CONSTRUCTION
RES has been appointed to manage the construction and operation of the wind farm on behalf of ERG SpA who own the project. The civil construction works, completed in Spring 2025, were undertaken by Adman Civil Projects Ltd and the turbines were supplied and installed by Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology Ltd. A period of commissioning, testing, and reinstatement work is currently being completed before the wind farm is expected to reach full operation in Q4 2025.
Autumn 2025 update:
Over the summer, we saw daily deliveries of turbine components safely arrive at Corlacky Wind Farm. This included the successful delivery of all 33 blades which were delivered via police-escort in convoys from the Port of Larne.
Careful collaboration and organisation between Vestas, their haulage company McFadyens, Adman Civil Projects, RES’ construction team, and the local council and community has meant that all 11 turbines have now been successfully erected on time.
The wind farm will now undergo a period of commissioning and testing whilst the site will continue to undergo a series of landscape reinstatement works, before the wind farm is able to become fully operational in Q4 2025.
We would like to thank the community for their patience during the deliveries and construction and we look forward to sharing more updates in due course
Spring 2025 update:
Following initial enabling works such as localised road widening works along Corlacky Road and Halfgayne Road, we are now ready to start receiving the various turbine components onto site. The turbine component deliveries are due to begin on Monday 14 April 2025 and will take place over the course of an approximate eight-week period.
The initial component delivery convoys will travel most days for the first 5-6 weeks, reducing in frequency over the last 2-3 weeks of the schedule. The turbine blade deliveries, which will require a full police escort in addition to the typical escorts vehicles, will travel in convoys on weekends and bank holidays only.
The delivery route vehicles will take is shown below:
As part of this route, convoys will be travelling through Maghera Town Centre. We have written to residents and businesses along the main high street and provided a poster with key information which can be viewed here.
There may be slight delays to journeys if you are travelling along the road behind the turbine components. We would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience that this may cause, and to thank you for your patience while the turbine deliveries take place.
If you have any questions regarding the above, or would like further information, please get in touch with one of the team.
Autumn 2024 update:
We’ve been making good progress throughout the summer and have now completed the majority of the site tracks and are in the process of pouring the turbine bases.
Further offsite works to prepare for turbine deliveries (scheduled for spring 2025) are expected to take place toward the end of the year.
To ensure the safety of the community, our contractors and staff while these works take place, traffic management measures (as agreed with Department for Instructure) will be put in place in accordance with the agreed Traffic Management Plan. Local access will be maintained at all times.
We will continue to write to local residents and businesses at key intervals to communicate any potential impacts from the construction activity.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused and encourage you to contact us, should you have any questions.
TRANSPORT AND ACCESS
Access to the wind farm is via a newly created site entrance on the Corlacky Road.
The wind turbine components travelled along the A6, through Maghera via Knockloughrim. From Maghera, the route follows the Tirkane Road before turning right onto the Halfgayne Road and then left onto the Corlacky Road.
Other construction traffic can access the Corlacky Road site entrance via a number of routes. Temporary passing bays have been created along the Corlacky Road, between the site entrance and the junction with the Halfgayne Road to ease traffic movements.
A detailed Traffic Management Plan was agreed with Transport NI ahead of construction, and the local community consulted to ensure that local issues are taken into account.
The Traffic and Transport Impact Assessment is available to view within the Environmental Statement, submitted in 2016.