Overview

Development location

The operational Owenreagh I & II Wind Farms are located on the western edge of the Sperrin Mountains on Owenreagh Hill, approximately 6 km south east of Artigarvan village, Co. Tyrone, and lie within the Derry City and Strabane District Council (“DCSDC”) area.

Project history

Owenreagh Wind Farm I
Ten 0.55MW turbines were built in 1997. One of the ten turbines was removed in 2018 and the remainder operated until they were removed in 2024 when they reached the end of their life. By replacing this wind farm with taller, more powerful turbines, we’ll be able to make better use of the excellent wind resource at this location.

Owenreagh Wind Farm II
Six further turbines, of 0.85 MW each, which have been operational since 2009, with a total installed capacity of 5.1 MW. These turbines will also be removed and replaced with taller, more efficient ones as part of this project.

Current Craignagapple Consent
Consent was granted in 2018 for the construction and operation of six turbines adjacent to Owenreagh. The capacity of the site if constructed would be in the region of 14 MW. Similar to the plans for Owenreagh I & II we are proposing using taller, more powerful turbines which will help maximise the electricity generated from this location.

Proposed turbine layout for this development

The proposed development consists of 14 new turbines with tip height of 156.5m. The final turbine locations and infrastructure design was informed by a number of different constraints, particularly avoiding areas of active peat and the deepest areas of peat, consultation with statutory consultees such as Environmental Health (noise), NIEA-NED (ecology including peat) and Landscape Architects Branch (Landscape and Visual Impact), and feedback from the community consultation events.

The map below shows the key infrastructure, including turbines, turbine hardstands, access roads, earthworks, substation and temporary construction compounds.