First Power

DELAYED +4yr (Apr 2026): Earlier Codling Wind Park materials suggested construction could start in 2026 with export of power by around 2028, and the current project‑delivery page now says construction could begin in 2027 and last two to three years. However, the planning application was lodged only in September 2024 and, by December 2025, An Coimisiún Pleanála had issued a substantial Further Information Request on the EIAR and cumulative effects for case 320768. These consenting delays make a 2028 first‑power date unrealistic. If offshore and onshore construction now start around 2028 and take 2–3 years, first power would fall around 2030–2031; given the project’s history of slippage and wider Phase 1 delays, a conservative projection of first power in 2031 is more realistic than the original 2028-01-01 date, even though the developer still references delivery towards the 2030 offshore target. --- Codling Wind Park’s 220 kV export transmission system—comprising three offshore export cables from the Codling Bank offshore substations to landfall on the Poolbeg Peninsula, onshore export cables and a new 220 kV substation with onward connection into EirGrid’s existing Poolbeg 220 kV substation—is planned so that the wind farm could begin exporting power to the Irish grid by 2028, following an expected three‑year construction period starting as early as 2026, subject to receipt of all required consents.