Chamber: Ireland must speed up offshore wind projects to end Russian energy dependency

'We have a target of just 5GW for 2030 when we perhaps should either be doubling that or, indeed, removing it altogether'

Dee Ryan, Limerick Chamber CEO, said Ireland has enough renewable energy capacity offshore to satisfy multiples of our domestic requirements.

Efforts are needed to accelerate the development of offshore wind along the Munster coast in order to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels, Limerick Chamber has said.

A number of offshore wind projects are currently in the planning stages across the southwest off the coasts of Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Clare with the Atlantic wind resource estimated to be up to 80GW of capacity.