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Offaly council under pressure to drop wind farm buffer zones

OFFALY County Council has come under intense pressure to abandon its rule banning wind farms from within 2km of towns and villages. Bord na Mona, Coillte, RWE Renewables, Galetech, Statkraft Ireland and representative group the Irish Wind Energy ...

15 Nov 2020 at 17:03

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Multi-billion euro plans to bring more wind and solar farms to Offaly

IN the week concerns were expressed about the likelihood of Bord na Mona workers being employed in a major house retrofitting programme, the company has announced that it will raise €1.6bn to fund a series of major climate action projects ...

27 Sept 2020 at 10:17

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Works proposed to several Offaly roads to allow for transportation of turbines to Kildare wind farm

THE large turbines for a proposed wind farm near Monasterevin will have to be transported to the site through Offaly because of access difficulties at the Grand Canal. The Ummeras wind farm, a five-turbine project planned by Norwegian ...

07 Feb 2021 at 14:12

Midland Tribune

Offaly residents are worried about Wind Farm's effect on their health

A number of residents living beside the nine turbines of Cloghan Wind Farm have told the Midland Tribune that the enormous turbines are having a negative effect on their mental and physical health. Several of the residents living on ...

21 Nov 2023 at 17:29

Wicklow coastal wind farm project to cut turbines by 25 per cent

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Wicklow coastal wind farm project to cut turbines by 25pc

Codling Wind Park has announced that the number of wind turbines proposed for the project has been cut by 25 per cent, due to improved technology and a better understanding of the site. The finalised design for the Codling Wind ...

05 Apr 2024 at 11:31

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German official believes Ireland can become 'significant player' in global hydrogen energy

Ireland can become a “significant player” in global hydrogen energy, a German official has told an Oireachtas committee. However, politicians also heard that the country could not afford to miss climate targets if it wanted to ...

01 Mar 2022 at 15:45

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Bord na Mona to raise €1.6bn for wind and solar farm investment

23 Sept 2020 at 18:21

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Offaly council under pressure to drop wind farm buffer zones

10 Nov 2020 at 18:19

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Offaly councillors back removal of 2km wind farm buffer around villages

BY a margin of 12 to five, councillors in Offaly have voted to remove the 2km buffer zone between wind turbines and towns and villages. The zone's removal had been sought by the County Council's chief executive after ...

24 May 2021 at 16:42

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Nolan calls for action on wind farm guidelines

Sinn Féin TD for the Offaly and North Tipparary constituency, teachta Carol Nolan, has raised the issue of guidelines for wind farms in the Dáil this afternoon with the Taoiseach. Deputy Nolan said: “The Programme ...

15 Feb 2017 at 16:21

Midland Tribune

300 wind turbine lorries per day drove into Offaly bog

THREE HUNDRED TRUCKS per day were recently driving into Clongawny / Derrinlough Bog just north of Birr, a recent meeting was told. Area Engineer John Mitchell told the May monthly meeting of Birr Municipal ...

31 May 2024 at 18:51

Midland Tribune

Diesel bowser stolen from Derrinlough wind farm

A 250 gallon (1100 litre) diesel bowser was stolen from Derrinlough wind farm on the Birr / Cloghan road recently. Bowsers are big tanks (sometimes blue, as in this case) which are often seen hitched onto ...

23 Jun 2022 at 19:56

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