Kildare Based Wind Group Says Floating Wind Energy Could Transform Ireland.

Friday, 23 July 2021 09:09

WEI says proactive approach from the Government is needed to ensure floating wind turbines are in the water before 2030.

Kildare based Wind Energy Ireland says floating wind energy can transform Ireland into a European renewable energy superpower.

That's if the right policies are put in place to enable the industry to start building floating wind farms in the 2020s.

It believes a proactive approach from the Government is needed to ensure floating wind turbines are in the water before the end of the decade.

Wind Energy Ireland is based in Naas.

Its CEO, Noel Cunniffe, says the grid on the western and southern coasts must be developed

Ireland can be a #RenewableEnergy superpower if we move quickly to develop floating #WindEnergy and 30,000 MW off our western coast.

Check out our latest report, Revolution, published this morning. https://t.co/nLqBEjxmqO pic.twitter.com/WNAisQKY8D
— Wind Energy Ireland (@WindEnergyIRL) July 23, 2021

Noel Cunniffe says the Government's offshore wind energy target can be delivered using floating wind turbines:
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