Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed)

12:00 pm

Mr. Garrett Blaney:

On offshore technology, there has been a significant reduction in cost across Europe. We have seen a major change, mainly as a result of auctions. As the new RESS process is auction-based, it has been driving down the cost of offshore generation. From our point of view, as my colleagues have explained, we will follow whatever is in the RESS system and try to facilitate that. It is a matter then for the Minister and the Department as to how that is designed. We are happy to input into that and to give further information. If offshore generation is part of that system, we will look at its efficient integration.