Green energy developer SSE Renewables and Irish-owned Echelon Data Centres are to jointly develop a 220KW substation at the Avoca River Business Park in Arklow, Co Wicklow. The proposed substation, which is to be developed and constructed by SSE Renewables, is subject to planning permission. SSE Renewables is developing the Arklow Bank Wind Park off the Wicklow coastline. Echelon Data Centres, meanwhile, is constructing a 45,000sq m data centre site at the Avoca River Business Park. “This is a major innovation for the integration of renewables and data centres into Ireland’s national grid,” said Barry Kilcline, director of developments at SSE Renewables.

Source: The Irish Times November 17, 2020 10:00 UTC