Solar Farm Northern Ireland

The uk s biggest developer of solar farms says it wants to spend 100m developing 20 sites in northern ireland over the next two years.

Solar farm northern ireland.

The rural solutions planning team have worked with a leading uk solar farm company since 2012. These farms will cover several hectares in area with a typical size being a 5 mw farm based on around 12 ha of land. Elgin energy esco ltd is seeking to develop a solar installation at whappstown. Another recent solar farm project has been completed to supply the energy needs at dunore water treatment works in south antrim one of northern ireland s largest water treatment facilities.

Dup mp ian paisley has entered into a dispute over a planning application for a new solar farm outside ballymena. A number of companies are currently involved in developing solar farms in northern ireland. Harmony solar ireland limited is a fully irish owned renewable energy company located in wexford that is acquiring surface rights project rights and lease rights for the development of solar farm installations using photovoltaic technology pv in ireland. We have so far delivered the client four planning consents for new solar farms in different areas across the north of england.

The project involved the installation of 24 000 solar panels across a 33 acre site and cost approximately 7million to complete. From the evidence supplied by 27 county councils 86 developments were granted planning permission in ireland between 2015 and 2018. Meanwhile agriland contacted the 31 local authorities in ireland in an effort to establish just how many solar farms have been granted planning permission in this country over the last three years. The client s portfolio includes the largest operational solar farms to date in scotland and northern ireland.

Solar farms provide a landowner with a secure stable and predictable long term index. Planning permission for over 220 solar farms has been made since june 2015 as more and more companies look at establishing solar farms in ireland. A typical farm 12 kw pv system will generate around 9 600 kwh each year saving 5 tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere.