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02/07/2003
Former prison site earmarked as wind farm
Belfast-based electricity supplier, Energia says it is considering undertaking a feasibility study for a wind farm at the former Maze prison site outside Lisburn.
The company which has underwritten two of the biggest wind farms now in operation in Northern Ireland – Altahullion in Co Londonderry and Lendrum’s Hill in Co Tyrone - says such a scheme could provide enough electricity for the a city the size of Lisburn.
Commenting on the plans, John Mawhinney, Energia’s Northern Ireland Sales and Marketing Manager said: “The company has a wide portfolio of energy sources including renewables and gas and wants to continue to broaden this.
“If the conditions were right, the Maze could provide a platform for a wind farm powerful enough to supply a city the size of Lisburn; but we need to take a very close look at the feasibility of such a project first."
Energia recently signed a £30m deal with Innogy Ireland to buy gas from the Seven Heads gas field off the coast of Cork to fire the Huntstown Power Station.
The firm is the first independent electricity supplier in Northern Ireland and was established in 1999 as a subsidiary of Viridian Group.
Elsewhere, a consultation process has been launched today to help generate ideas for the future of the Maze.
The Maze Consultation Panel was set up by the government and will hold its first public meeting at the Civic Centre in Lisburn on Wednesday evening.
The Maze prison was used in the 1970's and 1980's by the British Government as a base to imprison terrorist suspects and murderers. It was closed in September 2000.
(MB)
The company which has underwritten two of the biggest wind farms now in operation in Northern Ireland – Altahullion in Co Londonderry and Lendrum’s Hill in Co Tyrone - says such a scheme could provide enough electricity for the a city the size of Lisburn.
Commenting on the plans, John Mawhinney, Energia’s Northern Ireland Sales and Marketing Manager said: “The company has a wide portfolio of energy sources including renewables and gas and wants to continue to broaden this.
“If the conditions were right, the Maze could provide a platform for a wind farm powerful enough to supply a city the size of Lisburn; but we need to take a very close look at the feasibility of such a project first."
Energia recently signed a £30m deal with Innogy Ireland to buy gas from the Seven Heads gas field off the coast of Cork to fire the Huntstown Power Station.
The firm is the first independent electricity supplier in Northern Ireland and was established in 1999 as a subsidiary of Viridian Group.
Elsewhere, a consultation process has been launched today to help generate ideas for the future of the Maze.
The Maze Consultation Panel was set up by the government and will hold its first public meeting at the Civic Centre in Lisburn on Wednesday evening.
The Maze prison was used in the 1970's and 1980's by the British Government as a base to imprison terrorist suspects and murderers. It was closed in September 2000.
(MB)
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