Neoen Secures Provisional Approval for 170 MWp Solar Project in Irish Tender

France’s Neoen SA said on Tuesday that two of its solar projects, with a combined capacity of roughly 170 MWp, were provisionally selected in Ireland’s latest auction for onshore renewables.

The French renewables pure-player was successful in Ireland’s fourth government tender RESS 4 with the 29-MWp Johnstown North Solar in County Wicklow and the 141-MWp Garr Solar project in County Offaly.

According to the provisional results, Neoen offered 22 MW from Johnstown North and 85 MW from Garr Solar. The final results of the tender will be known on September 25.

Neoen expects Johnstown North to become operational in 2027, followed by Garr in 2028. Both solar farms will be built to allow for sheep grazing to maintain the vegetation during the operations phase, the company said.

This marked Neoen’s third successful participation in Ireland’s RESS tenders. The new projects will boost Neoen’s Irish portfolio, which currently includes three solar farms totalling 58 MWp, 53 MW across eight operational wind farms and 80 MWp of solar awarded in the RESS 2 tender.