Up to €2bn investment in Irish ports needed to facilitate offshore wind

Up to €2 billion will need to be invested in Ireland’s port infrastructure to facilitate the development of a large-scale offshore wind industry, a new report has found.

The ‘National Ports study’, which was commissioned by Wind Energy Ireland and produced by engineering consultancy firm Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions, found that only one port on the island of Ireland, Belfast Harbour, is currently ready to be used to construct offshore wind farms.

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