Battery storage at Portarlington
Bracklone , Portarlington , Co. Laois
This project holds a grid connection offer
EirGrid's connection batches record an offer for this application with a maximum export capacity of 115.0 MW, connecting at the Bracklone node. EirGrid lists it as Lea (Bracklone) BESS, applicant Neoen Renewables Ireland Limited. The offer quarter is Q4 2026. This site's own grid match for this application is PORTARLINGTON, which does not agree. EirGrid assigns the connection point, so its node is the one to trust.
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
Association: Matched to PORTARLINGTON on place name and proximity (3.14 km).
Available capacity: 4.1 MW of firm generation capacity available at PORTARLINGTON.
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 lodged | Jul 10, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Further information requested | Sep 1, 2023 |
| Further information received | Dec 15, 2023 |
| Decision due | Feb 17, 2024 |
| Decision made | Feb 14, 2024 |
| Permission granted | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Permission expires | Mar 20, 2034 |
| Decision | CONDITIONAL |
Source
Planning data: national planning register (ArcGIS IrishPlanningApplications), Laois County Council. Grid capacity: ESB Networks published capacity data. Retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
Register entry: council planning file.
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