Irish developer BNRG Renewables and its French peer Neoen have agreed to build more than 200MW of solar PV capacity in Ireland.
The new joint venture expects to invest more than €220m developing 23 photovoltaic plants in the south and the eastern areas of the country, BNRG said.
Construction is expected to start in mid-2018 with the final solar parks built by 2020.
BNRG plans to submit the first planning applications over the next few months.
The company owns 20MW of solar capacity in the UK while Neoen operates about 1GW of renewable energy plants globally.
“This JV is a great match of two experienced European independent power producers working and investing together over the long term to bring about a new competitive solar industry in Ireland with associated job creation and training,” Neoen deputy chief executive Romain Desrousseaux said.
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