IFA warns over contracts for ‘untested’ solar farms

Despite one of the worst summers on record, the sun could be the new cash-cow for farmers in rural parts of the country.

But Clare’s IFA chair- person Willie Hanrahan has cautioned farmers about signing longs-term leases for solar farms. He believes they could simply blow away during the first storm of winter.

His concern came as Reeve Wave Limited lodged plans for the construction of a 43,500sq m solar farm at Knockanulty, Ennistymon.