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DUBLIN - Irish green energy firm Airtricity said this week it had begun constructing the country's largest wind farm, capable of supplying power for 25,000 homes.
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The 35 million euro ($34.4 million) installation at Kingsmountain in the northeastern county of Sligo will employ 10 wind turbines of 2.5 MW each and is expected to be operational in early 2003. Earlier this year, the Irish government approved green energy projects worth 400 million euros which it said would double the amount of electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro and biomass technologies. Around seven percent of Ireland's electricity is currently produced from such sources. Airtricity, an independent company, provides power to more than 16,000 mainly small and medium Irish businesses. German-based Nordex will supply the turbines for Kingsmountain.
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