Aug 09
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Windfarm at Meenadreen, Co Donegal
Energy created by Donegal’s windfarms will power the sunny south-east under the terms of a new “green energy” deal competitive energy supplier Energia has just signed with Waterford’s local authorities.
The “green energy” deal will see Waterford City Council, County Council and Dungarvan Town Council using power from a number of Irish windfarms, including those at Meenadreen and Drumlough Hill, Buncrana, Co Donegal. As a result, the Waterford will reduce its carbon footprint by almost 10,600 tonnes each year.
In recent months, Energia has concluded a number of major electricity deals with leading local authorities throughout Ireland, including Waterford City Council, Wexford County Council, Waterford County Council and Cork City Council.
Through its renewable energy portfolio, Energia is eliminating over 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year from the Irish atmosphere – the equivalent of removing the emissions of over 45,000 cars from our roads. In this way, Energia’s operations make a very strong contribution to carbon reduction by its electricity customers. These figures will increase significantly in the years ahead as further green projects come on stream.
Energia is the leading all-island player in the provision of renewable power, and currently has 250 megawatts of renewable electricity capacity contracted within its energy portfolio, the majority of which is operational, with a further 300 megawatts of wind farm projects currently in development across Ireland.
The two-year deal is valued in the region of €3.6 million, and will see Energia supply over 20 GWh (Gigawatt hours) of power to the City Council, County Council and Dungarvan Town Council sites. It follows a competitive tendering process, carried out in accordance with EU rules.
Energia also sources conventional power from the Group’s power stations in north Dublin, where the company has invested €500 million in the capability to supply up to 17% of electricity requirements on an all-island basis.
Energia has a 25% market share of the business electricity market on an all–island basis with 40,000 customers. The company also supplies one third of all gas consumed in Ireland by the country’s largest industrial and commercial gas users.
Energia is Ireland’s leading competitive energy provider. The company has offices in Dublin, Galway, Cork, Belfast and Omagh.
