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Best Wind Energy Companies in Ireland

The 40 best Wind Energy companies in Ireland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Mainstream Renewable Power.

40companies tracked
$1.1Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
10have raised
Sources & further reading
  • ResearchAndMarkets.com
  • The Insight Partners

Ranked: Best Wind Energy companies in Ireland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Mainstream Renewable Power
Developer wind and solar energy plants
$759M47 mo agoAcquiredEddie Connor
Founder & CEO
2008WordPressMySQLPHP+222 patents
Wind turbine rotor blade design and extension for increased aerodynamic efficiency.
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2Aer Soleir
Developer of wind and solar energy projects
$250M53 mo agoSeries D—2021WordPressPleskMySQL+14——
3SuperNode
Developer of wind energy projects
$39M23 mo agoSeries A—2018WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+2544 patents
Superconducting power cables and cryogenic cooling/cryostat systems for high‑temperature superconductors
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4Wind Energy Direct
Develops wind farms
$29M184 mo agoSeries BDominic Costello
Founder & MD
2006———
5Gazelle Wind Power
Developer of wind energy projects
$15M13 mo agoSeries BJon Salazar
Founder and CEO
2020WordPressMySQLPHP+2050 patents
Floating offshore wind turbine platforms with advanced mooring and anchoring systems
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6EireComposites
Designer and manufacturer of fibre-reinforced composite materials
$13M45 mo agoFunding RaisedPatrick Feerick
CEO & MD
2006WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+26—1 job opening
7Biotricity
Manufacturer of wind turbine systems
$9M104 mo agoDeadpooledDeclan Kennedy
CEO & MD
2009———
8Obelisk
Provider of telecoms and renewable energy infrastructure solutions
$7M124 mo agoAcquired—1996WebflowTypekitGoogle Font API+14——
9Fincovi
Provider of asset performance, compliance & reporting and financial management services
$85K86 mo agoAcquired—2019———
10Dare Technology
Portable wind turbines for marine use
$56K51 mo agoSeedDarren Hayes
Co-Founder
2015———
11Simply Blue Group
Developer of offshore wind energy projects
—10 mo agoSeedHugh Kelly
Co-Founder & Group Managing Director
2011WordPressMySQLPHP+23—1 job opening

Top 12 Wind Energy companies in Ireland

#1
Series B · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2020 · 13 employees
$15Mraised
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Developer of wind energy projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series B$1.7M
  • May 2025Conventional Debt$2.3M
  • Nov 2024Series B$12.1M
  • Mar 2022Series A$1.5M
Founders & team
Jon SalazarFounder and CEO
Investors
Indico Capital Partners, August One, Wah Kwong, E2IN2, DSTS GPS, Woonkly
Tech stack
All In One SeoCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianzFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#2
Series A · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2018 · 52 employees
$39Mraised
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Developer of wind energy projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series A$8.8M
  • Apr 2023Series A$15.4M
  • May 2022Series A$14.8M
  • Jan 2021Seed—
Investors
Aker Horizons, Dr. Eddie O'Connor
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareContact Form 7Core-Js
#3
Acquired · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2008 · 650 employees
$758.7Mraised
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Developer wind and solar energy plants

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 73k LinkedIn followers — 24.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Conventional Debt$290M
  • Mar 2022Series C$633M
  • Sep 2020Conventional Debt$620M
  • Nov 2019Conventional Debt$580M
Founders & team
Eddie ConnorFounder & CEO
Investors
IDB Invest, Kfw-Ipex-Bank, Caixa Bank, MUFG, DNB, HSBC
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFlickityGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Maps
#4
Series D · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2021 · 20 employees
$250Mraised
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Developer of wind and solar energy projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Series D$250M
Investors
547 Energy
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerAzureCdnjsCloudflareCookieyesCore-Js
#5
Funding Raised · Galway, Connaught · founded 2006 · 60 employees
$13.1Mraised
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EireComposites (formed by merger of Irish Composites, Composites Testing Laboratory, PPA Teo. and Gaoth-Tec Teo.) provides designing, testing, and manufacturing of fibre-reinforced composite materials. It also develops composite components and assemblies for international aerospace programmes and has participated in multiple European Union R&D programmes in the aerospace sector. It uses its proprietary technology to develop the thermoplastic composites. It provides composite design service using CATIA V5 and finite element analysis using software such as PATRAN and NASTRAN.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Project Manager, Graduate Engineer
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Grant (prize money)$499.5K
  • Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$1.2M
  • Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$633.6K
  • Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$270.2K
Founders & team
Patrick FeerickCEO & MD
Investors
Europa, EIC Fund, Western Development Commission
Tech stack
AosApache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare TurnstileCloudways
#6
Series B · Limerick, County Limerick · founded 2006 · 5 employees
$28.6Mraised
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Wind Energy Direct is a wind energy developer and installs wind turbines on the sites of large users. The company sells electricity produced on-site to energy user at a long term fixed price. The operates on Finance, Build, Own and Operate model.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2011Series B$28.6M
Founders & team
Dominic CostelloFounder & MD
Investors
Novusmodus
#7
Deadpooled · Dublin, Leinster · founded 2009
$9Mraised
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Biotricity is a specialized designer and manufacturer of small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine systems to meet the electrical needs of domestic and commercial clients. Manufactured "Biotricity BH" series wind turbines with power generating capacities 2kW, 3kW, 5kW, 10kW, and 20kW. Also, developed first vertical axis wind turbine systems in August 2009 which was claimed to be deployed in West Cork.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2017Post IPO$2.5M
  • Aug 2017Post IPO$6.5M
Founders & team
Declan KennedyCEO & MD
Investors
BVP
#8
Acquired · Cavan, County Cavan · founded 1996 · 6 employees
$6.7Mraised
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Provider of telecoms and renewable energy infrastructure solutions. This company offers end-to-end managed solutions encompassing maintenance, support, and troubleshooting for telecoms infrastructure, including wireless and fixed-line networks. In the renewable energy sector, services cover solar PV, EV charging, wind measurement, and related equipment rental. The company partners with various clients across both sectors, delivering high-quality infrastructure projects. They maintain a highly skilled workforce dedicated to providing world-class services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 4.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Investors
Development Capital, Raptor Group, British International Investment
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare TurnstileGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#9
Seed · Ringaskiddy, County Cork · founded 2015
$55.6Kraised
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Dare Technology have developed a marine grade, portable wind turbine called the Hi-GEN for use on board commercial marine vessels. The wind turbine is lifted into the wind stream using the existing crane on board the vessel and harnesses the available wind resource. Harnessing this wind resource replaces the need to burn fossil fuels through the on-board generator when the ship is anchored to the mooring in the port.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$83.3K
  • Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$58.2K
  • Jul 2017Grant (prize money)$58.8K
  • Aug 2015Seed$55.6K
Founders & team
Darren HayesCo-Founder
Investors
EIC Fund, Enterprise Ireland, Europa
Tech stack
PhpApache Http ServerTypekitSectigo
#10
Acquired · Athlone, County Westmeath · founded 2019 · 14 employees
$85.5Kraised
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Provider of asset performance, compliance & reporting and financial management services

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2019Seed$85.5K
Investors
NDRC
#11
Seed · Cork, Munster · founded 2011 · 100 employees
—raised
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Developer of offshore wind energy projects. This organization focuses on the advancement of renewable power generation through the development of floating and fixed-bottom wind infrastructure. The company utilizes technical expertise and engineering innovation to harness ocean energy resources. Its operations involve the planning and implementation of large-scale renewable energy systems designed to support sustainable power grids.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 20k LinkedIn followers — 6.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: GIS Technician
Activity: 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. The Kansai Electric Power co., inc.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed—
  • Aug 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Hugh KellyCo-Founder & Group Managing Director
Investors
Octopus Renewables, Kansai Electric Power
#12
Funding Raised · Athy, County Kildare · founded 1997
—raised
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Provider of wind energy based planning and designing services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudSectigoHstsGoogle Cloud Cdn

Funding & investor landscape

$1.1Btotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
41disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa5 rounds
BVP2 rounds
EIC Fund2 rounds
547 Energy1 rounds
Abn Amro1 rounds
Aker Horizons1 rounds
Anim Emprenedor Catala1 rounds
Apollo Global Management1 rounds
August One1 rounds
Banco Português de Fomento1 rounds

Notable founders

Jon Salazar
Founder and CEO · Gazelle Wind Power
Eddie Connor
Founder & CEO · Mainstream Renewable Power
Patrick Feerick
CEO & MD · EireComposites
Dominic Costello
Founder & MD · Wind Energy Direct
Declan Kennedy
CEO & MD · Biotricity
Darren Hayes
Co-Founder · Dare Technology
Hugh Kelly
Co-Founder & Group Managing Director · Simply Blue Group
Prism market signals · Ireland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 700,571 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Wind Energy coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding flat · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Ireland

How research on Wind Energy is moving in Ireland

A read on the academic research around Wind Energy — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 377 Ireland-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202020242026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 35% → 36% across 2020–2026.
top research entities
  • University College Cork116
  • University College Dublin85
  • Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway30
  • Trinity College Dublin29
  • National University of Ireland, Maynooth26
leading researchers
Deeney, Peter · Gregório Iglesias · Damian Flynn · Breiffni Fitzgerald · A. Martinez · William Finnegan · Mikindani, Dorcas · Paul Leahy
▲ Breakthroughs52 · 14%
▲ 0%→14% share
2 median citations90% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→14% of field), led by Wind power.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wind power3→19
Newly emergingOffshore wind power 0→15 · Turbine 0→13 · Submarine pipeline 0→10
Landmark Stochastic Optimization Model to Study the Operational Impacts of High Wind Penetrations in Ireland · 342 cites
◆ Advancements159 · 42%
▲ 0%→42% share
1 median citations87% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→42% of field), led by Wind power.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wind power10→70
  • Renewable energy2→50
  • Offshore wind power2→44
  • Turbine4→45
  • Turbine blade3→18
Newly emergingSubmarine pipeline 0→25 · Marine engineering 0→20 · Photovoltaic system 0→8
Landmark Increasing the Flexibility of Combined Heat and Power for Wind Power Integration in China: Modeling and Implications · 563 cites
▼ Concerns72 · 19%
▲ 0%→18% share
3 median citations79% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→18% of field), led by Renewable energy.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Renewable energy2→23
  • Wind power11→30
  • Offshore wind power2→18
  • Turbine4→14
  • Marine engineering1→8
Newly emergingSubmarine pipeline 0→12 · Environmental economics 0→5
Landmark Studying the Maximum Instantaneous Non-Synchronous Generation in an Island System—Frequency Stability Challenges in Irel · 288 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Ireland

Where wind energy is researched across Ireland

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Dublin156 · +0.34
Hot · Wind powerAdvancing · TurbineOpportunity · Marine energyConcern · Electric power system
Cork120 · +0.25
Hot · Wind powerAdvancing · Submarine pipelineOpportunity · Climate changeConcern · Environmental economics
Galway30 · +0.34
Hot · Tidal powerAdvancing · Turbine bladeOpportunity · Turbine
Limerick26 · +0.33
Hot · Finite element methodAdvancing · Wind speedOpportunity · Submarine pipelineConcern · Structural engineering
Maynooth26 · +0.35
Hot · Wave powerAdvancing · Marine energyOpportunity · Wind powerConcern · Renewable energy

Common questions

How many Wind Energy companies are there in Ireland?
Radar tracks 40 indexable Wind Energy companies headquartered in Ireland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Wind Energy companies in Ireland?
The Wind Energy companies in Ireland on this list have raised a combined $1.1B in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Wind Energy company in Ireland?
Mainstream Renewable Power is the highest-funded Wind Energy company in Ireland, with $758.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Wind Energy companies in Ireland are funded?
10 of the 40 Wind Energy companies in Ireland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Wind Energy unicorns are there in Ireland?
None of the Wind Energy companies in Ireland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Ireland Wind Energy companies?
The most active investors in Ireland Wind Energy companies on this list include Europa, BVP, EIC Fund, 547 Energy, Abn Amro.
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