Panda Power suffers setback to solar energy farm plans 

An Bord Pleanála rejected the company’s appeal against the council’s ruling

Panda Power plans to develop a solar farm on a 8.5 hectare site near Slane, Co Meath.

Energy utility Panda Power has suffered a setback to its plans to develop a large solar farm at a site where its parent company was established 30 years ago.

The company, which is part of the Beauparc utility group founded by entrepreneur Eamon Waters, has failed in its efforts to overturn the decision of Meath County Council to refuse planning permission for a 3 megawatt solar farm on an 8.5 hectare site in Newtown, Beauparc – around 4km outside Slane, Co Meath.