Fresh renewables contracts as well as tender opportunities that can go on to benefit Irish supply chain companies have been unveiled by Ireland’s leading renewable energy developer and operator, SSE Renewables.
The company, which happens to be progressing a pipeline of almost 1.5 GW of new onshore renewable energy developments throughout Ireland across wind, solar, and battery technologies, has gone ahead and hosted a virtual Meet the Buyer event on April 17, 2024, for businesses that are eager to learn more when it comes to its upcoming contracts as well as tender opportunities that are linked to the company’s development portfolio across the market.
Specifically, the attendees heard about supply chain opportunities that are linked to SSE Renewables’ portfolio throughout Ireland and how firms of all sizes can go ahead and take part in the tendering process.
Senior representatives of SSE Renewables went ahead and participated in the event, presenting detailed information when it comes to procurement opportunities such as civil and electrical balance of plant frameworks, environmental services, control, instrumentation, as well as engineering needs, among others.
The Senior Contract Manager, Onshore Ireland, for SSE Renewables, Daniel Wood, opined that as a leading developer and operator when it comes to renewable energy in Ireland, SSE Renewables happens to lay out great opportunities when it comes to third-party suppliers. They, as a matter of fact, have a portfolio of almost 700 MW of operational onshore wind generation across 31 sites across Ireland, such as the flagship wind farms like Galway Wind Park in Connemara and Slieve Kirk Wind Park outside of Derry City, and they are also, as of now, coming up with one of Ireland’s newest wind farms, which is the 101 MW Yellow River project based at County Offaly.
They happen to at the same time also progressing a pipeline of almost 1.5 GW of secured as well as future prospect projects throughout the island of Ireland, and through a range of onshore technologies, like new wind, solar, and battery projects. These new projects go on to offer quite significant opportunities for supply chain businesses across Ireland in order to partner and also collaborate on delivering the very important zero-carbon infrastructure projects that Ireland needs so as to meet the upcoming 2030 climate targets.