Wind turbine plans power ahead in Midlands
Seventy-nine more turbines have green light to go ahead in Offaly
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If all the wind farms currently permitted in Offaly are developed, the number of turbines in the county will rise from 35 to 114.
At present there are just three wind farms in Offaly and one of those, Bord na Móna s facility at Mountlucas, has 29 turbines.
There are four turbines in the Meenwaun wind farm, which is located at Garbally between Banagher and Birr, and two at Leabeg, Boora.
In total, those three wind farms have a maximum electricity generation capacity of 98.5MW (the West Offaly peat-fired power station in Shannonbridge was a 150MW plant).