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EDF Renewables Ireland and Circle K, a forecourt and convenience retailer, have shared details of a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA).

Co-location accounts for 20% of projected energy storage capacity growth in the UK and Ireland, with the total planned capacity for projects in the UK at 85GW/175GWh, says Mollie McCorkindale of Solar Media Market Research.

GridBeyond has announced that it will provide battery energy storage systems (BESS) to two data centres in Ireland owned by Singapore-listed Keppel DC REIT.

Cornwall Insight has revealed a ‘policy vacuum’ for long-duration energy storage technologies threatens Ireland’s renewables potential.

Lightsource BP will outline its proposal for a 57MW solar and 54MW energy storage installation at a community information event on 22 May.

SSE Renewables has acquired a 100MW/200MWh BESS from Heron Energy in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

ESB Networks has announced that Ireland’s electricity grid now has 1GW of energy storage available from different battery energy storage system (BESS) assets.

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has secured an additional 385MW of Irish-based energy storage, of which 130MW is operational.

Fluence has been selected as the supplier for a 150MW/300MWh BESS project being developed by SSE Renewables at Fiddler’s Ferry, Warrington.

Distribution System Operator (DSO) ESB Networks yesterday (26 February) confirmed it has connected 1GW of solar photovoltaics (PV) to Ireland’s electricity network.