€200 million investment planned to make Rosslare Port offshore wind hubPlan has potential to create 2,000 jobs, Iarnród Éireann says
H&W boss: Ireland must close critical gap in gas storage John Wood, chief executive of Harland & Wolff, says Ireland and Britain have less than a tenth of the storage capacity of other European countries
Greencoat Renewables purchases 50% stake in German wind farm for €350mThe acquisition represents the company’s first move into German market and its first offshore purchase
Editorial: Government’s lofty energy plans must be matched by an attention to detailUnless the government solves the staffing and resourcing issues in key state agencies as a matter of urgency, its climate change strategies are little more than empty words
More urgency needed to unlock Ireland’s offshore energy potential, port chief saysChief executive of the Shannon Foynes Port Company says the country has huge potential to export wind energy and hydrogen
Call for offshore wind applications under new maritime frameworkEamon Ryan launched the offshore permitting procedure in Dún Laoghaire this morning
Barry Cowen: Sell the ESB and invest in our future energy Ireland can be a renewable energy exporter and the backbone of a new green Europe
Almost 25GW of offshore wind successful in Scottish renewables auctionThe ESB was unsuccessful in its application to win development rights following a bid to secure licences to build 2GW of floating offshore wind
Wicklow Port selected as base of operations for Codling Wind ParkThe decision will bring up to 75 new roles to the long-term base for the maintenance of the offshore wind farm
Ireland lagging ‘way behind’ on offshore wind projectsThe departure of Norwegian giant Equinor from the Irish market is another signal that renewable energy companies are becoming frustrated by the planning process in this country
Pearse Flynn: Ireland has never made capital of its abundant natural resource off the coastWe have an amazing opportunity to produce as much green, renewable energy as we can imagine
Irish floating offshore wind company to develop projects off US coastSimply Blue Group joins with TotalEnergies to help US meet renewable energy goals
Paul Deane: The vision of Ireland being an exporter of energy is several decades awayOur offshore resource is indeed large but the options to get it to markets are challenging because of the rugged nature and remote location of the potential wind-harnessing sites off the west coast
Ireland ‘struggling to grasp’ opportunity to harvest offshore wind, SSE chief says Country’s ‘fantastic track record’ with onshore wind has not been replicated offshore, according to Alistair Phillips-Davies
‘Ireland will not hit its 2030 offshore wind targets’The head of offshore wind at SSE Renewables has told the 2021 Offshore Wind conference that Ireland will fail to deliver 5GW of offshore wind by 2030 due to delays in signing the Maritime Area Planning bill into law
‘Offshore wind power can be a game changer for Ireland’Government support needed to get sector off the ground, according to the executive director of power generation and trading at the ESB
ESB bids for Scottish offshore wind projectEnergy company applied for multibillion-euro development just months after shelving plans for gas-fired power plants in Dublin
State’s offshore wind power plan is heavy on ambition but still light on legislationOffshore wind farms could create abundant renewable energy as well as generating significant revenue for Ireland — but planning and other issues must be surmounted first