Natural Power has bolstered its offshore consenting team in Ireland with the appointment of three new members.
Eoghan Tuite joins as principal consultant and Ciara Gilligan and Daniel Lazell as senior environmental consultants.
The company said the appointments underpin its commitment to developing offshore wind projects in support of meeting Ireland’s target of 70% renewable electricity and 5GW of offshore wind by 2030.
The additional resources will enable the business to “focus on consenting its growing pipeline of offshore projects, with current involvement in seven projects at various stages of development in Ireland”, it said.
Tuite was previously at EirGrid, where he was senior lead engineer responsible for managing the offshore and onshore development activities of the Celtic Interconnector project between Ireland and France.
Gilligan was with TechWorks Marine and has experience in environmental consultancy work for aquaculture, renewable energy, wastewater treatment schemes and urban projects.
Lazell joins from the subsea service provider Hydromaster.
Natural Power country director Sean Manley said: “Offshore wind energy development is at the heart of Ireland’s Climate Action Plan.
“We are currently delivering planning and environmental services on up to 4.8GW of projects in Ireland and the skills and experience of these new team members complement our existing development team in Ireland and wider global offshore team, adding bandwidth to support the increasing demand for expertise in the market.”