{"id":36960,"date":"2026-03-23T08:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/36960\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:44:25","slug":"swiss-energy-firm-eyes-wind-farm-development-on-land-in-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/36960\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss energy firm eyes wind farm development on land in Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE IRISH arm of a Swiss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/1065\/environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">energy<\/a> firm is seeking to develop a wind farm in Limerick.<\/p>\n<p>JC Mont-fort Ireland is in the process of assessing the suitability of land in Limerick to install turbines on.<\/p>\n<p>No decision has yet been made on lands, but it\u2019s planning on applying for permission at the end of next year.<\/p>\n<p>A target date of between 2030 and 2031 has been set for the firm to begin being fully operational and delivering power to the grid.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/ryder-cup\/2041616\/award-winning-irish-agency-appointed-as-communications-provider-for-limerick-s-ryder-cup-2027.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Award-winning Irish agency appointed as communications provider for Limerick&#8217;s Ryder Cup 2027<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s already working on developing an on-shore wind farm in the townland of Illaunbaun in west Clare.<\/p>\n<p>This development, situated near Miltown Malbay and Lahinch, is currently before planners.<\/p>\n<p>The firm says it has 80 megawatts of output secured.<\/p>\n<p>With Ireland having a target of generating 80% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2030, a number of wind farms are planned across Limerick.<\/p>\n<p>These have prompted a mixed reaction, particularly among immediate communities who have expressed concerns of the size and scale of turbines.<\/p>\n<p>However, Limerick Live understands JC Mont-fort Ireland will deliberately target turbines which are smaller in scale.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this, the company will have one turbine owned locally in the community.<\/p>\n<p>This will be known as a locally owned turbine, and would be managed for the local community ensuring the profits, and environmental benefits remain in the immediate area.<\/p>\n<p>Its development in Clare features this.<\/p>\n<p>A family firm, JC Mont-fort is based in the resort of Verbier in Switzerland\u2019s Alpine region.<\/p>\n<p>The company has operational wind farm schemes in Spain and France.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE IRISH arm of a Swiss energy firm is seeking to develop a wind farm in Limerick. JC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[21746,21745,21747,41,17],"class_list":["post-36960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-county-limerick","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116277612805794255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}