Energy

Statkraft sells Meath solar farm to Octopus for €160m

The deal relates to the Ballymacarney solar farm which is located just outside Ashbourne

Statkraft first secured planning permission for the Ballymacarney solar farm in 2018 and successfully entered the project into the very first Renewable Energy Support Scheme

Statkraft, the Norwegian energy giant, has completed a €160 million deal to sell one of the largest solar farms in the country to a British infrastructure investor.

Octopus Renewables, a London-listed investor in energy infrastructure, recently updated investors to say it had completed its acquisition of a 200 megawatt (MW) solar farm located close to Dublin from Statkraft Ireland.

The deal relates to the Ballymacarney solar farm, which is located just outside Ashbourne along the ...