Former navy captain joins offshore Munster wind development project

Floating wind farms are planned for the Cork and West Clare coasts

Captain Brian Fitzgerald joins the Simply Blue Group. Picture: Darragh Kane

Floating offshore wind company the Simply Blue Group, which is developing a major wind farm near the Kinsale gas field has appointed a senior former naval officer to as liaison with stakeholders and the public.

The Simply Blue Group announced a joint venture partnership with Shell earlier this year and this will see the development of the Emerald Floating wind farm off the Cork coast. The Simply Blue Group is also developing the Western Star floating wind project off the coast of Clare.