Slide 1: Community Webinar Presentation
Community Webinar Presentation 07.10.2021
Slide 2: Outline of Presentation
Outline of Presentation • Project Overview • Community Engagement • Project Benefits • Next Steps Page 2
Slide 3: Project Developers
Project Developers • Until recently, Coillte’s partner for this project has been Brookfield Renewable Ireland, one of the largest • Coillte Renewable Energy are owners and developers of renewable responsible for harnessing the wind assets in the country. energy above Coillte forests. • In June 2021,
Slide 4: Project Location
Project Location • Proposed development Study Area • Design Iteration 3 Page 4
Slide 5: Need for the Development
Need for the Development • Experts warn that if we don’t drastically reduce emissions there is a very real danger that we will see temperatures rising well beyond +2C within our children’s lifetimes, resulting in extreme, irreversible climate events that cause far-reaching, long-lasting damage. • Al
Slide 6: Distance of Dwellings from Turbines
Distance of Dwellings from Turbines
Slide 7: Community Liaison
Community Liaison • Community Liaison Officers (CLOs): John Lyons, David Eves • Focus areas: 1. Local householders 2. Local Community Groups 3. Wider public • Householder engagement Focus on 3km zone, i.e. ~ 200 households • Newsletters and Updates • NL1. Summer 2019 Door knocks, call backs, letters
Slide 8: Newsletter example
Newsletter example Detailed information provided in newsletters 3 and 5
Slide 9: Wider public engagement
Wider public engagement • www.Ballinagreewindfarm.ie Virtual Tour opened Sept 2021 • Half Page advertorials in Corkman and Southern Star, Sept 2021 • Full Page advertorial in Lee Valley Outlook, Sept 2021 • This webinar advertised in the Corkman, Southern Star and Lee Valley Outlook, Sept 2021
Slide 10: Website Virtual Tour
Website Virtual Tour • Project overview • The timeframe • The team • Site maps • Archaeology and Cultural Heritage • Ecology • Noise • Landscape and Visuals • Full set of photomontages • Community Benefit Fund • Copies of all Newsletters
Slide 11: Project Overview
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Slide 12: Project Overview
Project Overview • Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) project • 20 turbines • Hub height up to 110m; tip height up to 185m • Access tracks, hard standings, internal cables • 110 kV onsite substation and underground export cable to Clashavoon • Forestry felling and offsite replanting • Recrea
Slide 13: Design Development
Design Development • Review of sites on national scale • Large sites, suitable designation in County Development Plan, potential grid connection, outside designated environmental sites (SAC/SPA), good wind resource, suitable terrain • Original search area consisting of Coillte and Third Party lands
Slide 14: Design Development: Developable Area
Design Development: Developable Area Page 14
Slide 15: Project Benefits
Project Benefits • Significant Community Benefit Fund – based on recent department publication Ballinagree Wind Farm could provide an estimate € 600,000 Community Benefit Fund per annum for first 15 years, € 300,000 in following years. • Project will potentially produce 118 - 132 MW which is a signi
Slide 16: Community Benefit Fund
Community Benefit Fund • Renewable Electricity Support Scheme projects are required to establish a Community Benefit Fund for the local community. The fund must remain in place for the duration of RESS which is 15 years. • Government guidance on how the fund is to be used; • Near neighbour payments,
Slide 17: Next Steps
Next Steps • Finalise planning application documents • Planning application (Strategic Infrastructure Development) • Target submission date: end November 2021 • Site notices and advertised in local and national papers • All planning documents available on dedicated planning website • Public will hav
Slide 18: Thank You
Thank You We would be delighted to answer any questions you may have Phone:1890 928740 Email: ballinagreewindfarm@coillte.ie www.ballinagreewindfarm.ie Page 18