FOR A 10 YEAR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF UP TO…

Application details

Planning reference

18878

Council

Kerry County Council

Proposal description

FOR A 10 YEAR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF UP TO 0.6HA THAT WILL PROVIDE GIRD BALANCING SERVICES TO THE IRISH ELECTRICAL GRID, TO INCLUDE UP TO 26 NO. SELF-CONTAINED BATTERY CONTAINER UNITS WITH ASSOCIATED HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (HVAC), POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS (PCS), STEP-UP TRANSFORMERS, CONTROL SYSTEMS AND ANCILLARY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, 1 NO . SINGLE – STOREY ELECTRICITY CONTROL BUILDING, 1 NO. 110KV ESB SUBSTATION, SINGLE STOREY SUBSTATION CONTROL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 1 NO. 110 KV GENERATOR TRANSFORMER, ALL NECESSARY GROUND AND FOUNDATION WORKS, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND CABLING AND DUCTING, PALISADE SECURITY FENCING AND LIGHTING, CCTV SECURITY CAMERAS, NEW SITE ACCESS FROM EXISTING PRIVATE ROAD, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) IS NOW SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION

Location / address

KILPADDOGE, TARBERT, CO. KERRY

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

10 Sept 2018

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

23 Sept 2019

Final grant date

10 Feb 2020

Appeal lodged

21 Oct 2019

Appeal decision date

10 Feb 2020