The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan has announced that Ireland has signed up to a European Wind Charter which seeks to develop and improve the conditions necessary for the delivery of wind energy targets. The charter, which considers both onshore and offshore wind, focuses on a range of areas, including, National […]
German energy company RWE has acquired Irish firm Western Power Offshore Developments for an undisclosed sum. Western Power Offshore Developments is in the early stages of developing the East Celtic Wind Farm project, which is 10km offshore from Wexford and Waterford in Ireland. The East Celtic project will ‘significantly’ expand RWE’s offshore wind portfolio in the
This project gained Interreg NWE funding in excess of €12 million in April 2020 to help develop the notion of “Green Electrification” using Airborne Wind Energy (AWE), utilising the strong and steady winds at higher altitudes and with reduced infrastructure costs. MegaAWE aims to test an already developed Power plane (AP3) at a new test […]