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Microsoft and SSE Airtricity are teaming up to install and manage internet-connected rooftop solar in Ireland.

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s NAV has risen by 1.7% in its latest quarterly results.

Statkraft Ireland has acquired a portfolio of 275MWdc of solar from Lightsource BP.

Elgin Energy has celebrated the installation of what it says are the first bifacial modules in the Republic of Ireland.

High grid connection costs resulted in a solar strike price in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction “significantly higher than anywhere else in Europe” according to the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA).

Solar Media’s Lauren Cook takes a closer look at the results of Ireland’s RESS, identifying who the big winners are and what types of projects were successful.

Norwegian state-owned power giant Statkraft has scooped up the largest contract in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS), with two solar farms totaling 276MWp coming out successful alongside 57MW of onshore wind.

Solar has superseded expectations as it scoops up 796MW in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction.

Ireland’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) has been approved by the European Commission.

Lauren Cook, analyst at Solar Media Market Research, analyses the current status of the UK and Ireland energy storage markets, detailing where there are similarities and differences in how the markets have developed, along with future opportunities.