Northern Ireland
Michelle Weir
07 May 2026
A planning application has been submitted to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council for a proposed new solar farm adjacent to Belfast International Airport.
The proposal is for the installation and operation of a solar farm (up to 24MW) and associated infrastructure, access and landscaping to be located one kilometre west of the main airport terminal building between Seacash Road and British Road, Crumlin.
The application has been made by an agent on behalf of renewable energy company SunMind.
In October 2023, VINCI Airports, which owns and operates Belfast International Airport, announced plans for the proposed solar farm to be “developed, financed, built, and operated” by VINCI Concessions’s subsidiary SunMind on the airport site...
