The 1.5‑acre site hosts 1,008 Longi 645‑W panels, delivering a peak 650 kWp that translates into 600–650 MWh annually, enough for roughly 150 homes and cutting about 100–120 tonnes of CO₂ each year—an impressive return for a modest plot.
The project doubles as a pastoral space; sheep continue to graze under the panels, a feature Keating said began as a 2017 idea to hedge his farm’s income.
Financing was the linchpin: a 15‑year Power Purchase Agreement with Flogas, a DCC Energy subsidiary, secured the feed‑in; key partners include Bank of Ireland, Strategic Banking Corp., and PV Generation, all backed by the government’s Small‑Scale Renewable Energy Support Scheme.
Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O’Brien praised the farm as a tangible example of policy working at the farm level, noting that the SRESS framework enables local innovators to tap national grids.
Flogas managing director Ken O’Byrne highlighted the PPA model’s role in turning concepts into market‑ready assets, suggesting the same blueprint could launch dozens more Irish farms into clean‑energy generation.
The next phase sees the farm feed its first block of power into the national grid, with Keating eyeing expansion of the dual‑use model to other parcels of his 110‑acre estate.