Meath County Council grants permission for 50 MW battery storage plant 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 applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 10 October 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

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 electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, 64no. battery storage enclosures (BSEs), 8no. power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond of 1212 cubic metres, indicative 110kV buried import/export cable and indicative 110kV substation to facilitate connection to the existing 110kV Meath Hill substation, upgraded access tracks, crane hardstanding, associated electrical ducting, palisade security fencing and CCTV system, landscaping works, lighting poles and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance