay into a reservoir for the production of electricity

December 31, 2008
Energy

Some people are just ahead of their time. In State Papers released under the 30 year rule, this nugget from Seán McBride: Nobel Peace Prize winner Seán MacBride wrote to the Taoiseach in April 1978, expressing concern about the nuclear plant plans and urging an examination of alternative sources of energy such as solar, wind, tidal and wave power. He pointed to a plan that had been discussed decades earlier, …Read more