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Ireland To Develop National Industrial Strategy For Offshore Wind

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, has announced plans to develop a National Industrial Strategy for Offshore Wind which will set out how Ireland can maximise the economic opportunity arising from the production of offshore wind energy

Ireland’s current objectives for offshore wind are.

1. To deliver 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030.
2. A further 2 GW of floating wind to be in development by 2030.
3. The target for offshore wind could rise to at least 37 GW by 2050.
4. There is a target to provide 80 per cent of the country’s electricity to be from renewable sources by 2030.

The government appears to recognise collaborative approach between state and industry is needed.

Nothing is said about co-operation with Northern Ireland or the UK.

This is despite.

• UK and Irish companies like ESB, Flotation Energy, Simply Blue Group and SSE have projects in both countries.
• Irish company; ESB is developing the Malin Sea Wind wind farm in Scottish waters and landing the electricity near Derry City.
• Scottish company; SSE is building biomass power stations in Ireland.
• Some promising waters for wind power are shared between the two countries.
• There are three interconnectors between the two main islands.

I would expect that there could be some multi-purpose interconnectors across the Irish and Celtic Seas.

These would connect windfarms between the islands to both the UK and Ireland. National Grid and TenneT are building the LionLink between England and The Netherlands, which I wrote about in World’s Largest-Of-Its-Kind Power Line To Deliver Clean Power To 1.8m UK Homes And Boost Energy Security.

I very much feel, that there will be a lot of co-operation between the UK and Irish governments as if they work together, the development of Ireland’s offshore wind and that of the West Coast of the UK could be more efficient.

May 10, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | ESB Group, Floating Wind Power, Ireland, LionLink, Malin Sea Wind, Multi-Purpose Interconnector, National Grid, Northern Ireland, Offshore Wind Power, SSE Renewables, TenneT, Wind Power