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Location:
Garvagh Glebe, Co. Leitrim. Republic of Ireland.
Description:
Garvagh Glebe Wind Farm is a joint development between Hibernian Wind Power and Coillte Teoranta. ESBI, under a full turnkey contract, is responsible for the complete scope of works: procurement, engineering, construction and commissioning.
Garvagh Glebe is situated on the slopes of Corrie Mountain in County Leitrim. Due to the geographical proximity and co-incident timing (both projects are Gate 2 Grid connection offers) of this project and that of Tullynahaw in Co. Roscommon, they are both being developed simultaneously.
The combined output of both wind farms will be exported via a dedicated 110kV sub-station, located on the Garvagh Glebe site.
Expected Commercial Operation Date:
Sept 2010
Capacity:
26MW. Produces enough green energy to meet the electricity needs of more than 14,500 homes.
Technology:
13 x Vestas V80/2MW machines
Emission Reductions per year:
- 55,000 tonnes of CO2
- 310 tonnes of SOX
- 230 tonnes of NOX
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