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Cnoc Windfarms Ltd

Cnoc Windfarms Ltd. Presented by Thomas Cooke Director . Company . Locally owned and developed 4 partners 3 are landowners Self financed and developed . LOCATION. On Tipperary Kilkenny Border. Highest point on Slieveardagh Hills 340 metres elevation . Planning History.

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Cnoc Windfarms Ltd

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  1. Cnoc Windfarms Ltd Presented by Thomas Cooke Director

  2. Company • Locally owned and developed • 4 partners • 3 are landowners • Self financed and developed

  3. LOCATION

  4. On Tipperary Kilkenny Border

  5. Highest point on Slieveardagh Hills 340 metres elevation

  6. Planning History • Planning lodged in 2001 for 17 turbines 600 kw each 10.2 MW, full EIS etc by Fehily Timoney. • Granted by South Tipperary County Council • Refused by ABP in 2002, main reason was visibility on nearby Cistercian Abbey • (Inspectors report mentioned no need for onshore wind farms as Ireland could meet its 500MW target from the Arklow Bank offshore wind farm!)

  7. Planning Contd. • Revised planning application in 2009 for 5 x 2.3MW turbines,4 have 65 metre hub height and 1, 55 metre hub all with 70m diameter blades total installed capacity 11.5MW • EXTENSIVE consultations with state agencies etc. • Full EIS etc by Eamon O’Domhnaill Aeolas • New EIA guidelines arrived mid planning • Again granted by South Tipperary County Council and appealed to ABP by third parties • ABP granted planning on a majority decision on March 2011, no onerous planning conditions

  8. Grid Connection • Applied for Grid in 2005 • Missed Gate 2 • In Gate 3 • H1 Thurles Node • Got Grid offer March 2011 same week as ABP granted Planning! • Accepted Grid offer in November 2011

  9. Grid Connection Contd. • Grid offer connection to Thurles OHL in association with two other wind farms in Blanchfield sub group c.35MW total • Unfeasible to build OHL due principally to planning timescale, 63 landowners, 24 km, 3 Local Authorities • Currently applying for modification to UHL with Blanchfield Group

  10. Wind resource • Two masts on site • 30 metre radio mast operating for a few years • 65m lattice mast erected by Lynx Metmasts in 2011 • Wind speed 8.5m/s +

  11. Lynx Mast 65 metre Lattice Guyed Ammonit logger Web access to logger data Theiss anenometer

  12. Head for heights

  13. Projected costs • C. €15 – €16m

  14. Build date • Start construction 2014

  15. Current work • Due diligence • Land leases • Engaging with banks • Access issues • Wind data analysis

  16. Consultants • Aeolas - Planning • Connellan and associates – Planning • Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan – Legal • O’Neill Foley – Company Accountants • Mullan Grid – Grid Connection • Irish Wind Farmers Cooperative – Financial • EMD - Wind analysis

  17. The last word Persistence!

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