{"id":543022,"date":"2026-07-10T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/543022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:00:11","slug":"shannon-manufacturer-seeking-to-build-almost-10000-square-metre-rooftop-solar-panel-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/543022\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Manufacturer Seeking To Build Almost 10,000-Square-Metre Rooftop Solar Panel System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major Shannon-based manufacturer is looking to build an almost 10,000-square-metre rooftop solar panel system.<\/p>\n<p>Ei Electronics has submitted a planning application for the development at its premises in the Shannon Free Zone.<\/p>\n<p>The Shannon-headquartered company, which designs and manufactures home life safety devices like smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, is seeking planning permission for a rooftop solar photovoltaic sysTem on the roofs of two of its buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The development would involve the installation of 1,010 photovoltaic panels with an approximate installation area of over 9,640 square metres.<\/p>\n<p>The application also provides for associated mounting systems, electrical cabling, connection to the existing on-site electrical infrastructure, ancillary electrical equipment and other required works.<\/p>\n<p>The applicant has stated the proposal will facilitate the generation of renewable electricity on existing roof structures and won\u2019t require the development of greenfield land.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also clarified it represents an extension of the existing on-site solar PV provision within the premises.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions on the development can be made until August 8th while a decision is set to be made by the local authority by August 31st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major Shannon-based manufacturer is looking to build an almost 10,000-square-metre rooftop solar panel system. Ei Electronics has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-543022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}