The Anonymous Widower

Ireland Charts Course For 37 GW Offshore Wind Development

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

This is the sub-heading.

Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has launched the Future Framework for Offshore Renewable Energy, which provides a roadmap for Ireland to deliver 37 GW of offshore wind by 2050.

This is the introductory paragraph.

The framework sets out the pathway Ireland will take to deliver 20 GW of offshore wind by 2040 and at least 37 GW in total by 2050. Critically, it also provides the evidence base for Ireland’s offshore renewable energy (ORE) targets.

This document from the UK Government, which is called Offshore Wind Net Zero Investment Roadmap, says this.

With the highest deployment in Europe, we have proved that offshore
wind can be delivered at ever increasing scale whilst decreasing the
costs to consumers.

The UK has a world-leading ambition to deploy up to 50GW by 2030,
with up to 5GW coming from floating offshore wind.

Irish ambitions look to be more or less in line with the UK’s.

These are some further thoughts.

Ireland Interconnectors

These are interconnectors connecting Ireland to the UK and Europe.

• Celtic Interconnector – 700 MW – Between the southern coast of Ireland and the north-west coast of France.
• East-West Interconnector – 500 MW – Between Portan in Ireland to Shotton in Wales.
• Green Link – 500 MW – Between County Wexford and Pembrokeshire.
• Moyle Interconnector – 500 MW – Between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

If Ireland is going to install 37 GW of offshore wind, as opposed to about 4.7 GW in total generation now, I suspect Ireland will need more interconnectors  or industries, that need a lot of GWs.

May 4, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Greenlink Interconnector, Interconnectors, Island Of Ireland, Offshore Wind Power, Wind Power