Ireland

Power Construction

504 MW Link Between Ireland and Great Britain Begins Commercial Operations

The Greenlink interconnector linking the electricity grids of Ireland and Great Britain has officially entered commercial operation, following more than three y…

Wind Farm

Amazon to Invest in Corlacky Hill Wind Farm Near Swatragh

Amazon is investing in a new 47 megawatts wind farm near SwatraghAmazon is investing in a new 47 megawatts wind farm in Co Derry.It has signed a power purchase …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Amarenco Secures €500M Solar Financing

Amarenco has secured a €500m European solar infrastructure portfolio financing.Rabobank, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking and Intesa Sanpaolo Bank …

Floating Offshore Wind

Geophysical Cable Route Survey Completed for Ossian Floating Offshore Wind Farm

Ireland-based XOCEAN has completed the geophysical survey along the 420-kilometer cable route for the proposed 3.6 GW Ossian floating offshore wind farm in Scot…

Wind Farm

NTR Closes €109M Wind Financing

NTR has completed a €109m financing for a wind portfolio comprising operational assets and a development project.The first tranche of funding, amounting to…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Pioneers in Irish Solar Energy

PCRE, which operates this solar farm in County Wexford, Ireland, supplies power through agreements with Microsoft and Google.Back in the early 2000s, when solar…

Offshore Wind Power

Corio Applies for Consent for 450 MW Offshore Wind Farm on Irish West Coast

Wedoany.com Report-Jan 17, Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), a joint venture owned by Corio Generation and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has submitted a…

Wind Power Project

Households to Save €600M a Year Due to Wind Energy Transition

Wind energy companies say they have saved Irish customers €840 million on their electricity bills but people only ever hear about the costs of going green.…

Energy Storage System

RES Submits Planning for 100MW Northern Irish BESS

A consent decision is expected this year.RES has submitted a planning application for a proposed 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to be located in Cou…

Wind Farm

Share of Electricity From Wind Fell Last Year as National Grid Is Not ‘Strong Enough'

Wind energy provided 41% of electricity in December, making it the second-best December on record.Ireland reached a new milestone of passing 5,000 MW of install…

Wind Power Project

Renewables Generated Nearly Half of Ireland’s Electricity in December 2024

Renewable energy sources delivered nearly half of Ireland’s electricity demand in December 2024, according to provisional data from grid operator EirGrid.…

Wind Farm

SSE Toasts First Power From 101MW Irish Wind Farm

[Image: SSE]SSE’s 101MW Yellow River wind farm in Rhode, County Offaly, Ireland is producing first power.The landmark moment for the project comes followi…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Developing Hydrogen Fuel Could Achieve Energy Security in Transport for Ireland

Developing Ireland’s nascent hydrogen fuel industry could create hundreds of jobs while attracting more than €6 billion investment and achieving energy securi…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Solar Uptake Driving Ireland’s Retrofitting Scheme Progress, Says SEAI

The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland’s (SEAI) statistics from the first nine months of 2024 show new applications for the Solar PV retrofit scheme are…

Wind Farm

Klimavest Acquires First Wind Farm in Ireland

Image: Standa Pokorny/Commerz Real AGCommerz Real has secured a new wind farm in the Irish midlands for its Klimavest sustainable infrastructure investment fund…