Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary TD, joined Statkraft and Microsoft to turn the sod on Harlockstown Solar – Statkraft’s latest solar project in Ireland. Pictured (l to r) Eoin Doherty, Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation EMEA Regional Leader, Kourtney Nelson, Director, Renewable Energy Procurement at Microsoft, Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary TD, and Kevin O’Donovan, Senior Vice President at Statkraft. The *34MW solar project in Co. Meath, which could power the equivalent of almost 9,000 homes, is one of several renewable energy projects being delivered as part of a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) package with Microsoft which was signed last year. Under the multi-year deals, Statkraft Ireland will supply the technology firm with 366MW of clean energy from six of its wind and solar farms. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland