*Joe Carey. Photograph: Joe Buckley Confidence has been expressed by Clare TD, Joe Carey (FG) that plans to develop an offshore wind project off Moneypoint in west Clare will continue to make progress.
Regret at the decision of Equinor to leave the Irish offshore wind market has been voiced by Wind Energy Ireland.
Confidence has been expressed by a Clare TD that the Green Atlantic project at Moneypoint will proceed even though Norwegian firm Equinor have pulled out of the Irish market.
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Martin Connolly Planning guidelines will have to be “annulled or replaced” otherwise rural Clare will be “finished,” the county’s longest-serving politician has warned.
Population allocations set out in the National Planning Framework (NPF) and Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSES) adopted by the three Regional Assemblies need to be urgently revised, Clare councillors have warned.
Plans for a €2bn floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Moneypoint have been dealt a major setback with the developer of the project leaving the Irish market.
Moneypoint is to close as scheduled in 2025 despite warnings of a potential capacity shortfall in Ireland’s electricity grid over the coming five years.
A recent review was conducted into the widely circulated claim that 97% of all climate scientists had concluded that man made actions were contributing to climate change. The reviewer pointed to the fact that the claim was over a decade old and that it needed to be re-examined.
Clarity is needed on Moneypoint amid concerns on the security of the country’s energy supply.
October of next year has been identified as the planned start for the commercial operation of the Synchronous Compensator at Moneypoint.
