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SSE COMMITS TO NEXT GENERATION OF POWER AT HISTORIC TARBERT SITE
SSE Thermal, part of the integrated energy group SSE plc, has taken a final investment decisi...
TAKING BIG LEAPS, NOT SMALL STEPS FOR CLIMATE ACTION
Stephen Wheeler, Managing Director of SSE Renewables MD Stephen Wheeler reflects on his attend...
ESB OPENS ITS LATEST BATTERY STORAGE PROJECT IN CO CORK
The 150MW (300MWh) project is the second major fast-acting battery plant at ESB’s site i...
ØRSTED PLACES MAIDEN ORDER WITH NORDEX GROUP IN IRELAND
Ørsted has placed an order with the Nordex Group to supply and install nine N133/4800 turb...
DRUMNAHOUGH SUCCESSFUL IN IRELAND’S FOURTH ONSHORE RESS AUCTION
Donegal project is a 50/50 co-development from SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland – ...
RABBALSHEDE KRAFT TAKES OVER WIND FARM IN IRELAND
With long-term owners behind it, Rabbalshede Kraft is strengthening its position as a leading...
SSE SECURES PLANNING PERMISSION FOR RICHFIELD SOLAR FARM IN WEXFORD
SSE Renewables has been granted planning permission for a solar farm located on lands near its ex...
SSE SUBMITS OFFSHORE PLANNING CONSENT APPLICATION FOR ARKLOW BANK WIND PARK 2
Next key milestone in development of major 800MW offshore wind project Arklow Bank will help...
CORIO AND BORD GÁIS TO EXPLORE IRELAND OFFSHORE WIND OPPORTUNITIES
Corio Generation and Bord Gáis Energy have announced a new partnership to explore opportun...
SSE RENEWABLES AND FUTURENERGY COMPLETE LENALEA WIND FARM IN COUNTY DONEGAL
(L-R) Ciaran Conlon, Director of Public Policy, Microsoft Ireland; Heather Donald, Onshore Re...
ØRSTED TAKES FID ON FARRANRORY ONSHORE WIND FARM IN IRELAND
Ørsted has taken final investment decision (FID) on Farranrory Onshore Wind Farm in Tipper...
SSE AND FUTURENERGY SUBMIT PLANS FOR IRISH WIND FARM
SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland have jointly submitted a planning application for Glen...
ARKLOW BANK WIND PARK 2 COULD BOOST IRISH ECONOMY BY €800M
During the expected 35 years of operation, offshore wind farm could create 130 direct and induced...
ØRSTED AND FUTURENERGY IRELAND GRANTED PLANNING APPROVAL FOR COOM GREEN ENERG...
Ørsted and FuturEnergy Ireland have been granted planning approval from An Bord Plean&...
ESB TO JOIN SIMPLY BLUE GROUP AS PARTNER ON PIONEERING SAOIRSE WAVE ENERGY PR...
The Saoirse Wave Energy project will initially see a 5MW wave farm array deployed off the Co ...
ØRSTED SECURES SOLAR AND WIND RENEWABLE CONTRACTS IN IRELAND
Ørsted has secured two contracts in the Irish Government’s third onshore Renewable E...
ØRSTED AND TERRA SOLAR TO DEVELOP 400 MW PORTFOLIO OF SOLAR ENERGY IN IRELAND
Today, Ørsted has announced the development of a portfolio of Irish solar projects in a pa...
VÅRGRØNN AND ENERGIA PARTNER TO CO-DEVELOP OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS IN IRELAND
Offshore wind company Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVis...
RWE WELCOMES DUBLIN ARRAY'S SUCCESS IN IRELAND'S FIRST OFFSHORE WIND AUCTION
RWE has received formal confirmation that its 824MW Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm project h...
ESB AND ØRSTED ENTER PARTNERSHIP IN LANDMARK IRISH OFFSHORE WIND AGREEMENT
ESB, Ireland’s leading utility, and Ørsted, the world leader in offshore wind, have ...
EDF RENEWABLES IRELAND AND SIMPLY BLUE GROUP SIGN PARTNERSHIP DEAL
EDF Renewables Ireland has entered into a partnership to develop the Western Star and E...
GREENCOAT RENEWABLES COMPLETES CLOGHAN WIND FARM ACQUISITION
Greencoat Renewables has completed the acquisition of the 37.8MW Cloghan Wind Farm, located in Co...
CODLING WIND PARK ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN IRELAND’S FIRST OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AUC...
Codling Wind Park confirms it has been successful in Ireland’s first ever offshore wind ene...
STATKRAFT AND CIP TEAM UP TO DEVELOP 2.2GW OF OFFSHORE WIND IN IRELAND
Statkraft has announced a major deal with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) fund Co...
IRELAND’S SCEIRDE ROCKS WINDFARM RECEIVES MARITIME AREA CONSENT
Sceirde Rocks among Ireland’s first wave of large-scale offshore windfarms Developer h...
STATKRAFT IRELAND SET TO BEGIN WORK ON 56MW MIDLANDS WIND FARM
Statkraft Ireland has confirmed that construction will begin at Cushaling Wind Farm in counti...
VESTAS WINS 56 MW ORDER IN IRELAND
Vestas has received a 56 MW order from Statkraft Ireland to power the Cushaling wind project in I...
RWE EXPANDS ITS IRISH OFFSHORE BUSINESS WITH EAST CELTIC ACQUISITION
Newly acquired Western Power Offshore Developments Ltd adds to RWE renewable development portf...
OCEAN WINDS AND BORD NA MÓNA AGREE OFFSHORE WIND PARTNERSHIP
Long-term Joint Venture set to harness all current and future Irish offshore wind projects P...
EDF RENEWABLES IRELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR C.50MW WIND FARM IN COUNTY LOUTH
EDF Renewables Ireland is announcing plans to develop a c.50MW wind farm in County Louth. The pro...
EDF RENEWABLES OUTLINES PLANS FOR C.50MW WIND FARM IN KILKENNY
EDF Renewables Ireland is announcing plans to develop a c.50MW wind farm in County Kilkenny. The ...
ØRSTED ACQUIRES ITS FIRST SOLAR PROJECT IN IRELAND
The 65 MW project will be located in Cork and is expected to be operational in 2025. Ør...
MAINSTREAM RENEWABLE TO CREATE MORE THAN 100 NEW JOBS AT DUBLIN HQ
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Mary Buckley, Executive Director of IDA Ireland, and Mainstream...
NEOEN WINS 80 MWP OF SOLAR PROJECTS IN THE RESS 2 TENDER IN THE REPUBLIC OF I...
Neoen has provisionally won two projects, with a total capacity of around 80 MWp, as part of t...
SIMPLY BLUE GROUP PAVING THE WAY FOR RADICAL TRANSFORMATION
Simply Blue Group are an early-stage developer of blue economy projects in floating offshore ...
NEW HYDROGEN MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORT FACILITY TO BE DEVELOPED IN GALWAY
Ireland’s first Hydrogen Valley has been announced by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin T...
NORDEX GROUP SECURES ORDER FOR 101 MW FROM IRELAND
First order for turbines in the 5 MW class from Ireland. Ireland's first wind farm with ...
GIG ACQUIRES OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE WEST OF IRELAND
GIG acquires Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta, the developer of the Sceirde Rocks offshore wind farm...
VESTAS ORDER IN IRELAND MARKS FIRST ONSHORE COLLABORATION IN EUROPE WITH ØRSTED
Vestas has secured a 29 MW order from Ørsted for the Lisheen 3 project in County Tipperary...
CAUSEWAYGT LAUNCHES NEW GEOTHERMAL ENERGY COMPANY
A new geothermal renewable energy company, CAUSEWAYGT, has been established by Irish energy indus...
ENERGIA CELEBRATES GLOBAL WIND DAY WITH A MINI REPORTER Q&A
Local Donegal girl Aoife McCabe reports from Energia wind farm to celebrate Global Wind Day &ndas...
LENALEA WIND FARM ENTERS CONSTRUCTION IN CO. DONEGAL
SSE Renewables and its co–development partner Coillte Renewable Energy are delighted to...
ØRSTED ACQUIRES IRELAND AND UK ONSHORE WIND POWER PLATFORM
Ørsted has entered into an agreement with Brookfield Renewable, a global owner and operato...
OCEAN WINDS INVESTIGATING IRELAND’S OFFSHORE WIND OPPORTUNITIES
Ocean Winds is evaluating the expansion of its global offshore wind portfolio (1.5GW in construct...
NTR ACQUIRES CO-LOCATED SOLAR AND BATTERY STORAGE PROJECTS IN IRELAND
NTR has acquired a 54 MW portfolio of co-located solar and battery storage projects in Co. Wexfor...
DP ENERGY AND IBERDROLA TO DEVELOP THREE OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS OFF THE COAST...
Cork-based renewable energy developer DP Energy and Spanish energy giant Iberdrola have agreed a ...
IBERDROLA ENTERS IRELAND WITH A PORTFOLIO OF 3 GW
Ignacio Galán, president of Iberdrola, at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm,...
VESTAS WINS 75 MW ORDER IN IRELAND
Vestas has secured an order for the 75 MW Cloncreen project in Ireland from the Irish climate sol...
SHELL PARTNERS WITH SIMPLY BLUE ENERGY TO DEVELOP EMERALD FLOATING WIND PROJECT
Image source: Shell Shell has signed an agreement with Irish developer Simply Blue Energy ...
VESTAS ANNOUNCES 63 MW AUCTION WIN IN IRELAND AND 210 MW ORDER IN THE USA
Following the RESS1 Auction in Ireland, Vestas has secured a 63 MW order for two wind projects fr...
GDG TO UNDERTAKE CONCEPT FOUNDATION DESIGN FOR PHU CUONG SOC TRANG OFFSHORE W...
Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG) was commissioned to undertake concept foundation design...
GREENCOAT RENEWABLES ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF 11.5MW AN CNOC WIND FARM
Greencoat Renewables, the Irish renewable infrastructure company invested in euro-denominated ass...
OFFSHORE AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN RES AND RIX RENEWABLES
RES has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Rix Renewables to jointly seek opportunities i...
JOHN CROWLEY JOINS NATURAL POWER AS PRINCIPAL OFFSHORE ENGINEER
Natural Power have appointed John Crowley as Principal Offshore Engineer based in the Dublin offi...
HIGHFIELD ENERGY SOLAR PV PROJECTS SUCCESSFUL IN FIRST RESS AUCTION
Highfield Energy's Solar PV projects have been included in the list of provisional winners of...
A GREEN RECOVERY FOR IRELAND CAN CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND HELP DELIVER A ...
SSE has written to the Irish Minister for Climate Action, Communications Networks and Transpo...
RES TO TAKE OVER OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AT BUNNYCONNELLAN WIND FARM
RES has taken over operational responsibility and will provide asset management services at Bunny...
SCOTTISHPOWER RENEWABLES ANNOUNCES PLANS TO UPGRADE 15MW IRISH WIND FARM
ScottishPower Renewables is seeking to repower one of its existing windfarms north of Donegal Tow...