Battery storage + Solar at Knockdinnin

Dromin Knockatober Cangy Mooremount Richardstown (ED Stabannan) Painestown Ballymageragh and Knockdinnin , County Louth , Ireland

Under appeal
Planning status
Not stated
Capacity
the application states no figure in MW
167.0
Site area (hectares)
Battery storage + Solar
Technology

This project holds a grid connection offer

EirGrid's connection batches record an offer for this application with a maximum export capacity of 100.0 MW, connecting at the Drybridge node. EirGrid lists it as Knockdinnin Solar, applicant Knockdinnin Solar Farm Limited. The offer quarter is Q2 2026.

Source: ECP-GSS-1 Final Batch, May 2026. Matched to this application by the planning reference EirGrid publishes, confirmed against the county. An offer is a place in the connection process, not a connection: it does not mean the project is built or generating.

Grid

Nearest substation: DUNLEER (38 kV), 2.73 km away.
Association: No confident match to a named grid station.
Available capacity: 0.1 MW of firm generation capacity available at DUNLEER.

A nearest substation is a measurement of distance, not a statement of where this project will connect. Where a link is published it is because the application names the station, or because the project's own place name matches it and the two are close enough for that to mean something.

Planning timeline

Application lodgedApr 17, 2025
Further information requestedJun 6, 2025
Further information receivedNov 20, 2025
Decision dueJan 29, 2026
Decision madeJan 26, 2026
Appeal submittedFeb 12, 2026
DecisionCONDITIONAL
Appeal referencePL-500778-LH-26

Source

Planning data: national planning register (ArcGIS IrishPlanningApplications), Louth County Council. Grid capacity: ESB Networks published capacity data. Retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
Register entry: council planning file.

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