Renovated cottage set to provide stop-off on Leghowney Loop trail


TWO Donegal sisters have welcomed restoration plans for their old family home on Energia’s Meenadreen Wind Farm. Ailish O’Boyle and Mary Dawson, once better known as the Quinn sisters, used to live in a cottage in the townland of Straness, which is now part of leading wind farm operator Energia Group’s Meenadreen Wind Farm in South […]

Milestone reached as final turbine installed at Lenalea Wind Farm


A new wind farm project in Donegal could be fully operational by November, following the installation of its final turbine last week. Lenalea Wind Farm has reached a landmark milestone in its construction with the successful installation of its seventh and final turbine at the site located around 10k south west of Letterkenny. This milestone […]

New sculpture shows walkers the way at Donegal’s highest windfarm


Visitors to a popular walking trail at Donegal’s largest wind farm are being greeted by a new steel sculpture which will be officially unveiled this week. The Energia Group is celebrating Global Wind Day on Thursday, June 15 with the unveiling of the new sculture at the 90MW Meenadreen Wind Farm Extension in Leghowney, outside Donegal […]

Proposed Graffy wind farm turned down by planners


LAST week the Donegal News reported on lengthy discussions at the November plenary meeting of Donegal County Council to review the objectives and policies within the County Development Plan for wind turbines. Many councillors spoke on how the county has reached “saturation point” with wind turbines and there was unanimous support for amending the plan […]

Green light for wind farm on outskirts of Letterkenny


PLANS to develop a new wind farm on the outskirts of Letterkenny has been given the green light. The proposed 30.5MW Lenalea onshore wind project in New Mills (within the townlands of Cark, Killymansy, Lenalea, Kirkneedy and Rareagh) is joint venture by SSE Renewables and Coillte Renewable Energy. SSE Renewables owns and operates a number […]