Offshore Energy can Supply Ten Times More Energy Than Needed (UK)

Ireland has potential to produce 10 times our existing electricity demand from offshore renewable sources according to a new report.

Energy Minister Eamon Ryan today published the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan for public consultation. The report claims a massive amount of power can be generated found without significant environmental impacts.

The Minister said: “Ireland’s ocean territory is ten times our land mass size. This Plan, in conjunction with the Strategic Environmental Assessment of Irish Waters also published today, looks at offshore wind, wave and tidal energy resources and how that could be maximised in the years ahead.”

Launching the plan at the Irish International Energy Conference – Pathway to 2050, Minister Ryan said: “This Government has begun an energy revolution.

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