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SSE Renewables intends to submit the first-ever planning application for the onshore grid infrastructure needed to connect an offshore wind farm to Ireland’s national transmission grid.
The application will be made in the coming weeks to regulator An Bord Pleanála seeking planning permission to develop the onshore grid infrastructure necessary to connect the 520MW Phase 2 of Arklow Bank Wind Park to Ireland’s electricity transmission grid.
The proposed development includes a 220kV substation at Avoca River Business Park in Arklow, Co Wicklow, with an associated transmission compound, connection compound and connection from the new substation to the existing national transmission network.
April 21, 2021, by Adrijana Buljan
SSE Renewables has announced its intention to submit a planning application for the onshore grid infrastructure for the Arklow Bank 2 offshore wind farm. This is the first time an offshore wind developer will seek consent for this kind of infrastructure in Ireland.
The company said it would submit the application in the coming weeks to Ireland’s planning board, An Bord Pleanála, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sure Partners.
The proposed development to connect the 520 MW Phase 2 of Arklow Bank Wind Park to Ireland’s electricity transmission grid includes a 220 kV substation at Avoca River Business Park in Arklow, Wicklow County, with an associated transmission compound, connection compound and connection from the new substation to the existing national transmission network.
An aerial view of Moneypoint ESB generating Station. Photograph by John Kelly.
New Moneypoint offshore wind energy plan will power 1.5 million homes
April 8, 2021
THE FUTURE viability of Moneypoint Power Station has been thrown a much needed lifeline under a new proposed offshore wind development project, which has the potential to generate enough energy to power up 1.5 million homes reports Dan Danaher.
Under a new public private partnership between the ESB and Equinor, a new multi-million Euro project concerning a 270 km2 flaghship floating offshore wind development is being planned off the coast of Clare and Kerry.
Details of the new plan are due to be announced by the ESB under Ireland’s long-term decarbonisation strategy this Friday.
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