St. John's Solar Farm
Site Name
St. John's Solar Farm
Capacity
5 MW
Comissioning Date
Q2 2021
Site Overview
Located in Co. Wexford, St John's Solar Farm is being developed within the townland of Monfin. The site is approximately 2.5 km from Enniscorthy which lies north of the site. The site itself is a working farm of moderate grade agricultural value, generally made up of tillage land. The Solar Farm will be situated on shallow sloping agricultural land currently used for arable farming at an approximate elevation of 30-50m AOD.
Planning permission for this site was granted by An Bord Pleanala in 2017 and includes for 18 No. Conditions. The grant includes for include one single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on steel support structures, access roads, fencing and associated electrical cabling, ducting and ancillary infrastructure.
The site is proximate to existing electrical infrastructure and the current grid connection point is projected as the Monfin 38kV substation local to the site.
This solar farm is being developed by Highfield Energy as part of our broader commitment to a sustainable future.