A new €33 million Woodhouse Wind Farm in Co Waterford has officially opened.

The wind farm is part of ESB's Wind Development Programme.

Woodhouse is one of 15 wind farms ESB has in operation in Ireland, north and south, and its completion increases the company's total installed wind generation capacity across the island to almost 300 MW.

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The new 20MW Waterford wind farm will provide enough green energy to power 10,000 residential homes.

Paddy Hayes, Executive Director, Generation and Wholesale Markets ESB, said: "For over 80 years, since our first project at Ardnacrusha, ESB has been innovating and providing renewable energy for the economy, for our customers and for the future. The investment in Woodhouse brought a welcome boost to local employment during construction, and we have been proud to source materials, products and services from local companies to support the development of the project."

(CD/MH)