Planning

Plans lodged for €100 million solar farm in Kildare

EEL Mullacash Solar wants to build a solar farm on a 318 acre site outside Naas that would produce 105MW of renewable power

The planing documents state that the solar farm would take ten years to construct, and would be operational for 40 years

A planning application has been submitted to Kildare County Council for a €100 million solar farm 4km outside Naas.

The Dunstown solar farm, according to plans lodged by EEL Mullacash Solar, would comprise a total site area of 318 acres, with an estimated export capacity of 105MW.

It would take ten years to construct, and would be operational for 40 years, according to the application.

The planning statement claimed that the farmland development would provide ...