At its Plenary session this week in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted to support an acceleration of the development of offshore wind energy in Europe, including investing €530 billion in offshore grid infrastructure over the coming three decades. The European Parliament’s resolution on a European strategy for offshore renewable energy expects between 340 and 450 … Read more
Consensus has formed that we need a meshed offshore grid to enable the decarbonisation of Europe with renewables. Ireland has the EU’s best offshore renewable energy resources and should take a proactive leadership role in shaping Europe’s Energy Future.
Floating wind energy can be a game changing technology for Ireland, transforming it into a ‘European renewable superpower’, according to a new report by Wind Energy Ireland (WEI). CEO of WEI Noel Cunniffe stated: “There is enough renewable energy off our southern and western coasts to not only meet Ireland’s needs but to also become … Read more
SuperNode believes the recent publication of the National Marine Planning Framework and the Maritime Area Planning Bill to be an important step in Ireland’s decarbonisation journey. Ireland aims to develop 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and a robust planning system is crucial to achieving this. SuperNode CEO John Fitzgerald had this to say: … Read more
E3G has released a new report analysing how best to utilise renewable resources in the North Sea. It contends that there are significant benefits to be found in a more connected approach. “Developing an integrated and interconnected electricity grid in the North Seas and northwest Europe is key to unlocking the significant wind resources, zero … Read more
We will touch upon 4 topics, all linked but quite separate, Paris failure and what to do about it The future of European energy supply Ireland’s response SuperNode developing new grid technology. You have all read about Oregon, California, BC, Washington, NSW. Unprecedented fires and drought. Is the western US becoming a desert? Fires in … Read more
Here is the recording from the recent IWEA event, Supplying 30GW to Europe, where Eddie spoke outlining the potential opportunity for Ireland to develop a thriving offshore wind supply chain, and also take full advantage of the offshore wind resource which Ireland posses. Below the video are the slides presented by Eddie Ireland 30GW … Read more
WindEurope have stated that the installation rate of wind needs to double in order to assist in decarbonising Europe. An installation rate of at least 30 GW is required for Europe to meet estimated installed capacities for wind from the EU Commissions report “A Clean planet For All” In this report, there are several scenarios … Read more
The UK has been both the European leader, and world leader in the amount of offshore wind it has installed in its waters. The UK currently has an offshore wind installed capacity of approximately 10GW, with ambitions to reach an installed capacity of 40GW by 2030 as set out by Boris Johnson in the recent … Read more
The cost of offshore wind has dropped by 32% from this time last year according to ongoing research performed by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). they have also found that the cost f offshore wind has dropped 12% in 2019 alone! BNEF have updated their Levilised Cost of Energy (LCOE) and have found that the … Read more