Peter Deeney

Stories from IrelandGreencoat Renewables generates cash of €113.6m in first half Green light for 27 new wind and solar projects in latest renewable electricity auction Ireland awards 1.3GW in RESS power deals Drumnahough successful in Ireland’s fourth onshore RESS auction Kilkenny based wind farm with Carlow solar farm among 27 projects deemed successful in the latest auction for renewable electricity contracts  Irish RESS 4 results improved on previous year Irish wind farms set new August generation record  Only two wind turbines granted permission in last six months Expensive and volatile: the problems with Ireland’s energy supply Ireland’s clean power call Nordex bags first Orsted order

Market and RegulationSEM: System Services Tariff Review Decision Paper SEM: Imperfections Charges October 2024 – September 2025 and Reforecast Report October 2022 – September 2023 Decision Paper  SEM: Directed Contract Round 28: Q1 2025 to Q4 2025 SEM: All Island Programmes: Approach to Governance and Revenue Recovery Arrangements SEM: SEM Tariffs and Charges Decision Paper for the 2024/25 Tariff Year SEM: MMU Weekly Report 15 July 2024 EIRGRID: New renewable power records for August CRU: CRU Decision on Additional Customer Protection Measures for Household Electricity and Gas Customers 2024/2025 CRU: Electricity Unbundling Certification GOV.ie: Minister announces boost to renewables as provisional results of fourth RESS auction secure enough clean power for 500,000 homes GOV.ie: Annual Report 2023 GOV.ie: Government Action

International StoriesEurope adds 6.4GW of wind in H1 2024 Wind turbine orders in Europe increased 11% in H1 – but grid bottlenecks cause delays Partners seek feedback on 79MW Welsh array UK urged to cut renewables penalties Muirhall Energy wins CfD for Scottish wind scheme Onshore wind takes 990MW in AR6 UK onshore wind grows by 4.2GW RES acquires blade inspection firm Sulzer Schmid  RES submits info for 106MW Hill of Fare UK awards 5.3 GW of new offshore wind Wind power becomes UK’s largest source of electricity Encavis connects Finnish wind farm Sweden to introduce wind incentives Qualitas to invest €1.2bn in Germany Aquila offloads stake in Norwegian wind asset Vestas bags 55MW German order OX2 delivers 24MW wind farm GE Vernova bags 140MW Romanian turbine deal Enefit Green hits 1GW capacity with Lithuanian project  Tate & Lyle signs US wind PPA Thumbs up for 56MW Pillichsdorf repowering SUSI buys 39MW Vietnam wind farm Dong Tam Group and CS Wind plan factory in Vietnam Suzlon scores 1.1GW Indian turbine deal DNV publishes new standard for turbine load assessments

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