Sustainability

AIB partners with solar farm in Wexford for green energy supply

The bank will add another solar farm in Wexford to its energy mix in the coming months as it aims for 80 per cent renewable

Colin Hunt, AIB’s chief executive, and Rosheen McGuckian, NTR chief executive, on site in Wexford at the newly launched solar farm. Picture: AIB

AIB is now purchasing energy from a purpose-built solar farm in Wexford, the first of two farms that the company is working with NTR to bring on-stream.

Taken together, the two solar units will provide up to 80 per cent of AIB’s power needs, the bank said.

A 2022 power purchase agreement the bank signed with NTR, a renewable energy developer, is responsible for the development and construction of the solar farms, which will provide ...