Proper resourcing of An Bord Pleanála is needed for Ireland to become a “world leader” in offshore wind energy, Wind Energy Ireland has said.
“It needs to be a national priority that our planning system has the resources and the expertise to deliver it.”Proper resourcing of An Bord Pleanála is needed for Ireland to become a “world leader” in offshore wind energy, according to Wind Energy Ireland .today, its CEO Noel Cunniffe said Ireland must take advantage of its vast maritime area, which is seven times larger than its land area.
“For the first time in a generation, six projects are going to enter the planning system in Ireland over the next 12 weeks,” he said. “Those environmental reports for the planning applications alone are 6,000 or 7,000 pages long for each of those projects,” he said.
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