Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion
12:40 pm
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I will correct the Minister on the issue of offshore wind energy generation not being tested. Every other country in north west Europe has massive offshore wind energy projects. The auction system has brought the price down. There is a large supply chain. The technology has been tested and it is not uncertain. It is absolutely mainstream.