Sea wind farms the best option

ONE of the few certainties in our topsy-turvy world is that we must cut our dependence on energy generated by fossil fuels. 

In Ireland, that imperative is exacerbated by the need to become less reliant on imported energy. The prospect of a wall of tariffs around Britain, the source of much of our energy, sharpens that urgency.

Those objectives may be reached, partially at least, by renewable energy. On a wind-swept island, that means investing considerable capital and faith in wind energy. A lucrative range of balance-the-books subsidies support those ambitions, as does the EU demand that Ireland generate 40% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.