{"id":953,"date":"2026-01-08T17:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energycloud.org\/ireland\/?p=953"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:30:29","slug":"orsted-and-energycloud-initiative-to-give-free-hot-water-for-100-homes-near-wind-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energycloud.org\/ireland\/orsted-and-energycloud-initiative-to-give-free-hot-water-for-100-homes-near-wind-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Orsted and EnergyCloud initiative to give free hot water for 100 homes near wind farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"page-section multi-content__block \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content__header full-column\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUp to 100 homes will get free hot water from surplus renewable energy from wind farms in Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content__body full-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Up to 100 homes will get free hot water from surplus renewable energy from wind farms in Kilgarvan, Co Kerry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Renewable energy company Orsted is partnering with charity EnergyCloud and Kerry Co Council on the initiative, which will provide free hot water to the homes that are geographically nearest to Orsted\u2019s wind farms, dependent on tenant sign-up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-paywall-IE-template access-tier\">\n<p class=\"\">EnergyCloud will heat the home\u2019s water tank through smart immersion technology, with homes under Kerry County Council\u2019s stock eligible for the scheme. Orsted will provide approximately \u20ac500 per home to the initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBy using surplus renewable energy, we\u2019re helping households in need. It\u2019s proof that renewable energy can do more than just power homes, it supports communities,\u201d said Orsted vice president for onshore in Ireland and the UK, TJ Hunter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alan Wyley, CEO of EnergyCloud Ireland said: \u201cThis is a simple but effective way to provide an essential service like hot water, while making better use of Ireland\u2019s renewable resources. We hope this initiative will drive others to do similar projects\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This will be EnergyCloud\u2019s first project in county Kerry and builds on its existing collaborations with local authorities and approved housing bodies in counties including Offaly, Cork, Galway, and Limerick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Orsted has three operational wind farms in the Kilgarvan area \u2013 Kilgarvan, Sillahertane, and Inchincoosh \u2013 which have a combined generating capacity of 86 MW of green electricity across 38 turbines, enough to power more than 53,000 homes annually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Orsted has also started the Kilgarvan Repower project, which will replace 28 turbines at existing wind farms, totalling 77.5 MW, with up to 11 more modern machines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Orsted\u2019s Irish headquarters are in Cork, and operates 21 onshore wind farms across the island of Ireland, with a multi-technology pipeline of further onshore wind farms, solar farms and energy storage facilities at various stages of development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content__footer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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