Huge windfarm project planned for Cork and Kerry

An ESB subsidiary has lodged an application for a windfarm spanning more than 30 townlands across Cork and Kerry.

The application, by ESB Wind Development Ltd, for Grousemount Windfarm with a rating of more than 50MW has been lodged directly with An Bord Pleanála as a strategic infrastructure development.

The site area is 1,465 hectares of privately owned land, being leased by the ESB.