Renewables sector warns court ruling could scupper green energy at critical juncture

Industry sources said the nature of certain projects meant it was not possible to determine the exact dimensions of certain infrastructure, such as turbine heights or blade lengths, ahead of receiving planning permission.

Justice Richard Humphreys overturned planning permission for a 96 megawatt (MW) wind farm that Bord na Móna had proposed to build on bogland near Lanesborough in Co Longford. Picture: Getty