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Cable manufacturer and installer Sumitomo Electric Industries has announced the successful completion of its part in the Greenlink Interconnector project.

SSE has opened a 10-bay ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in Ireland, the company’s first in the country.

Statistics from Wind Energy Ireland have revealed that July 2024 was the third-best on record for wind power generation.

A 49MW wind project by Energia Group, an Irish energy utility, has reached commercial operations under a strategic framework agreement with technology company Microsoft.

Forecasting by energy market consultancy Cornwall Insight suggests that Ireland and Northern Ireland will miss the goal of generating 80% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

The Central Statistics Office for Ireland has released metered electricity consumption statistics for 2023, showing that data centres in the country took a 21% share of the total usage.

Renewable sources provided a third of the Republic of Ireland’s electricity in June, according to provisional data from grid operator EirGrid.

In this article, Current± looks into the data centre boom in Ireland and the implications it could have on the electricity grid.

Bord Gáis Energy and Corio Generation will explore ways to supply Ireland’s electricity market with energy generated by offshore wind.

SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland partner with Microsoft, set to add 30MW of wind energy capacity to Ireland’s electricity grid.