How the Government wants to draw a national offshore wind map in two years

How the Government wants to draw a national offshore wind map in two years

How the Government wants to draw a national offshore wind map in two years


In April, Minister for the Environment Darragh O’Brien announced that the government would be progressing with a single national marine plan for offshore wind. This was not unexpected, as the State-led approach to offshore wind development had already become settled government policy. Rather than continuing to map the coastline in sections, making those sections available to developers as they were mapped, the decision was made to approach the entirety of Ireland’s marine area at once – and have the corresponding designated marine area plan (DMAP) ready for 2027. “I didn’t want us to have a situation, from talking to the…