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Oriel Windfarm Limited
Digital Office Centre, Balheary Road, Swords, Co. Dublin, K67 E5A0.
Description:
Oriel Windfarm Limited (Oriel) is an Irish renewable energy company developing the proposed Oriel offshore wind farm located in the North-West Irish Sea, 22km off the coast of Dundalk, County Louth. The proposed Oriel offshore wind farm will include wind turbines mounted onto a foundation installed into the seabed, an offshore substation and interlinking cabling between the turbines and the substation and an export cable between the substation and the shore.
Oriel has applied for a Foreshore Licence to undertake detailed geotechnical and geophysical investigations, ecological surveys and metocean surveys. The purpose of the geotechnical investigation is to investigate the stability of the soil for the design of foundations and the detailed routing of the inter array and export cables. The purpose of the geophysical survey is to characterise the layers of sediment/rock underneath the seafloor and to achieve a detailed seabed morphology and seafloor mapping. Further ecological surveys and measurements of the wind, wave and currents (metocean) will also be undertaken.
This Foreshore Licence application is for permission to undertake these survey works on the proposed development site. Oriel proposes to apply for a licence for a duration of 36 months.
Location:
Off the coast of County Louth, to the east of Dundalk Bay.
Viewing Locations:
A copy of the application and the relevant documents, maps, plans, and drawings, are available for inspection, between 14 June 2022 and 14 July 2022, free of charge at:
- Planning Office of Louth County Council, Town Hall, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Dundalk Garda Station, The Crescent, Demense, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Application documents are also available on this Department's website at the following location: FS007383 Oriel Wind Farm S.I.
Commencement Date:
14 June 2022
Closing Date:
14 July 2022
Making a submission:
Submissions can be made to: Foreshore Unit, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Newtown Road, Wexford, Co Wexford, or email foreshoreORE@housing.gov.ie
Please ensure the following reference is quoted in the submission header: FS007383 Oriel Windfarm S.I. – Consultation on Stage 2 AA
Submissions received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.
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The information provided by respondents will inform the decision-making process regarding this foreshore consent application.
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