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Construction complete at Meenwaun Wind Farm, Ireland


Working on behalf of Element Power the projects’ developer, renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy, Natural Power, has reached project close on the construction phase at Meenwaun Wind Farm in County Offaly, Ireland, where the team acted as owner’s engineer and provided construction project management and ecological services.

The 1OMW MEC site consisting of four GE 2.75MW was energised in December 2017 via the 20kV onsite substation and an underground cable to the ESB’s Dallow 110kV and is due to reach COD in March 2018.

Paul Concannon, Natural Power’s Construction Project Manager at Meenwaun, said: “With the tallest turbines in Ireland, at a tip height of 169m, Meenwaun was a challenging project. Notwithstanding the challenges and working as an integral part of the project team, Natural Power is happy to have been involved in the successful delivery of Meenwaun.”

Filip Leonard, Associate Director Asset Management at project owner, Storm Windpower, said: “We appreciate the pragmatic approach to project management Natural Power offers.”

Find out more about Natural Power’s construction services here https://www.naturalpower.com/project-phase/construction/ and read about in the onshore wind sector here https://www.naturalpower.com/sector/onshore-wind/

About Storm Windpower
is a wind farm developer and owner/operator. Storm owns one operational wind farm in Ireland, in Carrickatee (Co. Monaghan). wind farm will be the second wind farm in Storm’s Irish portfolio.

About Element Power
Element Power is a well established European-based renewable energy company that develops, builds, acquires, finances and operates large-scale wind, solar PV, interconnection, and flexible grid services, including storage.

About Natural Power
Natural Power is a leading independent renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy that employs 350 staff globally. The company offers proactive and integrated consultancy, management and due diligence services, backed by an innovative product range, across the onshore wind, offshore wind, wave, tidal, renewable heat, solar and hydro sectors, whilst maintaining a strong outlook on other new and emerging renewable energy sectors.

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