The EIB finance will help Bord Gáis build six plants with a total capacity of 141MW, taking the company’s total wind base to 365MW.

The wind farms are in Counties Tipperary, Clare and Kilkenny, and are expected to come into service next year and in 2014 at a total cost of €311m.

The largest of the wind farms involved is the 48MW Kill Hill project in Tipperary.

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