The country’s first offshore wind energy auction opened in recent weeks. An Bord Pleanála does not have anything like the resources needed to deal with the volume and complexity of offshore wind planning applications. Several ports, like Rosslare, Cork Dockyard, Port of Cork and Shannon-Foynes, plan to expand so they build offshore wind farms, but these improvements require significant investment. Without more ports we will either miss our 2030 targets or build these wind farms from ports outside of Ireland. Noel Cunniffe is the CEO of Wind Energy Ireland

Source: Irish Independent May 07, 2023 21:49 UTC