Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion
Mr. Conall Bolger:
Starting with Millvale, as the Deputy rightly identified, the landowners are using the sheep essentially as vegetation management. It was discussed quite a bit with the stocking rate reduction being relatively small. The panels occupy an area of about 25 ha for a capacity of 15 MW peak.