Wind energy lobby says new government needs to implement the Planning and Development Act and put in place policies to support the development of the sector both onshore and at sea
. The planning authority is expected to give its verdict on the first, the North Irish Sea Array, being built by
“The next five years present an opportunity to make unprecedented progress in transitioning to locally produced renewable energy and unlocking the next phase of Ireland’s economic development,” says A combination of “State and policy” must reinforce the grid, with EirGrid instructed to start planning now for grid reinforcement projects to be delivered in the 2030s.
Offshore may be where the abundance is but accelerating onshore wind is a big element of the transition, reinforced by a clear timetable for annual onshore renewables auctions to 2030 and cutting electricity prices by extending the duration of these contracts to 20 years. At this point, Cummins says the offshore renewables sector has no visibility beyond 2030, yet there is huge opportunity to take ownership by providing “a plan to unlock our energy abundance. It’s about us as a nation, that we are confident about building up resources, ultimately, to export”.
In the west coast conditions of Ireland, where you have 18-metre wave height and a limited number of days where you can sail out to service and to deploy, they don’t have the turbines yet that can manage thatAt present, it seems like two steps forward, three steps back, whereas all that should be doable and “top the list for the new minister for energy”.
In contrast, there are “real negative impacts” on biodiversity likely in “do nothing” or “do too little” scenarios such as changing population distributions as evidenced by herring and mackerel already going further north and new invasive species succeeding in new higher temperature habitats – that could be followed by much colder seawater regimes and more extreme impacts if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current collapses.
A robust long-term plan for the delivery of offshore wind in Ireland through the ORE Future Framework will ensure the ongoing progression of fixed-bottom offshore wind, while kick-starting floating offshore wind deployment, Cunniffe says.
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