Four healthcare firms in €30m wind turbine plan for harbour

FOUR healthcare companies are planning a €30 million wind turbine project in Cork Harbour because of the high price of electricity.

Centocor, DePuy, GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis have formed the Cork Lower Harbour Energy Group, which aims to build eight wind turbines on four sites locally.

The companies say it will reduce their carbon footprint of each factory by up to 30% – or up to 22,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum – while significantly reducing their operating costs.