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Turley strengthens Cardiff sustainability team as converging building standards create a technical depth gap
Turley has appointed Tom King as Associate Director in its Sustainability and ESG team, based in Cardiff. Simultaneous changes to the Future Homes Standard, Future Buildings Standard and TM54 operational energy requirements are creating planning submission demands that generalist sustainability advice can no longer satisfy.
Celtic House Holdings transitions to EOT as founder chooses community retention over trade sale exit
Glyn Hyett has chosen employee ownership over a trade sale to keep jobs in Ceredigion. The EOT model's CGT exemption makes that community-retention outcome financially viable.
Entegro acquires ACEL Energy to complete an end-to-end power and communications infrastructure platform
Entegro has acquired ACEL Energy to combine solar PV, BESS and high-voltage engineering with its fibre infrastructure expertise. Data centres and grid modernisation now demand both power and communications capability from a single contractor, making this acquisition commercially necessary.
SSE Airtricity takes 40% stake in Activ8 to convert an installer relationship into an integrated solar services platform
SSE Airtricity has acquired a 40% stake in Activ8 Solar Energies with an option for a further 10%. Activ8's subsequent growth to 25,000 installations and 270 employees validates the commercial logic of the early investment.
John Paul Construction wins Green Construction Award at the Green Awards 2026
Rewinding back to the Green Awards 2026, John Paul Construction took home the Green Construction Award, recognised earlier this year for a comprehensive sustainability programme spanning hybrid power, HVO fuel, circular construction, digital innovation, and nature-positive partnerships. The win sets a powerful benchmark for sustainability excellence in Ireland's construction sector, demonstrating the standard of depth, discipline, and organisation-wide environmental commitment that future entrants in the category for the 2027 cycle will be expected to match.
Sumitomo joins Gwynt Glas consortium as floating offshore wind's capital requirements demand institutional three-way structures
ESB's stake in a 1.5GW Celtic Sea project makes Ireland's state utility a direct participant in what could become the largest renewable infrastructure investment in Welsh waters.
Ramboll appoints a dedicated UK and Ireland water lead as AMP8 makes sector credibility a commercial prerequisite
A Water Sector Lead hire covering both jurisdictions simultaneously is less an organisational chart change than a client engagement strategy. AMP8 and Uisce Éireann's capital programmes both require named technical and commercial authority at the table, and Ramboll now has one person covering both.
Aura Power and Verdant merge to cross the 1GW threshold where institutional solar and BESS economics change
CVC DIF combining its Verdant portfolio with Aura Power's development pipeline is not just a scale play, it is an explicit bet that the economics of UK solar and BESS project finance, EPC procurement and grid queue management are materially better above 1GW than below it.
Santander and EDF unlock BESS project finance with a structure Irish developers are watching closely
Two financial closes in one announcement signals that the Santander debt plus EDF revenue floor template has become the repeatable financing structure that converts UK BESS from merchant risk to bankable infrastructure.
Gas Networks Ireland data shows power sector gas demand rising as renewable growth creates bigger balancing swings
Gas supplying up to 93% of Ireland's electricity at peak demand moments in H1 2026 is not a fossil fuel story. It is a grid stability story, and the data provides regulatory ammunition for GNI's continued network investment case.
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