• arboriculture
• commercial & industrial
• environmental planning
• residential & urban landscape

• public parks & open spaces
• transportation
• institutional
• national infrastructure (LVIA)

Location: Meenanilta, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
Client: Redwind Energy Limited
Size approx.: 50 Ha.
Year of Project: 1999-present

Project Team:
Mr. John Ward, Director
Ms. Rebecka Gronjord, Assistant Landscape architect

Team Members:
Visualisations - Tortech
Engineering - JC Warnock & Company
Turbines - Vestas Celtic Wind Technology
Floristic assessment - Catherine Storey & Co.
Cultural Heritage - Mary Henry & Co.

Meenanilta is composed of a long flat shaped hill which is situated at an elevation of 200 metres. The site is relatively small and was utilised for a mixture of rough grazing and commercial forestry.

The initial planning work on the site began in 1999 with the commencement of meterological monitoring. In 2000, planning permisssion was secured for three turbines 49 metre hub height and 52 metre rotor diameter. A further permission was secured for another 4 turbines later that year.

The construction of the first three turbines was completed in December 2003 and it is expected that a further three turbines will be installed by June 2004.

The practice undertook the co-ordination of all aspects of the project including the compilation of the EIS for the second phase of the project.