RES has received consent for a ten-year planning permission to An Bord Pleanála in relation to the following development in the townland of Coolshamroge, Ennis, Co. Clare.

The development constitutes the following:

• A 110/33kV substation consisting of 2no control buildings, a transformer compound, a high voltage (HV) switchgear compound, a customer MV compound and associated cabling. The control buildings will consist of foundation works, block work, roofing, low voltage electrical fit out, medium voltage switchgear cladding and building finishing works.
• 2no underground 110kV cables, a cable access track and 2no overhead line towers.
• A power transformer, HV electrical equipment (4bays), Overhead line gantry, lightning protection masts, communication mast, structural steel works, circuit breakers, current transformers, voltage transformers, busbars, surge arresters, cable sealing ends, disconnectors/earth switches, surge arrestors and post insulators will be installed in the Eirgrid HV Substation Compound.
• The Customer MV Compound will consist of 2 No. capacitor banks, 1 No. reactor banks and associated circuit breakers (capacitor and reactor), 1 no. harmonic filter, resistor, preinsertion resistor and 1 No. auxiliary transformer.
• Palisade and concrete post and rail fencing will be erected around the compound for security/protection.

The approved application is a new 110kV Substation to feed into the existing Drumline-Ennis 110kV overhead line (OHL) circuit. The Substation and 110kV loop in infrastructure is situated within lands at Coolshamroge, Ennis, Co. Clare. The Substation is to facilitate the Manusmore Solar Farm (PA Ref:20562), the Manusmore Solar Farm Extension (PA Ref:21915) and the Coolshamrock Solar Farm (PA Ref:22586).

For more information on the consented development, please click here.

A copy of the decision notice can be found at https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/318340.