Plans lodged for €105m wind farm on Waterford/Tipperary border

Company claims the farm will contribute an 'estimated' €23.8m to council rates over its lifetime and potentially create up to 16 'direct jobs'

Plans seek to erect 12 6-7.2 MW wind turbines, with a total of 74.2 megawatts, with an overall tip height of 185m, a rotor diameter of 162m and a hub height of 104m. File picture

A Dublin-based international wind and solar energy company has applied for permission to construct a €105m wind farm on 400 hectares in the Knockmealdown mountains on the Waterford/Tipperary border.

Dyrick Hill Wind Farm Limited lodged the application with An Bord Pleanála as a Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) under Section 37E of the Planning and Development Act 2000.