Solar Farm Northern Ireland

Another recent solar farm project has been completed to supply the energy needs at dunore water treatment works in south antrim one of northern ireland s largest water treatment facilities.

Solar farm northern ireland.

Elgin energy esco ltd is seeking to develop a solar installation at whappstown. We have so far delivered the client four planning consents for new solar farms in different areas across the north of england. The uk s biggest developer of solar farms says it wants to spend 100m developing 20 sites in northern ireland over the next two years. Meanwhile agriland contacted the 31 local authorities in ireland in an effort to establish just how many solar farms have been granted planning permission in this country over the last three years.

From the evidence supplied by 27 county councils 86 developments were granted planning permission in ireland between 2015 and 2018. A typical farm 12 kw pv system will generate around 9 600 kwh each year saving 5 tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere. The solar facility is earmarked for a large south facing field beside the windfarm built in 2011. The rural solutions planning team have worked with a leading uk solar farm company since 2012.

The project involved the installation of 24 000 solar panels across a 33 acre site and cost approximately 7million to complete. Solar farms provide a landowner with a secure stable and predictable long term index. Planning permission for over 220 solar farms has been made since june 2015 as more and more companies look at establishing solar farms in ireland. Dup mp ian paisley has entered into a dispute over a planning application for a new solar farm outside ballymena.

A number of companies are currently involved in developing solar farms in northern ireland. The quirk farm at crocane near cloyne close to cork harbour already has a 1 7mw wind farm. The client s portfolio includes the largest operational solar farms to date in scotland and northern ireland.