Encouraging attendance at public information days
Element Power, the company behind the €8billion Greenwire project, has reported a broad satisfaction with the level of attendance and engagement at the first in a series of public information days in the Midlands this week. The company organised events in Delvin, Co Westmeath and Carlanstown, Co Meath to answer queries and provide factual information on Greenwire to all interested parties, which is summarised in our Information Booklet.
CEO of Element Power Ireland, Tim Cowhig said: “It was very important that we take this opportunity to meet as many people as possible and to present our project and explain the potential which the Midlands has to develop a new clean renewable export industry. We were delighted to see almost 300 people take time to attend our events and express an interest in finding out more about Greenwire.
“We will continue to engage and listen to communities across each of the five counties where we are proposing the development of Greenwire through a continuation of such information days later this month and beyond.”
Mr Cowhig expressed his appreciation to all those who had provided feedback in the course of the first week of the public information days. He said there will be further consultation across all five Midland counties with the intention being to apply for planning permission early in 2014.
“We have learned a great deal from this exercise. There is a huge appetite for accurate information about wind energy as unfortunately, there has been a great deal of misinformation circulated and presented through various channels. A broad cross-section of people attended our events and it was very important that we provide them with the facts about the sector to dispel a great deal of the concern which exists. It is imperative that the views of all parties are taken into account before finalising potential wind farm sites,” concluded Mr Cowhig.
Public information days will continue throughout the month with more dates being finalised in Counties Kildare, Offaly and Laois.
