Ireland needs to develop ports to take advantage of our vast offshore wind potential

Our energy requirements are far outweighed by our wind energy potential with the ability to underwrite the economy and energy security for many decades to come. But there is a 'but'

Ireland’s offshore wind resource potential can be categorised into two distinct categories, fixed bottom, and floating installations. 

Not all countries will have suitable infrastructure for offshore wind and 23% of countries are landlocked. However, Ireland sits on the biggest natural offshore wind resource in Europe with some 640GWs of untapped energy potential. 

Our requirements are far outweighed by our potential with the ability to underwrite the economy and energy security for many decades to come. Ireland’s offshore wind resource potential can be categorised into two distinct categories, fixed bottom, and floating installations.