Completed25 Mar 2026IrelandUtility-scale solar

Prioritize easier-to-develop solar areas over maximum theoretical resource.

This run prioritizes which 10 km Irish screening cells deserve next-stage diligence. It does not prove site viability.

Top-ranked: Athlone fringe clusterWeight source: defaultP n/a · G n/a · A n/a

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Ranked shortlist, spatial context, and evidence layers.

4 shortlisted5 layers

Evidence-backed GIS panel

Thematic mode

Layers

Legend

Lower score

Competitive

Top score

Ranked shortlist

Selected candidate

Athlone fringe cluster

Rank 1 in Westmeath / Roscommon edge

Final score

Weight source

default

Protected-area exposure

n/a

Nearest known substation

n/a

Usable screened area

n/a

Why this ranked here

Balanced shortlist leader with solid infrastructure access and fewer obvious blockers in a coarse first pass.

Score contributions

Planning

n/a

Grid

n/a

Area

n/a

Coarse screening only. Grid distance is a spatial proxy, protected-area overlap is a planning drag proxy, and usable area is not parcel control or engineering design.

Next diligence checks

Pull local planning designations

High

Confirm whether the highest-scoring polygons intersect county-level sensitivities hidden by the coarse layer stack.

Run a connection triage

High

Replace the infrastructure proxy with an initial engineering view on substation options and distance realism.

Check land aggregation shape

Medium

Test whether the area can support a contiguous layout without impractical fragmentation.