Irish owned
Incorporated in February 2016. Our team works from offices in Wexford and Dún Laoghaire.
HarmonySolar
1,800MWPlanning permission received
1,000MWAdvanced pipeline
Building with ESB Solar
Four of our solar farms are under construction with ESB Solar. See one on film.
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Who we are
Harmony Solar is an Irish-owned renewable energy company developing solar farms across Ireland. Since 2016 we have lodged over 50 planning applications and secured permission for more than 1,800MW.
Terawatt member of Solar Ireland
Farming carries on
Sheep can keep grazing around and under the panels, which sit about 0.7m off the ground at their lowest point.
A 40-year lease
Landowners are paid a competitive rent per acre, index linked, for the full 40 years.
Backed by ESB Solar
Our partnership with ESB Solar gives landowners an experienced, reliable tenant.
Co. ClareCo. CorkCo. GalwayCo. KerryCo. KildareCo. KilkennyCo. LimerickCo. LongfordCo. LouthCo. MayoCo. MeathCo. OffalyCo. WestmeathCo. Wexford
How it works
Six steps from a walk on your land to a working solar farm
We handle the planning and grid applications. You take independent legal advice and receive a sign-up fee when the option agreement is signed.
Check my land
Site identification
01We meet you, walk the land and assess it for solar. That includes an initial planning check and a look at grid capacity nearby.
Sign option agreement
02You take independent legal advice. When the option agreement is signed, you receive a sign-up fee.
Submit for planning
03We prepare and lodge a planning application for the solar farm, using industry-leading consultants.
Grid application
04Once planning is lodged, we apply for a connection to the national grid.
Construction
05With planning granted, a grid offer accepted and a power contract signed, building starts. Your 40-year lease begins with the first quarterly rent payment.
Operations
06ESB Solar's asset management team sends you a welcome pack and runs the solar farm for the long term.
Our projects
Solar farms in development across 14 counties
We currently list 25 projects, from early planning to construction. Four are being built now with ESB Solar.
54Planning applications submitted
1,800MW+Planning permission received
1,000MW+Advanced pipeline
- Preparing · 3
- Granted · 16
- Grid offer · 2
- Construction · 4
Our partner
Developing solar farms with ESB Solar
In 2020 we signed an agreement with ESB Solar to partner on projects Harmony Solar had developed. The two companies now develop new projects together: over 25 so far, in 13 counties.
230,000
Approximate number of homes the partnership could supply with renewable electricity. That is over ten percent of Irish households.
On the farm
What a solar farm looks like up close
Answers to the questions neighbours and landowners ask us most.
Sheep and other livestock graze under the panels. The lowest edge sits about 0.7m above the ground.
Every site gets a new fence, a hedge and native planting, designed by landscape architects to screen the fence.
Our solar farms are monitored remotely. A maintenance crew visits about three times a year.
No lighting is needed on site. CCTV cameras face inward and cover the solar farm only.
Each planning application includes a landscape and visual impact assessment, with before and after photomontages.
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