Ireland ‘must grasp energy jobs’

IRELAND urgently needs to develop east coast wind and wave farms or risk losing renewable energy jobs to its rivals in Britain, warns one industry expert.

Speaking at the Renewable Energy Summit in Dundalk yesterday, Matthew Knight of Siemens Energy said most big energy corporations already view the Irish Sea as a single market.

“Ireland will have to get in early to maximise the job-creating opportunities in the Irish Sea,” said Matthew Knight, business development manager for Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd (widely known as Siemens Energy).