Ireland and the UK should cooperate on renewable energy and offshore wind development, Minister Eamon Ryan has said ahead of North Sea summit in Belgium
IRELAND AND THE UK should cooperate on renewable energy and offshore wind development, Minister Eamon Ryan has said ahead of a summit today.
Speaking to The Journal ahead of the summit, Minister Ryan said he believed one of the most significant developments in the last six months was an agreement struck between the UK and the North Seas Energy Corporation , which consists of the countries attending today’s summit, to work together on developing sustainable and cost-effective offshore energy.
“The first most important thing for me, and we started it in the meeting in Dun Laoghaire last September, was to bring the United Kingdom back into the cooperation agreement. We signed off on that last December,” Minister Ryan said. “It’s prime ministers and energy ministers, so that’s a sign of how significant people take this whole new industry. It is one that works best in cooperation,” Minister Ryan said.
“Particularly for Ireland, that’s something my colleagues are always interested in because in truth, we have such a large resource for the size of our country, that they’re really interested in interconnection with Ireland and trading in some of the energy, be that hydrogen or ammonia or other fuels that we will be able to develop with offshore renewable energy,” he said.
The Irish government has set a target of building capacity for 5 GW of offshore wind generation by 2030 as part of wider aims to drive down emissions and shift away from fossil fuels that are damaging the climate.
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