December 16, 2013
Ireland

The highest of their kind

The Kerryman | 11 December 2013 | www.independent.ie

The ten wind turbines proposed for Finuge would be the tallest of their kind in the country, reaching to 156 metres (511 feet) in height from base to the tip of the highest vertical blade.

The proposed turbines are taller than the Great Pyramid at Giza and just under the height of the Washington Monument.

If given the go-ahead, the turbines will become the tallest man-made structures in the entire county, considerably taller than the turbines at Kilgarvan wind farm which are currently the tallest structures in Kerry.

They would even dwarf Cork County Hall – once famous for being the highest building in the Republic.

GREAT PYRAMID AT GIZA 138 M

WASHINGTON MONUMENT 169 M

TARBERT POWER STATION’S CHIMNEYS 151M

GREYSTONES WIND FARM 139.29M (CURRENT TALLEST WIND TURBINES IN THE STATE)

DUBLIN SPIRE 120M

KILGARVAN WIND FARM 120M

ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL, LIMERICK 93M (IRELAND’S TALLEST BUILDING)

CORK COUNTY HALL 67M

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