ESB, pharma firm MSD Ireland open 7.3-MW solar park

• Medical care company MSD Ireland and also Irish energy firm ESB on Monday introduced the opening of a 7.3-MW solar park at the MSD Ballydine site in County Tipperary.

The ground-mounted photovoltaic or pv (PV) installation ranks as Ireland's biggest behind-the-meter or self-generation solar project. It is anticipated to meet up to 20% of the MSD site's energy requirements.

The solar facility was built by ESB's Smart Energy Services business line. It offered the up front resources for the project, while MSD will acquire the solar energy created under a 20-year power acquisition agreement (PPA).

Brian Killen, AVP operations and also plant supervisor MSD Ballydine, said the solar project sustains the business's general renewable resource agenda. "Across our global network, we are dedicated to enthusiastic objectives, including our commitment to a 46% decrease in operations greenhouse gas by 2030, and to resource 100% of our power from renewables by 2025," Killen included.

ESB's Smart Energy Services has actually thus far given projects to more than 300 huge companies in Ireland as well as the UK, according to the announcement.