Cork Harbour 'green energy park' will facilitate offshore windfarms

Council CEO Valerie O'Sullivan says the plan is to facilitate the renewable energy sector, 'the next industrial revolution'

Cork County Council has earmarked lands at Aghada as a base for green energy firms and for the marshalling and servicing of offshore windfarm operations. Picture: iStock

Cork County Council is planning to establish a ‘green energy park’ in Cork Harbour to capitalise on government plans to create major offshore windfarms.

Council chief executive Valerie O’Sullivan said the council wants to provide the renewable energy sector with every aid it can and, in the process, enable the creation of many more jobs in the region as part of what she described as being “the next industrial revolution”.