Mayo company part of consortium awarded €53m lighting efficiency contract

A MAYO company is part of a consortium awarded a €53 million lighting efficiency contract.

Le Chéile, a joint venture partnership between public lighting specialists Enerveo Ireland, Al Read Electrical and Claremorris-based Electric Skyline, have been awarded a contract by Cork County Council for the retrofit of public street lighting across the south west region of Ireland.

The Public Lighting Energy Efficiency Project (PLEEP), which is managed by the Road Management Office (RMO) in conjunction with various local authorities across Ireland, will see a number of regions countrywide retrofitted in stages with energy efficient LED street lights over the next three years as part of the government’s drive to assist local authorities in reaching their energy efficiency targets by 2030.

Le Chéile have been awarded the contract to retrofit the first of these nationwide regions, Region 1, which will see over 80,000 public street lights refurbished across counties Cork, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Waterford over the next 30 months as the first stage of the project. Cork County Council is the lead local authority for Region 1.

The contract will see a consortium of some of the most experienced and knowledgeable public lighting contractors in the country uniting to deliver key public lighting infrastructure upgrades in line with the objectives of Project Ireland 2040 to support businesses and communities to build a more sustainable future.

Enerveo Ireland, formerly known as SSE Airtricity Utility Solutions until it rebranded in November 2021 as part of its sale to private equity firm Aurelius, will lead on the project and join forces with Mayo based lighting specialists Electric Skyline Ltd., who have presence across the 32 counties as well as Al Read Electrical, who have over 40 years’ experience in delivering public lighting solutions across Ireland.

Electric Skyline was established in 2007 and employs over 100 people. They are one of the leading lighting specialists in Ireland and maintain over 100,000 public lights across nine local authorities.

The company also specialises in sports lighting, with the team also highly experienced in public and solar lighting.