Cork community group canvasses opposition to battery storage site – ‘We do not want it'
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Concerned Newmarket residents came together in opposition to Cork County Council's planning approval for a proposed battery energy storage system at a local site on Tuesday.
A public meeting organised by the Newmarket Environmental Protection Group (NEPG) was held in An Cultúrlann to allow locals to ask questions and voice their opposition to the battery facility, proposed by French energy company Neoen.
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