An aerial view of Moneypoint ESB generating Station. Photograph by John Kelly.
New Moneypoint offshore wind energy plan will power 1.5 million homes
April 8, 2021
THE FUTURE viability of Moneypoint Power Station has been thrown a much needed lifeline under a new proposed offshore wind development project, which has the potential to generate enough energy to power up 1.5 million homes reports Dan Danaher.
Under a new public private partnership between the ESB and Equinor, a new multi-million Euro project concerning a 270 km2 flaghship floating offshore wind development is being planned off the coast of Clare and Kerry.
Details of the new plan are due to be announced by the ESB under Ireland’s long-term decarbonisation strategy this Friday.
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Fresh hopes of a major economic boost from the State s ambitious climate plans are blowing in the wind on the Shannon Estuary as the ESB revealed a major new prospect of generating massive power off the Kerry coast.
The semi-state has revealed that it is looking at the potential of developing a massive offshore wind-farm on the Kerry/Clare coast that could ultimately land sufficient energy to the grid at Moneypoint to power up to three quarters of the nation s homes.
It s being taken very seriously coming as it does from the ESB in the context of Ireland s frantic drive to cut current carbon emissions by over 50 per cent by the end of the decade.