{"id":640744,"date":"2021-07-23T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T09:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=640744"},"modified":"2021-07-23T10:31:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T09:31:34","slug":"wind-farms-must-be-strategically-and-sustainably-developed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/wind-farms-must-be-strategically-and-sustainably-developed\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind farms must be ‘strategically and sustainably’ developed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Most people share the same sentiment that when it comes to wind farms, they must be “strategically and sustainably developed, including meaningful consultation with local residents”, as Sinn F\u00e9in’s Violet-Anne Wynne said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Objectors feel that one or more of the above were lacking when it came to the application lodged earlier this year by Coillte and Mid Clare Renewable Energy Windfarm Ltd. (MCRE) for the development of 10 wind turbines of up to 170m in height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of this, deputy Wynne said she is “celebrating” the recent refusal of planning permission by Clare County Council for this proposed wind farm near Cahermurphy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the residents who were campaigning against the proposed wind farm in Clare raised “very legitimate concerns”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the back of this, deputy feels that the government should be focusing on offshore wind farms as an alternative to land-based developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen I visited the proposed site and saw that there was already a wind farm in the vicinity, I understood that another development would not be best placed there. The residents already have had issues with perpetual shadow flicker,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deputy’s party colleague Brian Stanley has brought forward legislation on three occasions since 2014 that would implement \u201csensible regulations\u201d for wind farm developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n