Following the successful completion of a 282 MW portfolio now operational in Ireland, Highfield Solar has secured project financing to fund the construction and operation of an additional Solar PV project with 93MW of installed capacity.
New analysis has revealed that Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) growth in Ireland over the past year has surged ahead of most major European countries. Here are the details:
Interview: Ireland is stepping on the gas with the energy transition and expects to reap a variety of economic benefits as a result. The goal is also to export green hydrogen and green electricity. This is emphasized by Ian O`Hora, Head of Green Economy and Engineering at IDA Ireland (Investment Development Agency).
Interview: Neil McKee, member of the leadership team of BHC Distributors Ltd about exploding energy prices, the growing PV market in Ireland, supply chain bottlenecks and quality aspects. The company is a Premium Partner Gold of Solarwatt.
Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has concluded a partnership with Midsummer Ireland for industrial, commercial and residential solar power systems in Ireland. This collaboration will cover both Northern Ireland and the Republic.
Tricel Killarney has announced the installation of Ireland’s largest combined solar PV (776 kW) and heat-pump system. It was installed by Waterford-based company Enerpower.
German private bank, Berenberg, confirms that Berenberg Green Energy Junior Debt Fund III has entered into an agreement with international solar and storage developer, Elgin Energy, to finance late-stage development of 1.36 GWp of Elgin’s solar portfolio.
A 5.6 MW solar park was opened this week at Kinsale Co. Cork. It is the single largest solar farm in the Republic of Ireland.
SMA has been commissioned by Hanwha Energy Corporation Ireland (HECI) to provide technical operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Lumcloon and Shannonbridge large battery-storage systems in Ireland.
BayWa r.e. announces its cooperation with Rengen Power, an Irish renewable energy company headquartered in Ennis, County of Clare. BayWa r.e. is thus expanding its project business in Ireland and underpinning its claim of shaping a sustainable future with renewable energies.
Beauparc’s, Irish Packaging Recycling (IPR) Facility at Ballymount has gone solar with the installation of a roof top solar panel array. Installed by Waterford company Enerpower, the array will ensure that Beauparc continues to drive forward with their sustainability strategy.
Planning permission has been granted to build a test facility in County Mayo, Ireland. RWE’s demonstration site will test a new airborne wind energy system, developed by partner Ampyx Power.
Viridian Solar and Failte Solar are to work together in Ireland. Failte Solar has added Clearline fusion roof integrated solar to its online webshop and is holding stock at its County Clare warehouse.
Ireland’s largest solar rooftop installation of 1.5 MW has been built by Waterford based company Enerpower at Sam Denningan and Company’s national distribution centre in Oldtown, North Co. Dublin.
Findings from Cornwall Insight's 'All-Island forward curve' show that Ireland will need to more than double its renewable capacity over the next 25 years if it is to meet net zero emissions by 2050.
Enerpower has secured a €1 million contract with Lidl for the installation of solar panels on a further 10 stores in Ireland over the next 12 months.
The first Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS-1) round of Ireland’s first green energy auction provided a stage for the rapid deployment of onshore wind and solar projects.
Here is what Conall Bolger, Head of Energy Markets at Cornwall Insight had to say on August 5th about the results of the Irish Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS):
