clearvise AG has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for five wind and solar projects across Germany and Ireland. The agreements cover four German solar parks: Klettwitz Nord (90 MW), Alsweiler (10 MW), Lohne (8.6 MW), Triticum (16.8 MW) and the 35 MW Glenough wind farm in Ireland. The PPAs are of 9-12 months and are expected to generate over €0.7 million in additional earnings compared to previous budget projections.
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ib vogt has completed the sale of a 272 MWp solar portfolio in Ireland for a total enterprise value of approximately €230 million. The portfolio comprises three utility-scale projects: Gaskinstown with a capacity of 94.7 MWp in County Meath, Rathnaskilloge with a capacity of 107.7 MWp in County Waterford, and Clonin North with a capacity of 69.4 MWp in County Offaly. The assets were developed by Highfield Solar, an ib vogt’s joint venture.
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A joint venture (JV) between ESB and Ørsted has received provisional approval from the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment of the Government of Ireland to develop the Tonn Nua offshore wind site. The location was designated under the South Coast Maritime Area plan. The approval allows the development of a 900 MW fixed-bottom offshore wind project.
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The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) and Bord na Móna (BnM) have launched the Timahoe North solar farm in Co Kildare, Ireland. The project has an installed capacity of 108 MWp and has been fully operational since early 2025. The project has been executed with the involvement of contractors and subcontractors like Voltalia, H&MV Engineering, S&G Solar Ltd., and Wills Bros Group.
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Ireland’s energy supply remains heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. In 2023, 82.6% of Ireland’s energy came from fossil fuels. Ireland set a record high of 23.38 TWh in renewable energy use across electricity, transport, and heat for 2023, however its overall renewable energy share (RES-overall) was just 14.6% . Under the EU’s binding Renewable Energy Directive, Ireland has a minimum baseline RES-overall target of 16% every year out to 2030 and needs to achieve a RES-overall result of 43% by 2030.
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Ireland has access to a huge offshore renewable energy (ORE) resource to help decarbonise the economy. Indeed, Ireland’s ample scope for ORE deployment means that ORE can potentially provide far more energy than is needed by the people and businesses of Ireland, and Ireland has the potential to export significant low-carbon power to consumers across Europe.
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SSE and Bord na Móna have formed a joint venture, splitting ownership equally, to deliver up to 800 MW of new renewable onshore wind energy in Ireland. Over €1 billion could be invested over the next ten years in developing multiple wind projects across the Midlands
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The data produced through this exercise is a key input to the EPA’s annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections. The projections presented in this report are the result of the 2023 national energy and climate modelling cycle, which culminated in the EPA projections published in June 2023. A new modelling cycle for 2024 began in September 2023 and will produce a new set of projections in early 2024.
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Ørsted, a Danish energy giant has partnered with Terra Solar to build a solar portfolio of up to 400 MW in Ireland. After grid route and grid bids are approved, the solar projects should be finished before 2030. Furthermore, they will assist in supplying more than 90,000 houses with clean energy.
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Ireland is focused on achieving its climate and energy goals of becoming carbon neutral by mid-century with an interim target of 51 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 relative to 2018 emissions levels. It plans to achieve these targets through the Climate Action Plan 2023 (CAP2023) published in December 2022 under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 to implement the economy-wide carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings. Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, also aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
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EDF Renewables Ireland has formed a partnership with Simply Blue Group to develop the Western Star and Emerald floating wind projects in Ireland. The companies will collaborate to develop the initiatives via a joint venture (JV). The alliance supports the Irish government’s goal of producing 7 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030
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Statkraft, a Norwegian renewable energy producer, has agreed to build 2.2 GW of offshore wind power in Ireland with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (Cip) Copenhagen Infrastructure IV K/S (CI IV) fund. At the Bore Array and the North Irish Sea Array (Nisa), the projects will be constructed over the period of three phases.
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Ocean Winds has teamed with Bord na Móna, an Irish company, to construct offshore wind projects in Ireland. In accordance with the long-term collaboration, the two companies intend to jointly own, identify, and develop offshore opportunities along the Irish coast.
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Mitsubishi Power, a Japanese power company, will collaborate with renewable energy developer ION Renewables to construct four battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Ireland. Ion Renewables has signed an exclusive agreement with Mitsubishi Power Americas for the four projects, which will use Mitsubishi’s Emerald storage solutions and have a combined capacity of 185.5MW or 371MWh.
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EirGrid, Ireland’s state-owned electricity grid, has announced the final auction results for 1.9 GW of renewable energy capacity under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme 2 (RESS 2). The auction resulted in the allocation of 414 MW of onshore wind capacity and 1,534 MW of solar capacity. The winning bids had a weighted average price of $101.80 per MWh.
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The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, announced the commencement of the Maritime Area Consent (MAC) Regime. The new regime enables the Minister, on an interim basis, to issue Maritime Area Consents (MACs) to renewable energy developers who meet the relevant assessment criteria. Developers must have a Maritime Area Consent to make an application for permission, to include environmental assessments, to An Bord Pleanála.
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SSE Renewables has announced its intention to apply for a Maritime Area Consent (MAC) for its Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 project under Ireland’s new consenting regime. This transfer from the current route of delivery via the Foreshore Act into the MAC regime has been notified to the relevant authorities. The said project, now progressing through the MAC regime, will be delivered later than initially envisaged.
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The report details the percentage of electricity consumption in Northern Ireland generated from renewable sources and includes information on the type of renewable generation used. The report reflects performance against the commitments in the new Northern Ireland Energy Strategy ‘Path to Net Zero Energy’.
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The EV Policy Pathway Working Group – consisting of seven Government Departments and the Sustainable Authority of Ireland – considered a mix of policies to enable Ireland to meet this Climate Action Plan target, which will require a significant ramping-up of EV sales. This report summarises the Working Group’s findings and recommendations.
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SSE, a British electricity company, and Siemens Gamesa, a Spanish wind turbine manufacturer have announced that they will look at developing green hydrogen from two onshore wind farms in Scotland and Ireland. The corporations have signed a memorandum of understanding for initiating the project. The two intend to co-locate electrolyzers at one wind farm in Scotland and one in Ireland, the locations of which will be disclosed later.
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