Galway green energy company lands major Italian wind turbine contract

A Galway company has clinched a deal to sell wind turbines worth more than €15 million to one of Italy’s leading suppliers of electricity from green sources – opening the way to future co-operation between Ireland and Italy in the development of renewable energies.

C&F Green Energy, based at Cashla, Athenry, will ship the first of the 60 kw turbines to Graziella Green Power during the first quarter of 2014, and the full consignment is expected to be delivered by the middle of the following year.

Around 20 of the units will be installed on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, while the remainder will be deployed in the south of Italy, said C&F’s founder and CEO, John Flaherty.

“They’ll feed into the local grid, generating approximately 11,350 megawatt-hours per year, and providing clean energy for more than 3,500 local Italian households – an impressive illustration of exactly how renewable energy should work,” he added.

In total, the power generated by the turbines will lead directly to a substantial reduction of as much as 6,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year – or 2,100 TOE (tons of oil equivalent) per year.

The deal was signed  at a special reception at the Irish Embassy in Rome hosted by Ambassador Bobby McDonagh, in association with Enterprise Ireland, last week.

“We have had a long-standing and fruitful relationship with C&F and we are delighted to see them secure this valuable contract with Graziella Green Power,” said Kevin Sherry, Director of International Sales and Partnering at Enterprise Ireland.

For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.