Our history in Ireland

August 2020 – Statkraft Ireland secures RESS-1 contracts for over 330MW of wind and solar projects

• Statkraft welcomes the outcome of Ireland’s first competitive auction under the Government’s new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS-1) where the company secured contracts for over 330MWs of renewable power including two wind projects (57 MW) and two solar projects (276MWp).
• Read the press release here.

December 2019 – Statkraft unveils Ireland’s first battery project
 

• 11MW Kerry project represents pioneering departure for Irish energy market.

• Read the press release here

October 2019 – Statkraft acquires 320MW of Irish solar projects

• Statkraft Ireland has completed the acquisition of nine Irish solar projects with a combined output of 320MW.
• Read the press release here.

August 2019– Statkraft erects first turbine in Ireland

• The first of seven turbines has been erected at Kilathmoy on the Limerick / Kerry border in the south-west of Ireland.
• Read the press release here.

October 2018  – Statkraft acquires wind development business in Ireland and the UK

• Statkraft has acquired the Irish and UK wind development businesses of the Element Power Group. The transaction provides Statkraft with a large onshore wind development pipeline in Ireland and strengthens Statkraft’s position in the UK. Read the press release here.
• Also, read the press release on the starting of the construction of Kilathmoy wind farm.

September 2018 – Statkraft announces market entry to Ireland

• Read the press release here

2006 – Statkraft comes to the UK

• Statkraft opens its London office and gains an interest in nine wind farm projects in the UK.