Lightsource BP offers 275MWdc of solar to Statkraft Ireland

• Statkraft Ireland has actually obtained a portfolio of 275MWdc of solar from Lightsource BP.

The five projects are all at a late phase of advancement as well as lie in the counties Meath, Laois, Tipperary and also Cork. They all have full preparation authorization and grid links, which Lightsource BP claimed would allow Statkraft to protect a path to market, financing and also begin building.

Among the projects-- the 78MWp/52MW Blundelstown-- was revealed as owned by Statkraft in August following its success in Ireland's first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme. Statkraft took home contracts for 276MWp of solar in the public auction, with Blundelstown as well as the 198MWp/119MW Gallanstown 2 of the largest solar sites to win agreements.

Statkraft Ireland managing director, Kevin O'Donovan, stated: "We are extremely pleased to be contributing to our rapidly-expanding profile with this collection of projects which sync perfectly with our recurring efforts to minimize our dependence on fossil fuels. Lightsource bp has a well established track record and therefore, the high quality of each growth provided this package of solar farms, an incredibly appealing proposal for us".

Lightsource currently runs solar farms in Northern Ireland, including a 6.42 MWp solar farm, which was completed in 2018 as well as gives power to plastics professional Brett Martin's production center through a straight cable. Lightsource BP CEO for Europe and also worldwide, Kareen Boutonnat, commended the company for creating and investing throughout Ireland given that 2015.

"Completing this transaction with Statkraft Ireland confirms the ability of our team in creating high quality, competitively priced projects, and also we are additionally very pleased with the successful win in the RESS-1 auction".

In late 2019, Lightsource BP exposed that it is pursuing a 1GW pipeline of large-scale solar in the UK, and in July 2020 announced that it had actually been approved planning permission for a 50MW site near Castle Eden in Durham.