Yellow River
About Yellow River
Yellow River Wind Farm
Yellow River is a 29-turbine consented wind farm, with an installed capacity in excess of 100MW located outside Rhode, County Offaly. SSE Renewables commenced construction on the wind farm in November 2022, with the expected completion date in 2024. The project is expected to support up to 80 fulltime construction jobs at peak delivery.
Community Benefit Fund
SSE Renewables will invest €2/MWh generated, meaning the fund will fluctuate annually depending on the wind farms performance. It is estimated the Community Benefit Fund will total approximately €595k per annum over the course of 15 years. The Fund will be open to applications from not-for-profit community enterprises, clubs & societies and similar not-for-profit entities, with a focus on the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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For more information and / or if you would like to be kept informed in relation to the Yellow River Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, please complete the following form.
We invite anyone who wishes to sit on this committee to complete an expression of interest form, please complete the following form.
Offaly Local Development Company will support SSE Renewables and work alongside the community to establish the Yellow River Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund Committee and Community Action Plan. In order to advise the Yellow River Community Benefit Fund Committee on how best the community would like this funding invested, we invite all members of the community to complete this online, needs assessment and highlight what the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities are in this area. Please complete the following form.
If you were unable to attend any of the six consultation events held in April and May 2023 the information booklet is available to download here.