ESB and Coriolis Energy to develop 400MW of renewable projects in UK

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) from Ireland has entered into a partnership deal with Berkshire-based Coriolis Energy to develop nine wind energy projects in the UK.

The partners are planning to invest around £600m for the proposed onshore projects.

The projects are expected to generate up to 400MW of renewable power.

Commissioning of the first project is expected to be done by 2019.

The nine renewable facilities are projected to power around 225,000 homes in the UK.

ESB chief executive Pat O’Doherty said: "ESB’s partnership with Coriolis Energy confirms the company’s continuing commitment to renewable electricity generation and further reducing the carbon mix in our portfolio.

"This partnership gives us an opportunity to increase our presence and capability in onshore wind in the UK through high quality projects."

Coriolis Energy managing director David Murray said: "This new partnership with ESB underlines Coriolis Energy’s position as one of the UK’s leading independent onshore wind developers.

"ESB’s scale, capabilities and desire to build a substantial onshore wind portfolio in the UK make them an ideal long term partner, both for us and our project landowners.

"We look forward to successfully completing the development of our existing project pipeline with them and using this as a platform for progressing further opportunities as the market continues to develop."

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