The projects, which total over 629 MW of installed renewable capacity spanning both solar and onshore wind technologies, are supported under Ireland’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS). Once the projects are operational Bord Gáis Energy will be the largest off taker of solar powered energy from the RESS scheme.1
Today’s announcement significantly bolsters Bord Gáis Energy’s net zero commitments, with the newly signed agreements more than doubling the company's renewable energy portfolio. This means that Bord Gáis Energy is supplying more green energy to the grid, helping customers on their journey to net zero and energising a greener fairer future.
“This is a pivotal time for Bord Gáis Energy as we repurpose to become a leading green energy business. We have an ambition to be a net zero company by 2040 and we’re working with our 730,000 residential, commercial and agricultural customers to help them transition affordably to a lower carbon future and reach net zero by 2050.”
John Dalton, Director of Trading with Bord Gáis Energy
The new solar agreements are with Highfield Energy, BNRG, ILOS Energy and Power Capital Renewable Energy while Bord Gáis Energy has signed onshore wind offtake agreements with Encavis and Tullynamoyle 5. Under the PPA agreements, Bord Gáis Energy will include the electricity produced from these solar and wind farms in its generation portfolio.
John Dalton, Director of Trading with Bord Gáis Energy, “This is a pivotal time for Bord Gáis Energy as we repurpose to become a leading green energy business. We have an to be a net zero company by 2040 and we’re working with our 730,000 residential, commercial and agricultural customers to help them transition affordably to a lower carbon future and reach net zero by 2050.
“We fully support the Irish Government’s target of reaching 80% renewable energy by 2030 and recently announced the next phase of our investment programme in Ireland to support the green transition. A core element of this is growing our renewable energy portfolio and we fully support the aims of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme. We’ve partnered with trusted renewable energy developers and the newly signed agreements will amount to almost 1 TWh of clean electricity annually, enough to power approximately 250,000 residential homes. Many projects are already live or expected to energise in 2026 with some longer-term agreements active in 2028.”
Gavin Jones, Director at Highfield Energy, “We’re proud to be a leader in solar energy generation in Ireland and through our Highfield Solar business we have been significantly growing our assets across the country. We have been working with Bord Gáis Energy since 2018 on our existing wind farms, and we are delighted to continue the partnership with our latest solar developments. Our agreement with Bord Gáis Energy enables our solar generation to participate in the electricity market and ultimately allows our renewable energy to be purchased by Irish energy users.”
Bord Gáis Energy currently operates a 445MW combined cycle gas turbine in Whitegate Co Cork which can power up to 400,000 homes. The company is developing two 100MW peaker plants in Dublin and Athlone with a third peaker planned for Galway to facilitate the growth of renewable energy and ensure security of supply.
