A plan for a renewable energy plant at a former quarry beside Colin Glen Forest Park in West Belfast has been approved.
Elected representatives at Belfast City Council ’s Planning Committee this week gave the green light to a battery energy storage system with storage capacity up to 50 megawatts. The proposal involves 25 battery container units and 25 substations, improvement to the existing access, landscaping and other ancillary site works.
The application, by Hannahstown BESS of Carrickmore, is located off an existing entrance on the Colinglen Road which originally served a former quarry. It is enclosed on all sides by dense vegetation and woodland, and is approximately 300 metres from the nearest residential dwellings.
