Cork firm Simply Blue to develop new offshore wind farm off Co Down coast

The offshore wind farm will provide a combined capacity of up to 1.3-gigawatt and is to be located off the coast of County Down

The ‘Olympic Offshore Wind’ project is a sister project to ‘Nomadic Offshore Wind’ which was announced by the group earlier this year. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire.

Cork-based renewable energy firm Simply Blue Group is to develop a new offshore wind project for Northern Ireland, it announced today.

It will be the group's second offshore wind project in Northern Ireland.