Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 December 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port
Mr. Brian McGrath:
We have not looked at tidal energy. The other areas we have looked at are hydrogen and offshore renewable energy. The problem with tidal energy in Lough Foyle is the location of shipping channels and so on. The Foyle is a fast-flowing river and could potentially have some tidal energy application but it is not an area we have looked at in particular detail. However, we are open to it. Our sense of Greencastle as an asset base is more to support offshore renewable energy as a support and logistical base rather than necessarily locating some of those renewable devices within Lough Foyle. That is something I am open to looking at but we have not done much on it yet.
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