MSD Ireland today announced the official opening of its new solar project at Ballydine, Co Tipperary. The development is Ireland’s largest self-generation solar project. MSD Ireland has been operating in Ballydine near Clonmel for over 50 years ago and is formally known as Merck & Co., Inc.. The company has over 2,800 employees currently across six sites in Ireland.
MSD Ballydine, working with ESB’s Smart Energy Services, has built the 7.3MW ground mounted solar PV array to achieve a reduction in its carbon footprint. It is estimated that the system will generate approximately 7.9GWh of clean renewable electricity for the MSD site, ensuring up to 20% of the site’s energy requirements are now coming from renewable energy sources. This is enough to power over 5,000 households with electricity.
ESB’s Smart Energy Services has built a state of the art 7.3MWp ground mounted Solar PV array on the Ballydine site. The facility consists of 11,070, PV modules arranged in tables across the site.
Across it’s global network the company plans to achieve a 46% reduction in operations greenhouse gas by 2030, and to source 100% of it’s electricity from renewables by 2025.
