Major wind farm gets the green light after An Bord Pleanála ruling

A major wind farm straddling the uplands of the Cork-Kerry border, across 32 townlands, has been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

Major wind farm gets the green light after An Bord Pleanála ruling
Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 01:00
Anne Lucey

The application, by ESB Wind Development Ltd, for Grousemount wind farm, which runs 17km northeast of Kenmare to 14km along the Cork border to the southwest of Ballyvourney, had been lodged directly with An Bord Pleanála last September as a strategic infrastructure development.

The total site area is 1,465 hectares of privately owned land which is to be leased by the ESB.

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