Applicant Redfaze Ltd., based in Lissarda, hopes to put in place up to 40 battery storage units, equipment and transformers in Ballynahulla - three kilometres from the village of Ballydesmond. In addition, a planning application has been lodged for 39 battery storage compounds at Caherdowney in Millstreet by Kinbrace Limited and the closing date for objections has now passed. Battery storage compounds store excess electricity generated by windfarms when the wind is high - and release it back into the grid when the turbines are slack. Fred O'Sullivan, who is a member of 'Sliabh Luachra Awareness' group is one of many objectors to this latest planning application. He told The Corkman that he had spotted the planning application by chance in Ballynahulla.

Source: Irish Independent May 25, 2018 23:26 UTC