Changing EU policy on wind farms

Cutting wind subsidies

The understanding that we must do as much as we can to reduce our dependence on imported energy and minimise carbon emissions has driven the development of alternative energy options. This acceptance has almost become one of the sacred orthodoxies of the age, unchallengeable and obvious. The most visible of these alternative energy sources, and often the most divisive, is wind energy.

Champions of wind energy see it as an ideal technology for an island on the Atlantic’s eastern seaboard and that it represents one of Ireland’s very best chances of making meaningful cuts to our carbon emissions.