Public asked to give their views on plans to connect offshore windfarms to national grid

The Department of the Environment has designated a vast area of ocean off the south-east coast for the development of four offshore windfarms. File picture

EirGrid has urged people to give their views on its emerging plans for connecting the first of a series of vast new offshore windfarms off the south-east coast to the national grid.

The operator of Ireland’s electricity grid opened a 10-week period of public consultation on the plans in November, and has issued a reminder the deadline for submissions is Friday, January 24.