Denmark’s Orsted mentioned on Monday it has partnered with renewable power developer Terra Solar to develop a 400 megawatt (MW) portfolio of photo voltaic power in Ireland.

The initiatives have the potential to energy over 90,000 Irish houses and are deliberate to be accomplished earlier than 2030, Orsted mentioned in an announcement.

“Ireland has seen several amber alerts on warm summer days with low wind speeds, the cost of electricity is too high due to over-reliance on fossil fuels, and the carbon intensity of Ireland’s electricity is among the highest in Europe,” it added.

Including the photo voltaic initiatives introduced on Monday, Orsted’s photo voltaic pipeline in Ireland now totals over 600 MW, the corporate mentioned.

Orsted final week mentioned it had made its first funding in a British solar energy undertaking, which is able to generate sufficient electrical energy to energy as much as 200,000 houses.

(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, modifying by Terje Solsvik)