Battery energy storage plant proposed at Carriglong, Tramore, Co. Waterford

In context

It is one of 4 battery storage applications Waterford City and 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 Waterford City and County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

The installation of no.20 BESS containers 7.1m x 2.4m no. 15 Power converter stands 1.4 m x 1.2m. 1 MV switch room and transformer room 26m x 8m. Trench works and drainage as needed for cabling, no.7 CCTV and lighting poles 3.4m high and high security fence 2.4m surrounding the site. Hard standing reinforced concrete as foundation pad for whole site, laneway of 800mm stone from entrance of field to site approximately 590m