Roscommon County Council has granted Aurivo Dairy Ingredients permission to develop a 14ac solar farm next to the co-op’s main processing plant in Ballaghaderreen.

The development involves the installation of 9,600 ground mounted solar panels on a site adjoining the dairy processing plant.

The 14ac solar farm is located next to their dairy processing plant.

The solar farm will supply renewable electricity directly to the dairy processing plant and will involve the development of a new transformer and switch gear building, new internal access road and security fencing around the boundary.

The solar farm is expected to take six months to construct and will operate for 30 years.