Bord na Móna’s two major wind farm projects have won in the first competitive auction under the Irish Government’s new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS-1).
Cloncreen Wind Farm near Clonbullogue, County Offaly and the Oweninny Wind Farm Phase 2 in County Mayo, were both successful in their bids, winning 158 MW total capacity in the auction. Phase one of the Oweninny scheme, a joint venture of ESB and Bord na Mona, has a capacity of 93 MW and was commissioned in November 2019.
Of the 82 successful bids in the auction, Bord na Móna’s two projects represent a 25 percent of the total capacity awarded. Together the two wind farms will supply enough renewable energy to power over 100,000 homes across Ireland per annum.
The two wind farm projects represent a EUR170 million (US$201.3 million) investment by Bord na Móna into its Brown to Green strategy.
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