Codling And Array Wind Farms Confirmed

The answer…?

atest press release from Cllr Derek Mitchell, issued on Thursday, May 11th 2023…

Codling and Dublin Array have just won the wind farm auction.

Thursday’s announcement of this brings sustainable power closer and is welcome. However, I am concerned that these two wind farms are planned to meet off Greystones, giving a wall of turbines, taller than Bray Head.

And covering most of the sea horizon 10-to-12km offshore.

This is far more than any other place, with 115 degrees arc of view.

I want to see a gap of at least 30 degrees arc of view left between the two wind farms so each appears separate, and thus reducing the visual impact on the horizon.

For the last three years I have asked for this but their consultations have ignored this and all planning has ignored adjacent wind farms.

Array, Codling, etc

This scale of visual disruption would not be allowed elsewhere in Europe. Ideally they would be much further offshore but to do so would put this back five years when the sustainable power is needed now. Thus, I ask that this gap be left and the people of the area be involved with Interpretive Centres, trips to see it under construction, trade jobs, etc.

Recently a windfarm extension off Brighton, UK, had to reduce its size because of excessive visual impact even though the impact is less than is planned off Greystones.

I have also asked them to open an Interpretive Centre, explanation boards in Kilcoole and Newcastle. They have not agreed to any of this.