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Challenge to renewable energy test site off Connemara coast
Summary
Maire Ni Mhuirnin, a teacher from Páirc, An Spidéal, Co Galway, has brought a judicial review against the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government's decision to grant the Marine Institute a foreshore lease for a renewable energy test facility off the Connemara coast. The lease, approved in August 2017, allows the Marine Institute to construct and operate an electricity generating station for 35 years and to develop a 37.5‑hectare site 1.5 km offshore from Spiddal for testing prototype wind, wave and tidal energy devices. Ni Mhuirnin seeks declarations that the decision contravenes EU directives on environmental impact and the conservation of natural habitats. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, a notice party, argues that any delay would harm the project's viability and the Marine Institute's role in the State's Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan.
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What: Report matter: Challenge to renewable energy test site off Connemara coast. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- August 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2018-06-25 Publication
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