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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...
MAINSTREAM RENEWABLE POWER APPOINTS MORTEN HENRIKSEN AS CEO
The Board of Mainstream Renewable Power (“Mainstream”) today announce the appointment...
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...
TOTALENERGIES AND SSE TO CREATE SOURCE, A NEW MAJOR PLAYER IN EV CHARGING
TotalEnergies and SSE have signed a binding agreement to create a joint venture to establish a ne...
SIMPLY BLUE SECURES LAND FOR IRISH ENERGY PARK
Cork-based developer has acquired land in Whitegate as part of ongoing development work for a ren...
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...
MAINSTREAM RENEWABLE APPOINTS JULIE BERG AS CFO
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power (“Mainstream”), announc...
SSE RENEWABLES AND FUTURENERGY IRELAND WELCOME POSITIVE PLANNING DECISION
Final turbine installed at co-development partners’ SSE Renewables and FuturEngery Irel...
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...
XOCEAN APPOINTS TWO NEW DIRECTORS
XOCEAN has announced the addition of two new Directors, Fionnuala Meehan and Karen May. Fi...
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&...
WHY ESB IS TAKING TO THE WAVES WITH SIMPLY BLUE
ESB recently announced a partnership with Simply Blue Group to pool their expertise to deliver th...
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...
DP ENERGY APPOINTS ADAM CRONIN AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
DP Energy, one of Ireland’s leading developers of renewable energy projects, has promoted A...
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...
ØRSTED ACQUIRES IRISH SOLAR PROJECT
Ørsted has acquired the Irish solar project Garrenleen from renewable energy developer Ter...
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...
NORDEX SECURES ORDER FROM SSE RENEWABLES IN IRELAND
SSE Renewables has commissioned the Nordex Group to supply 29 N117/3600 turbines for the &quo...
K2M APPOINTS COUNTRY AND SALES DIRECTOR FOR UK & IRELAND
Sorcha Versteeg is joining K2M from global services firm RPS Group, bringing with her 20 years&rs...
IRELAND’S SCEIRDE ROCKS WINDFARM RECEIVES MARITIME AREA CONSENT
Sceirde Rocks among Ireland’s first wave of large-scale offshore windfarms Developer h...
VESTAS WINS 126 MW ORDER FOR DERRINLOUGH WIND PROJECT IN IRELAND
Vestas has received a 126 MW order for the Bord na Móna Derrinlough Wind Farm Project in I...
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...
SSE RENEWABLES’ SETANTA OFFSHORE WIND FARM SURVEY DELIVERED USING UNCREWED TE...
XOCEAN, the world’s leading provider of carbon-neutral ocean data, recently completed a sur...
RWE AND HYPHEN EXPLORE OFFTAKE OF GREEN AMMONIA FROM NAMIBIA
RWE and Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen) have signed a memorandum of understanding that could see ...
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 ...
SHELL TO EXIT WESTERN STAR AND EMERALD OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS IN IRELAND
Shell and Simply Blue Group confirm that Shell will end its involvement in the Western Star and E...
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...
CAUSEWAYGT: AFFORDABLE, SECURE AND CLEANER HEAT IN IRELAND
In December last year the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) released their Annual Re...
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 ...
HOW GEOTHERMAL CAN DECARBONIZE HEAT IN DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Let’s integrate geothermal into wind and solar distributed energy solutions. The Antrim...
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...
DCARBONX JOINS ENERGY CORK CLUSTER
dCarbonX has become a member of the Energy Cork cluster. Cork hosts the second largest natural ha...
ESB AND DCARBONX LAUNCH KINSALE HEAD HYDROGEN STORAGE PROJECT
ESB and dCarbonX have today launched ‘Green Hydrogen @ Kinsale,’ an integrated projec...
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...
ESB AND DCARBONX TO PARTNER ON GREEN HYDROGEN STORAGE DEVELOPMENT
ESB and dCarbonX have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint assessment and developme...
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...
VESTAS ADDS TO IRISH SUCCESS WITH LENALEA WIND FARM
Vestas has secured a 30 MW order on the Lenalea Wind Farm in Ireland being developed by SSE R...
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...
STATKRAFT ACQUIRES WIND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS IN IRELAND AND THE UK
Statkraft has acquired the Irish and UK wind development businesses of the Element Power Grou...