Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion

Mr. Noel Cunniffe:

After examining the timelines, our position for the past 18 months to two years has been that it can contribute to the 5 GW target. We definitely believe that the majority of the 5 GW target will be achieved via fixed-bottom offshore wind farms, but floating wind energy has a part to play. It is equally, if not more, exposed to all of the challenges of getting the right legislation and planning system in place so that it can deliver for 2030. Our points about the resourcing of systems are even more pertinent to floating offshore wind energy than they are to fixed-bottom wind energy.