Ireland will miss its mid-decade onshore wind capacity target if permitting, grid and route to market issues are not resolved, Wind Energy Ireland 2023 has heard.
Trade body WEI chief executive Noel Cunniffe today told delegates in Dublin the pipeline is around 400MW short of the 6GW the Irish government wants by 2025, as reported in the first of two reNEWS show dailies.
There is currently around 4.4GW online and 1.2GW of consented schemes with grid offers and routes to market, he said at the group’s annual conference.
However, this is not enough for the mid-decade goal and delivery on a range of targets is needed this year.
Also in today’s edition is the call by Energia Group chief executive Ian Thom for wind energy policy to be dramatically overhauled to support delivery of the energy transition.
Thom informed WEI 2023 on day one that grid delivery is one of the key issues facing developers.
The edition carries news of the first GE EnVentus order in Ireland, the latest on the Phase 2 offshore wind rules, an op-ed from Cunniffe and an interview with Statkraft Ireland managing director Kevin O’Donovan.