Energia Group has announced an agreement with Microsoft to provide new renewable wind and solar energy under a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA).
The announcement was made together with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD, as part of wider developments by Microsoft which will see the technology company contribute close to 30% of Ireland’s corporate power purchase agreement target by 2030. Through its overall CPPA commitments, Microsoft said it will add more than 900 MW of wind and solar energy to Ireland’s electricity grid and that its data centres in Ireland will be supported by 100% renewable energy by 2025. Energia Group’s agreement with Microsoft will see the Irish energy company construct a number of new onshore wind farms and solar power projects that will supply renewable electricity to the grid to be purchased by Microsoft for their activities in Ireland.