9/12/2025 | Renewable Energy

LP3

Accelerating the transition to renewable power

LP3, a specialist land acquisition and project management consultancy working in the green energy sector, is using Esri’s ArcGIS platform to help accelerate Ireland’s transition to renewable power. The firm’s GIS-led services enable it to work efficiently and transparently with clients to move projects swiftly from initial concept to energy production.

Up to 100 datasets analysed spatially in ArcGIS Pro to identify viable sites for green energy projects more quickly
Six detailed site maps generated in just one minute with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS API for Python
Data collected in the field and shared immediately with teams in transparent field-to-client process

The Challenge

Ireland has huge ambitions for renewable energy. The government’s Climate Action Plan includes the goal that 80% of Ireland’s electricity will be generated from renewable sources by 2030, but meeting this target isn’t going to be easy. New renewable energy projects typically take a long time to get up and running due to the complexities of finding suitable sites, liaising with multiple landowners and addressing environmental concerns.

LP3 was founded in 2022 to help accelerate this transition to green energy. The consulting business aimed to support new market entrants, by identifying viable land more quickly and helping them to progress their green energy projects at pace and at scale. It now delivers the full breadth of services, from initial site screening through to community engagement and site layout, and has put Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology at the heart of its business.

In our business, GIS stands for ‘Getting It Sorted’, because that’s what ArcGIS enables us to do, day after day, project after project.

John McGarry,

Director and Co-Founder, LP3

The Solution

LP3 subscribes to Esri’s cloud-based ArcGIS Online platform and uses a suite of ArcGIS solutions to support the delivery of its services. “All our systems, all our data and all our processes run through ArcGIS,” says John McGarry, Director and Co-Founder of LP3. “In fact, in our business, GIS stands for ‘Getting It Sorted’, because that’s what ArcGIS enables us to do, day after day, project after project.”

For each new scheme, the GIS Team uses ArcGIS Pro to analyse as many as a hundred layers of data and identify potential development sites. This GIS-led approach enables rapid consideration of possible environmental constraints, land ownership complexities and specific project requirements, supporting the creation of detailed site maps. The GIS Team has automated much of this process using the ArcGIS API for Python and can, as a result, generate six site maps a minute.

When suitable sites are identified, LP3’s Land Team uses a mobile app, built with ArcGIS Field Maps, to visit the areas and collect data in the field. Permissions may be required from up to 40 landowners for a single development project, so this app plays an instrumental role in recording the landowners’ contact information, tracking interactions and capturing responses to purchase offers.

To keep its clients informed, LP3 builds project-specific web apps to display data pertaining to shortlisted sites. Created with ArcGIS Experience Builder, these interactive ‘data viewers’ present live information. Clients simply click on maps within the app to see the status of negotiations with landowners, any newly-identified hazards on the site and other information that will support their decision-making.

Later on in the project lifecycle when planning permissions are being sought, LP3’s Community Engagement Team uses ArcGIS Online to identify which households to include in communications programmes, based on distances from planned solar panels or wind turbines and other factors like parish boundaries. The team then uses a mobile data collection app, built with ArcGIS Survey123, to engage with communities potentially impacted by new projects, address resident concerns and initiate workflows for any resulting actions.

ArcGIS is relevant at every single stage of every client project and narrows the gap between feasibility study and construction.

John McGarry,

Director and Co-Founder, LP3

The Benefits

Cost-effective project development services
The automated, streamlined and mobile processes that LP3 has developed with ArcGIS enable the firm to deliver very efficient, cost-effective services for clients. LP3 has, for example, reduced the time required to create maps for clients by 90% and can produce landownership maps in two minutes rather than an hour. As McGarry explains, these time savings add up. “When we save time, our clients save money that they can then reinvest in renewable infrastructure and other strategic initiatives to advance the development of green energy,” he says.

Faster delivery of green energy schemes
As ArcGIS underpins all aspects of client projects—from site selection to land acquisition and community engagement—it plays a pivotal role in helping to speed up the time-to-market for new renewable energy projects. “All projects start and end with GIS,” emphasises McGarry. “ArcGIS is relevant at every single stage of every client project and narrows the gap between feasibility study and construction. Clients can find and develop sites faster, which will ultimately help to increase the supply of green energy and accelerate the growth of the renewables sector in Ireland.”

Transparent, real-time collaboration with clients
LP3 is rightly proud of the fact that it uses ArcGIS apps to work transparently and collaboratively with its clients. At any point in time, clients can see live information about potential development sites, along with contextual information relevant to each project phase. As a result, they have access to the right information, at the right time to support decision-making at every stage of projects. “ArcGIS helps us to unlock value for our clients, beyond just site acquisition,” notes McGarry.

GIS-fuelled business growth
From day one, ArcGIS has been a foundation stone in LP3’s business and it has undoubtedly fuelled the business’s growth. “We’ve grown from two people to seventeen people in under three years and it’s only through the use of ArcGIS that we’ve been able to do this,” claims McGarry. “We’re making an impact on the delivery of green energy in Ireland and we’re continuing to grow—and that’s exciting.”

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LP3

Accelerating the transition to renewable power

Up to 100 datasets analysed spatially in ArcGIS Pro to identify viable sites for green energy projects more quickly

Six detailed site maps generated in just one minute with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS API for Python

Data collected in the field and shared immediately with teams in transparent field-to-client process

The Challenge

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