Ireland ‘failing’ on wind energy

THE wind energy sector has expressed concern that just 2.3% of wind installations across Europe are in this country – despite our natural climatic advantages.

The Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) said that we are failing to capitalise on our “outstanding wind resource”.

According to the latest European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) figures, Ireland installed 233MW of wind last year – just one MW more than in 2008 – and accounted for just 2.3% of total EU installations in 2009.