Long before the first solar farm to be connected to Ireland’s electricity grid launched in Wicklow in 2022, representatives for renewable companies were casting their nets wide in search of opportunity. Just how wide became apparent in a recent High Court case, where the court was told that between 2014-2015 one representative for Solas Éireann Development, which has since been acquired by Neoen, was in touch with 400 landowners around Ireland looking for prospective opportunities and negotiating options deals.  Almost a decade later, speculative agreements made by companies betting on a future where solar would take its place in Ireland’s…

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