Minister for Environment, Climate and Energy Eamon Ryan and Noel Cunniffe, chief executive of Wind Energy Ireland, at the annual offshore wind conference in Dublin where the Government published the proposed locations for future offshore wind farms near Ireland’s south coast. Photograph: Conor McCabe photography.
An auction this autumn will seek to develop a 900megawatt wind farm within the “Tonn Nua” site directly off Co Waterford, some 12.5km from the coastline – a distance aligned with offshore wind farms in other parts of Europe. “We can now plan to run an auction, and the winners can then proceed to deal with a brand new purpose-developed regulator before applying to An Bord Pleanála for development permission.”
The DMAP was identified following extensive work with fishing communities and scientists to ensure there was adequate environmental protection and “an almost year-long engagement process with coastal communities and stakeholders, de-risking the DMAP as much as possible”.Separately, he said six projects would go into the planning system in the coming weeks, with enhanced capacity within An Bord Pleanála to process them.
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