Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Why did the company pick the midlands? When I was on Kildare County Council a few years ago, we had a look at wind energy and whether it should be included as a heading on its own in our development plan. In fact, it was not included because it was not seen as an area that would be the most likely for wind power, mainly because the land mass is very flat. Now there are very high turbines and we are talking about an industrial level. Why were the midlands selected? There is also quite a dense rural settlement pattern in the midlands that is different from other parts of the country that currently have wind farms.