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Lands West of Belfast Road
Lands West of Belfast Road is operational in Antrim and Newtownabbey with a recorded capacity of 10 MW, and has been generating since 2017-03-15.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2015-06-29 |
| Permission granted | 2015-12-23 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 2017-03-15 15 months after consent |
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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Knockcairn Road Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.5 | 4.5 km |
Moira Road Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.5 | 5.8 km |
Crookedstone Road Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.8 | 6.7 km |
Gibson Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.4 | 7.8 km |
Cottonmount Quarry Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.2 | 8.2 km |
Wind Turbine 1 Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.3 | 8.5 km |
Hillside Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 25.2 | 9.4 km |
Land to the South of 15 Lough Road Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.8 | 9.9 km |
How big is Lands West of Belfast Road?
Lands West of Belfast Road has a recorded installed capacity of 10 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Lands West of Belfast Road?
REPD records the operator as Lightsource Renewable Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Lands West of Belfast Road approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2015-06-29. Permission was granted on 2015-12-23, 6 months later. The site became operational on 2017-03-15, 15 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 5435.
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