Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion

Mr. Jim Dollard:

It is a really interesting question. If we delay, we certainly will not compete. That is the reality. Scotland has advantages over Ireland in that it has already started and it has the industrial heritage, if you like, that the Chairman mentioned. We have a vast resource off the west and south coast and that is a major competitive position for us. The dynamic of what is required to delivered floating offshore infrastructure will favour proximity, so the closer one is to the wind farms, the better. Proximity will be an advantage. There is definitely an opportunity in that respect. I will ask my colleague to speak a bit more about that.