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Flogas aims to install around 50 megawatts (MW) of solar PV capacity across approximately 100 large businesses

Flogas targets €50m investment in solar energy projects

Flogas has announced plans to deliver €50 million worth of solar energy projects over the next five years to large Irish businesses through its new Solar as a Service offering.

Business • 30 Oct 24

750 applications for solar panels per week

'Rooftop revolution' - 100,000 solar panels connected

Over 100,000 rooftop solar microgenerators have now been connected to Ireland's electricity network, according to ESB Networks, cumulatively adding over 400MW of clean energy onto the power system.

Business • 12 Jul 24

China's pace puts the global goal to triple renewable capacity by the end of 2030 "well within reach"

China is building two-thirds of new wind and solar plants

Almost two-thirds of big wind and solar plants under construction globally are in China, where surging renewable capacity has squeezed coal's generationshare to new lows, research released showed.

Business • 11 Jul 24

AIB CEO Colin Hunt and NTR CEO Rosheen McGuckian at the solar farm in Gorey in Co Wexford

AIB now buying renewable energy from Wexford solar farm

AIB is now buying renewable energy from a solar farm in Gorey in Co Wexford.

Business • 27 Feb 24

Activ8 CEO Ciaran Marron said the expansion represented the company's commitment to the market

Activ8 opens new Naas depot as part of expansion

Solar installation company Activ8 has opened a new depot in Naas, Co Kildare, which it says marks a significant expansion in its business.

Business • 25 Oct 23

The team from Power Capital Renewable Energy with Google Ireland Head of Engineering Dr Jessica McCarthy

Power Capital Renewable Energy in Google solar deal

Solar independent power producer Power Capital Renewable Energy has agreed a purchase deal with Google to provide green electricity to the company which will assist in powering its data centre and offices in Ireland.

Business • 05 Sep 23

Eduardo Porras, Head of EPC, Voltalia, Mary O'Malley, ESB Commercial Lead, John Reilly, Head of Renewable Energy, Bord na Móna.

Bord na Móna, ESB start construction of new solar farm

Construction of a new solar farm at Timahoe North in Co Kildare is under way as part of a wider solar energy joint venture between Bord na Móna and ESB.

Leinster • 20 Jul 23

The study examined every rooftop in Ireland using satellite imagery and weather data for the first time

Solar panels could power 'quarter of Irish households'

Climate scientists at University College Cork have concluded that a quarter of all the electricity needed by Irish households could be produced by putting solar panels on domestic rooftops.

Ireland • 01 Jul 22