Wind energy comes with a high price tag

IN his letter headlined ‘Renewable energy target is appropriate’ (October 18), Michael Kelly of Eirgrid stated that my colleague on EU environmental technical assistance projects, Pat O’Brien, was wrong on wind energy.

Firstly, why do we have a programme of 40% of our electricity to be generated by renewables, mostly wind? Is it because the media like it, it gets politicians elected or it creates jobs for the boys, such as in Eirgrid?

If instead we are doing it for environmental reasons, then let’s look at the numbers.