Ballymena vandalism cuts power

28 Jul 2010

Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) is condemning vandals who deliberately interfered with electrical equipment in the Ballykeel area last night and left around 1,200 local residents without power. The vandals broke into a switching site vandalising equipment and at a second incident in ..

NIE SHINES NEW LIGHT ON RENEWABLE ENERGY

19 Jul 2010

Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has today increased the funding incentive for homeowners who would like to install solar photovoltaic panels (PV) which generate electricity. The NIE SMART programme has been supporting PV in Northern Ireland for a number of years but the uptake h..

Conditional agreement reached for ESB to acquire NIE, the Northern Ireland

7 Jul 2010

Further to the announcement made on 4 May 2010, Northern Ireland Electricity plc confirms that Viridian Group has agreed the conditional sale of Northern Ireland Electricity plc to ESB, as detailed in the following statement. Conditional agreement reached for ESB to acquire NIE, the Nor..

Major power refurbishment planned for July

5 Jul 2010

A £200,000 project on high voltage power lines will be taking place in East Antrim over the bank holiday weekend. The work will replace the earthwire on the electricity line that runs from Ballyvallagh to the main substation in Larne. Although the electricity supplies of customers in th..

Solar energy on show in Lisbellaw!

2 Jul 2010

In Northern Ireland the weather might be unpredictable but one couple from Lisbellaw are looking forward to a sunnier future! Thanks to some funding support from the Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) SMART Programme, Mr and Mrs Armstrong have installed a solar water heating system on the..

SOLAR ENERGY ON SHOW IN WARINGSTOWN

21 Jun 2010

In Northern Ireland the weather might be unpredictable but one couple from Waringstown are looking forward to a sunnier future! Thanks to some funding support from the Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) SMART Programme, Mr and Mrs Lavery have installed a solar water heating system on the ..

NETWORK DAMAGE SPARKS FARM SAFETY WARNING

16 Jun 2010

‘Look up and look out’ when working close to electricity equipment is the message being sent to Fermanagh farmers this week following two separate incidents of damage to overhead lines in the past week. Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) confirms that the incidents took place near Lette..

NEWTOWNSTEWART PUPILS POWERS THROUGH COMPETITION

16 Jun 2010

Northern Ireland Electricity’s annual angling safety competition has been won by a bright spark from St Patrick’s Primary School. Niall McNulty, aged 11, was presented with a pair of binoculars as a reminder to always ‘look up and look out’ when fishing or playing close to electricity l..

HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL BLOWING IN THE WIND

14 Jun 2010

Renewable energy is the way forward for a school in Enniskillen which is committed to reducing its carbon footprint. Holy Trinity Primary School has installed a wind turbine with a little help from the Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) SMART programme! Holy Trinity Primary School ..

ST. PAUL’S SHOWCASE SMART ENERGY PROJECT

14 Jun 2010

Students at St. Paul’s Primary School are busy putting the final touches to their ‘Smart Energy’ project in preparation for the Sentinus Young Innovators Exhibition to be held at the Odyssey arena on the 21st June. The Primary School are one of ten primary schools participating i..