Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Alan Power:

We analysed offshore and onshore wind and grid scale solar so across that, we estimate that the uplift will be from a baseline demand of about 3,500 in 2020 to 9,000 by the end of the decade. We estimate that the offshore component of that will increase from the low hundreds to about 2,500 by the middle of the decade and should remain there for the remainder of the decade. The construction component in terms of getting these developments off the ground will be a strong component of that. I am also conscious that that Mr. Curran may be able to speak to the supply chain elements of that and the employment potential in the Enterprise Ireland company base.