Meentycat wind farm

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Meentycat wind farm is a wind farm located close to Ballybofey, Donegal, Ireland and erected in 2004. The farm was built and is run by SSE Renewables.

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The farm has 38 Siemens wind turbines, 23×2.3 megawatt and 15×1.3 megawatt turbines giving a total of 72.4 megawatts. Meentycat wind farm near Ballybofey in Co Donegal has an installed capacity of 72MW, making it the largest wind farm in Ireland.

With a total of 38 turbines on five sites, Meentycat wind farm generates enough electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 45,000 homes a year, with CO₂ savings approaching 200,000 tonnes per year.

Power from the turbines is transmitted to the national grid via a 110kV substation located at Meentycat, a 5km 110kV overhead line and a 110kV substation at Drumkeen to the east of the wind farm. In January 2011, it was the largest wind farm (by electricity generated) in Ireland. It is now owned by SSE Renewables, part of SSE plc.^[1]

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