Full coverage: Renewable energy

As the first Irish offshore wind projects secure a route to market, global lenders and institutional investors are showing unprecedented interest in the industry. Yet many boxes have yet to be ticked before capital starts flowing in.

The promise of solar farms can be lucrative for farmers, and developers are upping bids to access their land – but they face a long process before panels go up. A new court judgement shows what can happen if a landowner suddenly gets cold feet.

Simon Phelan's business offers British households all-in-one solutions to finance and operate green energy sources. Environmental credentials have helped Hometree raise capital from blue-chip investors in a depressed funding market.

The Irish-based, French-centered solar developer has announced new shareholders and directors in a bid to accelerate the delivery of its project pipeline. This includes acquiring full ownership of its Infram joint venture.

The most divisive debate at the recent Wind Energy Conference focused on an apparently technocratic point of EU law, which ended up sparking a classical clash between advocates of the free market and state intervention. The electricity bills of 450 million Europeans are at stake.

The former owners of Beauparc are back in the waste and energy business after acquiring the Huntstown biogas project. Developed to generate gas from brown bins, the plant is not yet in commercial operation.

After years of delays, a court dispute and a large write-off, Energia has found a willing buyer for its problem-riddled Dublin biogas plant. Waste treatment entrepreneur Eamon Waters is familiar with the project.

Ronan Doherty was among the founders of ElectroRoute, the energy trading company fully acquired by Mitsubishi last year. He explains where his business sits in the increasingly interconnected electricity grid required to power Europe without fossil fuels.

Multinational SSE Renewables is accused of breaching a key part of its pact to take over Green Wind Energy, the owner of a large wind farm in Co Offaly. The vendors say they are facing significant losses if the Scottish-based energy firm doesn't change course.

Finance and contractors are in place for the major infrastructure project destined to replace peak gas-fired generation with overseas renewable or nuclear electricity. Thomas Hubert reports from Paris.