Minister 'very confident' Port of Cork's offshore renewable energy plan will begin within three years

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan made the comment amid ongoing uncertainty over a €70m funding gap for the development

The Port of Cork is the only Irish port with planning permission in place to build out its infrastructure to help facilitate the development of the offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector. File photo: Robert Bateman

The Environment Minister says the Government will be “pressing the go button very soon” on the development of multi-million offshore renewable energy facilities at the Port of Cork despite ongoing uncertainty over a €70m funding gap.

Eamon Ryan said the Government “wants and will see” the Port of Cork developing as a deployment port for renewable power, with the required infrastructure in place “within two to three years”.