Battery energy storage plant proposed at Derrynagall or Ballydaly, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

In context

It is one of 5 battery storage applications Offaly 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 Offaly County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

A 31.34 metre length of 110kV Overhead Electricity Line connecting a Battery Energy Storage System to Thornsberry 110kV substation