Wind energy body calls for An Bord Pleanála reform in order to reach climate change targets

Noel Cunniffe, chief executive of Wind Energy Ireland, said wind energy has provided 37% of Ireland’s energy so far this year and has “insulated Irish electricity consumers from the worst of the fossil fuel-driven rise in gas prices”. Picture: Neil Michael

The Government has committed to a 40% increase in targets for offshore wind farm energy by 2030 but industry experts have warned that projects are still being bogged down by planning delays. 

Wind farm energy production will increase from 5 Gigawatts to 7GW per year by 2030, under the latest government proposals to ease the country's reliance on fossil fuels to meet climate change targets.