Completed27 Mar 2026Western Ireland (Counties: Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, western Offaly, western Tipperary, Clare, Limerick, Leitrim, Sligo; defined as the NUTS 2 West region and western portions of the Mid-West region)Utility-scale solar PV development (ground-mounted, >1MW capacity)public-b79d8a6ac7a8

Show promising solar candidate areas in western Ireland with fewer planning conflicts.

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

Top-ranked: DUBLIN candidate 0393Weight source: defaultP n/a · G n/a · A n/a

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Ranked shortlist, spatial context, and evidence layers.

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DUBLIN candidate 0393

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Protected-area exposure

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Nearest known substation

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Usable screened area

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Why this ranked here

DUBLIN candidate 0393 stays in the shortlist because it keeps a usable balance between planning drag, grid posture, and land fit.

Score contributions

Planning

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Grid

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Area

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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

Run planning constraint review

High

Confirm the candidate survives county-level and parcel-level exclusions once the coarse pass is narrowed.

Validate grid connection options

High

Replace proxy-based grid scoring with an engineering view on real interconnection feasibility.