Floating wind energy can make Ireland

‘renewable superpower’
Wind Energy Ireland calls for devices in our waters to kickstart ‘new industrial
sector’

Kevin O'Sullivan Environment & Science Editor

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Most offshore wind farms use “fixed-bottom” turbines but floating platforms
secured to the seabed can be deployed at much greater depths.

Floating wind energy can make Ireland a world leader in renewable energy,
not only in the form of electricity, but also through production of carbon-
free fuels including green hydrogen, said Val Cummins, chairwoman of
WEI’s floating wind energy committee.

“Twenty years ago, Ireland chose not to develop offshore wind energy,
costing us an enormous economic opportunity and cementing our
dependence on imported fossil fuels,” she noted.

“We must not make the same mistake a second time. We have choices to
make, and now is the time to make them. Ireland has an incredible marine
resource, and development of floating wind, co-existing with sustainable
fisheries and Marine Protected Areas, is the future,” added the managing
director of the Emerald Floating Wind project, a joint venture between Shell
and Simply Blue.

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