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Stories from Ireland Green light for Inishowen’s €100 million wind farm An Bord Pleanála approves wind farm despite inspector’s report EirGrid secures planning permission for Kildare-Meath project FuturEnergy secures consent for Irish wind farm CCC releases Northern Irish carbon budget Wind was State’s leading source of energy in February Renewable energy production falls in Northern IrelandMarket & RegulationSEM:  SEM-25-009 Invite to Industry Forum hosted by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Utility Regulator, EirGrid and SONI: Future SEM Multi-Year Markets Plan SEM: Indicative All-Island Tariff Timetable 2025 SEM: Future Arrangements for System Services – System Services Charge SEM: Terms of Reference – Year 6 Market Audit SEM: Directed Contract Round 30: Q3 2025 to Q2 2026 SEM: SEM-25-007 Future Arrangements for System Services – System Services Charge EIRGRID: EirGrid secures planning permission for Kildare–Meath electricity project CRU: The CRU has published a Consultation Paper on Electricity Connection Policy – Generation & System Services – Charging and Rebating Methodology CRU: Consultation on Sharing of Maximum Export Capacity (MEC) behind a Single Connection Point CRU: Celtic Interconnector CRU: Transmission Infrastructure Delivery Review: TNEI Report CRU:  Enduring Connection Policy – 2.5.1 (ECP-2.5.1) Decision Paper GOV.ie: Consultation on the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Statement of Strategy 2025- 2028International Stories Equitix acquires UK onshore wind firm OnPath submits scoping report for Scottish project Developers submit scoping papers for Scots energy park Developers urge UK to clarify Scots onshore wind permitted capacity RES ‘disappointed’ as Cairnmore Hill wind farm refused Plans progress on building UK’s largest onshore wind farm in Greater Manchester SUSI sells 95MW Swedish wind farm to Equinor Exus, Google ink Spanish wind PPA Engie picks up 157MW UK portfolio New Sif factory ramp-up ‘slower than expected’ Eurowind signs Polish PPA Enercon bags turbine order in Germany Iberdrola, Air Liquide ink PPA Orsted turns sod on German onshore wind project SSE Renewables powers up 28-MW wind farm in France Ørsted completes 50.4MW Bahren West CIP secures 245MW Romanian wind CfD GE Vernova, RWE agree Texan deal Nordex nets 94MW turbine order in Canada Brazilian regulator okays Casa dos Ventos, Indorama Ventures wind power deal Siemens Gamesa to deliver Egyptian wind farm Goldwind bags 242MW turbines order Airstream Renewables Leads Clean Energy Push with 8 New Projects Enercon unveils taller towers LM Wind Power extends Enercon deal

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