Longford County planners have given the go ahead for the connection of a major planned Longford solar farm to the national electrical grid.
Harmony Solar Longford Ltd had sought to construct an underground electric cable linking the previously granted Middleton House Solar Farm near Kilashee to the site of the former Lough Ree Power Plant.
Plans submitted to Longford County Council call for the construction of transformer compound including a surge arrestor, circuit breaker, lightning mast and the associated underground cabling
Also featured in the design are a diesel generator, security fence, the removal of portacabins and the use of and realignment of the existing access road.
Part two of the application calls for the installation of an underground electrical cable from the site of the proposed solar farm, to the Lanesboro plant.
Permission has been secured to locate the cable alongside a proposed walk and cycle way in the county.
The underground cable is intended to connect the permitted Middleton House Solar Farm to the national grid via the proposed transformer compound at Lough Ree Power Station.
The application was approved with 10 conditions attached including a ruling that Longford County Council supervise the undergrounding of the cable
