50 MW battery storage plant proposed at Meath Hill and Ardagh, Co. Meath

In context

It is the only battery storage application Meath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 58 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 Meath County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an installed capacity of up to 50MW, within a total site area of up to 6.9ha, to include one single storey electrical substation building and electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, 64no. battery storage enclosures (BSEs), 8 no. power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond of 1212 cubic metres, 110kV buried import/export cable to facilitate connection to the existing 110kV Meath Hill substation, upgraded access tracks, crane hardstanding, associated electrical ducting, security fencing and CCTV system, landscaping works, lighting poles and all other ancillary miscellaneous site works include site clearance.