ESB and Bord na Móna have announced a joint development agreement to deliver solar farms across Ireland, with grid connections already lodged for sites in Roscommon, Offaly and Kildare. The state owned electricity company, which pledged last year to build up to 30 ground-mount sites by the end of 2021, will use Bord na Móna’s land portfolio to build the new energy projects. Both companies have committed €5 million each to develop solar power across four locations.
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UK solar developers are edging closer to deploying utility-scale solar without the need for subsidies, a panel of asset owners has said. Debating the future for solar in the UK at this week’s Managing European Solar Assets conference, a host of developers and asset owners concluded that subsidy-free solar at scale was between 12 and 18 months from fruition in the UK market with Lee Moscovitch, partner at Greencoat Capital, insisting developments were approaching feasibility.
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