Danish energy player Obton and its local partner, Shannon Energy, intend boosting their investment in Irish solar projects to €750 million from an original €300 million, they will confirm on Tuesday. The Irish company and Obton formed a joint venture last year to spend €300 million building solar farms, which use panels of specially manufactured … Read more
Dublin-headquartered green energy provider Alternus has acquired a solar park in Romania in a €22 million deal in a move that extends total installed capacity by almost a third. Alternus’s acquisition of the 20MW solar park from Risen Energy is the largest single operating park the company has bought to date and takes annual recurring … Read more
Danish wind company Orsted will be “hiring significantly” in Ireland following an agreement with Brookfield Renewable to acquire a 100 per cent equity interest in its existing Ireland and UK onshore wind business for €571 million. The global owner and operator of renewable assets said the acquisition of Brookfield Renewable Ireland (BRI) was based on … Read more
Alternus, a Dublin-headquartered green energy provider, has raised NOK91 million (€9 million) in funding through the issuance of convertible notes. The funding has been led by AVG Group, a Nordics-focused Luxembourg-based asset manager which provided €8 million of the total investment. Alternus, which is led by telecoms entrepreneur Vincent Browne, invests in solar photovoltaic parks … Read more
Title: CEO Town Hall/Future of Irish Solar Date: 25th March 2021 at 11.00am Presented by: Conall Bolger – CEO – Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) Presented by: Kevin O Donovan – Statkraft Presented by: Robert Goss – Solar Electric, Ireland’s leading Solar PV company Moderated by: David Maguire from BNRG The new ISEA CEO, Conall … Read more
Independent research from international advisory firm, AFRY, finds that increased levels of solar PV (“solar”) will significantly reduce carbon emissions and provide major cost savings. In a high solar scenario, compared to a scenario in which no further solar was connected by 2035, the findings were: Solar would provide an annual saving of €21 per … Read more
Dublin, 24 February 2021: NTR has acquired a 54 MW portfolio of co-located solar and battery storage projects in Co. Wexford, Ireland from renewable energy developer RES. The portfolio comprises two battery storage projects adding 25 MW of storage capacity to the Irish grid network, along with 29 MW of solar PV. Two of the … Read more
Together with eclareon, Öko institute and WindEurope, SolarPower Europe is part of the RES Simplify project, commissioned by the European Commission. The project aims at evaluating the performance of European administrative procedures for solar developers (permit-granting procedures, grid connection procedures) and monitoring the implementation of the European climate and energy law in that regard. As … Read more
Irish energy company ESB is seeking companies to carry out technical due diligence and energy consultancy services for solar and on- and offshore wind projects. The work will include support, project management and engineering services, according to the tender document. Services will be for various projects that are at different stages of development, for future … Read more
Solar AdTek, the leading developer and supplier of innovative solar powered and LED lighting systems for outdoor advertising companies, has today announced the launch of a new funding model in partnership with Vivid Edge. The partnership will support Solar AdTek’s outdoor advertising customers, in Ireland and internationally, to realise energy savings and carbon reductions, by … Read more