Leading developer joins key Irish wind farm project

Irish energy company Oriel has signed up infrastructure developer Parkwind as a strategic partner for its planned windfarm project in the Irish Sea.

The Belgian windfarm developer is a leading energy infrastructure specialist in Europe. It has agreed an undisclosed, but significant, investment in the Oriel Wind Farm, which is set to be Ireland’s biggest renewable energy generator when it becomes commercial in three years.

The 330MW project will be located near Dundalk, Co Louth, and will cost around €660m and will generate enough electricity to power 250,000 homes.