A CORK-BASED COMPANY IS PLANNING TO EXPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM NORTH MAYO TO THE U.K. BY 2016.

ORGANIC POWER LIMITED IS PROPOSING A €500 MILLION RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGE RESEVOIR ON GLINSK MOUNTAIN IN NORTH MAYO, WHICH WOULD EXPORT CLEAN POWER TO THE U.K. – DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ARE OUTLINED IN TODAY’S IRISH TIMES.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WOULD CREATE SOME 200 JOBS OVER THREE YEARS, ACCORDING TO MAURICE MCCARTHY, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ORGANIC POWER LIMITED, BASED IN SKIBEREEN.