The existing Owenreagh I & II Wind farm site:- (i) The existing Owenreagh I & II Wind farm site, (ii) lands located north of Glenmornan Road, and (iii) lands located south-east of the Glenmornan Rd/ Napple Rd road junction, approximatley 6km south-east of Artigarvan village, Co. Tyrone.
The Owenreagh Craignagapple Wind Farm Development comprises the decommissioning and repowering of the Operational Owenreagh and II Wind Farms. The Development will comprise of the following main components: • Decommissioning and removal of the existing turbines (Owenreagh I & II); • The erection of 14 three bladed horizontal axis wind turbines of up to 156.5 m tip height with capacity output of up to 67.2MW; • 2 temporary construction compound/laydown areas; • Removal and restoration of the existing crane hardstandings, access tracks and any other above-ground infrastructure in accordance with the Outline DCEMP and Draft HMP; • Construction and/or upgrading of seven Site access points onto the public highway; • Construction of approximately 3,947m of new access tracks; • Upgrade of approximately 382m of existing access tracks; • Construction of turning heads and passing places on the access tracks; • Construction of temporary and permanent hardstanding areas for each turbine to accommodate turbine component laydown areas, crane hardstanding areas and internal or external transformers and/or switchgear; • Construction of turbine foundations; • Two water crossings; • Installation of buried underground electrical and communication cables; • Construction of a substation and control building, and associated compound, • Road widening & provision of passing bays: and • All associated ancillary works.