Wind farm co-op to protest against contract awards
The Irish wind farm co-op Meithal na Gaoithe is due to stage a demonstration today to protest at the Government's failure to award contracts to community-led developments.
Last week, Natural Resources Minister Dermot Ahern announced the signing of 48 contracts under the Alternative Energy programme.
None of the contracts went to small-scale community-led developments.
Thomas Cook, chairman of Meithal na Gaoithe, said: "Our projects are now dead in the water. We calculated, at a very conservative estimate, that about €3m has now been spent by small-scale developers in bringing their projects to this stage and that is at risk now."
