NI renewable schemes needed to avert ‘crisis point’

Plus: New aparthotel could help boost Belfast street [Belfast Telegraph]( Tuesday, 18 June 2024 [Weekly Business Digest]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [premium] [Fifty renewable schemes needed in NI to avert green energy ‘crisis point’](   [Margaret Canning] Margaret Canning Business Editor Welcome to this week’s Business Telegraph. It would be a huge understatement to say Stormont needs to start seriously looking at our green energy development and just how far off we are from achieving our targets. John Mulgrew looks at the key numbers and reveals we need to have around [50 average-sized solar or wind developments ready to break ground]( by 2026, otherwise we have little chance of hitting our 80% renewables goal by 2030. RenewableNI says we’re at a “crisis point” and more must be done to speed up planning and appeals. Elsewhere, James McNaney takes a look at the latest so-called [‘aparthotel’ which is expected to get the green light]( in Belfast city centre. He also speaks to sisters [Catherine and Patricia McGinnis who run Maven]( a successful high-end furniture store in Belfast full of Scandinavian and other international designs. And a fresh survey shows that job applicants in Northern Ireland are [much less likely to use AI]( when going for a post. Some 11% of people here said they had used AI tools to help with an application – significantly less than 18% across the UK as a whole. Thanks for reading and we’ll catch up soon, Margaret Top Stories [premium] [New Belfast aparthotel expected to be ‘part of renaissance’ of city centre street](   [NI job applicants less likely to use AI than elsewhere in the UK](   [Popular Antrim restaurant to close after six years as it ‘cannot afford to pay back rent’](   [premium] [From Boeing woes to Dublin passenger cap, Michael O’Leary battles turbulence](   [Aer Lingus pilot strike ‘will not’ affect flights between Belfast and the rest of the UK](   --------------------------------------------------------------- ADVERTISMENT --------------------------------------------------------------- Big Interview [Meet the sisters bringing Scandi style to NI homes: ‘We've got so many ideas’](   Opinion [premium] [Is Apple running a security risk for its users as it finally enters AI race?](   And Finally... [US coffee chain opening cafe at south Belfast shopping centre](   What do you think of this email? [Positive]( [Negative]( [belfasttelegraph]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Follow us on Facebook]( This email is from Belfast Telegraph part of Mediahuis UK Ltd. You received this email because you have signed up for the Belfast Telegraph Business Newsletter. [Contact Us]( | [Privacy Statement]( | [Cookie Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in browser]( Copyright - 2024 - All Rights Reserved