€31.5m wind farm for Kerry

Geoff Percival Europe’s largest renewable energy company Statkraft is to begin construction on a €31.5m wind farm project in the south-west.

Europe’s largest renewable energy company Statkraft is to begin construction on a €31.5m wind farm project in the south-west.

The 23.1 megawatt Kilathmoy wind farm will be located on the Kerry-Limerick border and will be Statkraft’s first wind farm project in the Republic. Construction will start in November and the project is expected to be fully commissioned late next year.