Battery energy storage plant proposed at CROCKAHENNY, INISHOWEN, Co. Donegal

In context

It is one of 5 battery storage applications Donegal County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 59 nationally. Of the 72 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Donegal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION WITH A 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF 1NO. BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND CONTAINING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINERS, (2) 1NO. ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AND COMPOUND, (3) CONNECTION TO NATIONAL GRID SYSTEM VIA 50M OF UNDERGROUND CABLE TO THE ESB CROCKAHENNY 38kV SUBSTATION, (4) ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS AND INVERTER UNITS, UNDERGROUND CABLING AND DUCTING, BOUNDARY FENCING, SECURITY ENTRANCE GATES AND CCTV, (5) INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, (6) ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT, LANDSCAPING AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE (RED III) RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/2413)