Planning permission granted for 22,000 panel solar farm near Cobh

Planning permission has been granted for a large solar farm around 1.7km outside Cobh, despite the objections of some local residents.

An Bord Pleanála has upheld the decision of Cork County Council to approve the application by energy firm, Amarenco, for the development of a 5 megawatt solar farm together with two transformer stations plus a delivery station on a 12-hectare site at Ballynacrusha, Cobh.