Cork Harbour at centre of renewable energy revolution 

Ballycotton businessman Pearse Flynn is convinced that wind and hydrogen can be for Cork as oil has been for Norway and Saudi Arabia. He explains his plans, while a new report says offshore wind is leading the transformation of the global energy system.

An Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Ramsgate in Kent. Ireland achieved 40% renewable electricity in 2020, with onshore wind energy at the forefront of the push, according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  File Picture: PA

You cannot see it, but you can definitely feel it. It can annoy, infuriate, and exhaust in equal measure.

However, as the people of Cork Harbour, and  Ireland, wonder at times why God, Mother Nature, or the Universe gave us wind in seemingly endless quantities, it may finally become clear in the coming years.