Bord Gáis Energy to become Ireland’s largest off-taker of solar power
Company’s renewable energy capacity will more than double with new solar and wind agreements
Agreements enable Bord Gáis Energy to deliver a greener energy mix to customers
16 July 2025: Ireland’s leading energy services provider Bord Gáis Energy has significantly strengthened its renewable energy portfolio with the announcement of multiple long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with prominent renewable energy developers.
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.
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 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.
We fully support the 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.
Notes to editor:
Largest off-taker of solar power - Once all of the following projects are operational, Bord Gáis Energy will be Ireland’s largest off taker of solar power as part of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme. Source - Latest PSO order data published from ELECTRICITY REGULATION ACT 1999 (PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS) (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) ORDER 2024 link: Download pdf
Solar PPA agreements and timelines:
Highfield Energy’s solar portfolio - 175 MW of operational solar projects, now live and expected to deliver 200 GWh annually, with 94 MW expected to energise in 2026.
BNRG Solar Portfolio adding 24.5 MW of solar capacity expected to go live in 2025.
ILOS Energy first solar farms in Ireland with a combined 156.56 MW of solar capacity expected to go live in December 2025.
Power Capital Renewable Energy – six projects totalling 140MW all due for commercial operations between 2026 and 2027.
Wind PPA agreements and timelines
Operational onshore wind assets Sheskin (16.8 MW) and Clogheravaddy (3.6 MW), underpinned by RESS 1 and RESS 2 contracts with Encavis.
Rocky grange’s Tullynamoyle 5 onshore wind farms (19 MW), currently in pre-development with a target commercial operation date of 2026.
Growth of Bord Gáis Energy’s renewable energy portfolio - Bord Gáis Energy solar and wind portfolio will move from 380.70MW on 1 Jan 25 to 979.3 MW on 1 Oct 28
Investment in Ireland - In February 2025, Bord Gáis Energy announced an investment of €1 billion between 2024 and 2029 in Ireland’s energy infrastructure and to support the green transition.
