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Wind Energy Ireland

Energy

Change of direction on offshore wind farms raises investors’ fears

Energy industry experts warn that the government’s sudden policy shift will make it much harder for Ireland to meet its 2030 targets
  • Lorcan Allen
  • March 12, 2023
Energy

Ireland likely to miss 2030 renewable energy targets due to offshore wind policy U-turn

Mid-process move to centralised plan-led system leading to uncertainty among international wind energy investors
  • Lorcan Allen
  • March 12, 2023
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Editorial: Potential of offshore wind energy is too significant to be squandered

An appropriate policy environment is vital if we are to reap the economic benefits of this unparalleled opportunity
  • Business Post
  • March 12, 2023
Wind energy

Government U-turn ‘puts 80 per cent of offshore wind projects at risk’

Centralised scheme will restrict developers to two sites for offshore projects, with industry sources saying 50 projects comprising 80,000 MW of offshore wind capacity are at risk
  • Lorcan Allen
  • February 26, 2023
Energy

Majority of those in rural Ireland in favour of wind farms in their area

A new survey for Wind Energy Ireland found very few residents were opposed to the renewable energy
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • February 14, 2023
Energy

Wind farms in Ireland produced record 41% of electricity in January

Industry warns over delays in planning system slowing delivery of new wind projects in Ireland
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 8, 2023
Energy

Up to €2bn investment in Irish ports needed to facilitate offshore wind

A new ‘National Ports study’ has found that there is currently only one port on the island of Ireland with the capacity and infrastructure to accommodate the staging and marshalling of offshore wind projects
  • Lorcan Allen
  • September 21, 2022
Planning

New rules will allow wind farms to change turbine sizes

Amendment to law will give industry more flexibility to use new technologies on projects without reapplying for planning
  • Michael Brennan
  • June 11, 2022
Energy

Renewable energy prices rise by more than 30% after latest state support auction

A total of 1,948 megawatts were successful at this year’s RESS auction, which cleared at an average price of almost €100 per megawatt hour.
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 20, 2022

Prices of renewable energy at state auction ‘won’t be pretty’, say experts

Senior figures in the energy sector have warned of a 15 per cent increase in the cost of renewables at the state’s upcoming Renewable Electricity Support Scheme auction
  • Lorcan Allen
  • April 24, 2022

Renewable energy industry has ‘no confidence’ in government to deliver on targets

A letter sent by an industry body to Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has outlined how renewable energy projects are waiting well over a year for planning decisions to be made
  • Daniel Murrayand
  • Lorcan Allen
  • March 27, 2022

Wind industry calls on government to set out ‘robust’ targets for hydrogen usage

Wind Energy Ireland said hydrogen can be used as a renewable fuel source in difficult to decarbonise areas of the economy such as industry and heavy transport
  • Lorcan Allen
  • January 19, 2022

Half of state-backed renewable projects are behind schedule

A total of 82 projects were successful in the RESS 1 auction process held in 2020, which are supposed to add 1,275 megawatts of renewable energy to the national power grid
  • Lorcan Allen
  • January 16, 2022

8% of wind energy lost due to lack of capacity on national grid

Figure could have been higher in some parts of the country, according to industry group
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • October 6, 2021

Offshore wind projects delayed due to ‘lack of framework’

Industry leaders say delays in establishing regulatory and planning rules for the sector mean that the state will miss its target to produce 5GW by 2030
  • Lorcan Allen
  • September 26, 2021

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