Eirgrid opens Cork presence to coordinate offshore windfarm development

The substations will connect 900 megawatts of electricity from wind turbines delivered by private developers, producing enough electricity to power almost 1m homes a year.

EirGrid will construct new offshore substations as well as the cables and infrastructure linking them to the onshore grid.

EirGrid has opened an office in Cork to coordinate development of the country’s first offshore electricity substations, which will connect renewable energy from wind turbines off the south coast and feed ii into the national grid.

The office at Penrose Quay, which was officially opened today by Tánaiste Micheál Martin, will also act as a hub for starting the construction of the Celtic Interconnector linking Ireland with France.