22nd February 2023 – Public webinar on Moneypoint Offshore Wind

EESB will host a webinar on the proposed Moneypoint Offshore Wind project from 7:30-9:00pm on Wednesday 22nd February. The webinar will provide up-to-date information from the Moneypoint project team as well as offer an opportunity to the public to submit questions or provide feedback. All questions and answers will be added to the project website after the event, www.moneypointoffshorewind.ie

If you wish to attend, please email info@moneypointoffshorewind.ie requesting same and providing your name and email address. An invite will then be issued in advance of the webinar.

Additionally, if you have any questions you would like the project team to answer, please send them to info@moneypointoffshorewind.ie.

1st, 2nd, 7th & 8th March 2023 – Public Exhibitions on Moneypoint Offshore Wind

At ESB we know the importance of offshore wind in tackling climate change and delivering Net Zero. Ireland has a unique capability given its prime location to take advantage of the potential of offshore wind. We are working hard to develop offshore wind projects for the benefit of everyone across society, and this includes ongoing engagement with marine users and local communities so that we can deliver these significant projects.

The first phase of Moneypoint Offshore Wind is a proposed 400MW floating offshore wind farm, to be located approximately 16km off the Clare/Kerry coast, with the second phase located a further 20km offshore and with an anticipated capacity of approximately 1GW.

To give local communities the opportunity to learn more about the project, we are hosting a series of public exhibitions. The exhibitions are a follow-on from the project’s virtual consultation room (open online from 6th September 2022 to 13th February 2023) and will offer attendees the opportunity to review up-to-date information on the project as well as to meet with the project team.

The exhibitions will take place as follows:

• Wednesday 1st March, 4-8pm, The Club Rooms, Tailor’s Row, Castlegregory
• Thursday 2nd March, 4-8pm, Ballybunion Community Centre, 5 Lartigue Lane, Ballybunion
• Tuesday 7th March, 4-8pm, Stella Maris Hotel, Kilkee
• Wednesday 8th March, 4-8pm, Kilrush Golf Club, Kilrush

April 2021 – Marine Notice for Geophysical Survey Activity

ESB is aware that Marine Notice No. 27 of 2021 for Geophysical Survey Activity, anticipated to take place on or around 26th April until 4th June 2021, has issued. As previously indicated, ESB is committed to keeping all interested stakeholders informed of our activities in relation to offshore wind development. The works to be undertaken as part of this survey are not related to the development of Moneypoint Offshore Wind Farm. ESB continues to be committed to informing and working with local stakeholders in advance of all of our offshore wind activities in the region.

A copy of the Notice is available on the Department of Transport’s website www.gov.ie

February 2021 – ESB applies for a Foreshore Licence for Moneypoint Offshore Wind.

The Moneypoint Offshore Wind Foreshore Licence application was submitted to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and will be available to view on the Department’s website. Formal public consultation will commence once the Department make the application available to the public. A link to the relevant Department webpage will be posted on this website as soon as it is available.

26th June 2020 – Programme for government includes support for Offshore Wind Energy

The Programme for Government agreed between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party negotiators on 15 June 2020 was ratified on Friday, 26 June 2020. This document acknowledges the role offshore energy will play in Irelands future, stating:

“We will also produce a longer-term plan setting out how, as a country, we will take advantage of the massive potential of offshore energy on the Atlantic Coast. This plan will set out how Ireland can become a major contributor to a pan-European renewable energy generation and transmission system, taking advantage of a potential of at least 30GW of offshore floating wind power in our deeper waters in the Atlantic.

This plan will focus on utilising our existing energy and maritime infrastructure. It will seek to create the right investment environment, support ocean energy research, develop and demonstrate floating wind, tidal, and wave power, together developing innovative transmission and storage technologies, such as high-voltage, direct-current interconnection and green hydrogen on an all-island basis. This plan will set out a path to achieving 5GW capacity in offshore wind by 2030 off Ireland’s Eastern and Southern coasts.”