Planning permission granted for Arklow Bank onshore wind farm infrastructure

SSE Renewables, the renewable energy developer, has won planning permission for the onshore infrastructure required for its planned Phase 2 Arklow Bank Wind Park, a proposed €2.5 billion offshore wind project based in the Irish Sea that will, when complete, generate 800MW of renewable wind energy in Ireland.

An Bord Pleanála granted permission for the company, which is connected to wind and gas provider SSE Airtricity, to construct an onshore transmission grid for its proposed ...