Project Information

Welcome to this pre-application community consultation for our Meenakeeran wind farm and battery energy storage system (BESS) proposal.

When identifying a potential wind farm and battery energy storage site, ABO Energy considers several different factors. These include, but aren’t limited to:

The Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 set a target that by 2030, at least 80% of the electricity consumed in Northern Ireland must come from renewable sources generated within the region.

The proposed Meenakeeran wind farm includes five turbines, a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) area and associated ancillary development, as illustrated on the site layout plan above.

A Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) is being prepared by Shanti McAllister Landscape Planning & Design Ltd, an independent consultant and Chartered Landscape Architect with 23 years’ experience preparing LVIAs for wind farms in Northern Ireland.

The Meenakeeran wind farm and battery energy storage project is using an approach called ‘co-location’ of generation and storage on the same site.

Section 45 (1) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 requires that all applications must have regard to the local plan, so far as material to the application, and all other material considerations.

ABO Energy NI commissioned Cogent Management Consulting LLP to articulate and quantify the predicted monetary and non-monetary impacts (at a national, regional and local level) that may be attributable to the development of Meenakeeran Wind Farm.

ABO Energy NI is currently undertaking an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and an Environmental Statement (ES) will be submitted alongside the planning application for the Meenakeeran wind farm and battery energy storage project.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about the proposed Meenakeeran wind farm and battery energy storage project.