*Photograph: Páraic McMahon MONEYPOINT intends to remain “a big employer” for Co Clare while the Tánaiste has acknowledged “impatience” on the progress made for offshore renewable energy on the west coast.
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MAU) has been signed by the ESB and Shannon Foynes Port to support the transformation of the Shannon Estuary as a major centre of deployment for floating offshore wind projects in Irish and international waters.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon THE ESB is hoping to secure permission for site investigation works at Moneypoint as part of the early stages of its multi-billion euro Green Atlantic plan.
Artist’s impression of the new Moneypoint Renewable Energy Hub in Co. Clare. MONEYPOINT HAS THE POTENTIAL to generate €3bn for the Irish economy should its offshore energy plans hit full steam.
*Gordon Shearer of Shell, and Val Cummins and Hugh Kelly of Simply Blue Group pictured at Loop Head lighthouse last November. Photograph: Diane Cusack PLANS FOR A 1.35GW floating wind farm off the coast of Clare have been plunged into jeopardy with the decision of one of the partners to leave the Irish market.
Cahercon House. Photograph: Ann Marie Hanrahan CONFUSION surrounds the spending of an allocation of €1.8m for the Clare Maritime Economic Zone (MEZ) project in Cahercon.
The ESB has put its plan before An Bord Pleanála for a production facility for off-shore wind-turbines at its Moneypoint power station in west Clare.
AN agreement has been reached between Shell and Simply Blue Group to develop a 1.35GW floating wind farm off the coast of West Clare
October of next year has been identified as the planned start for the commercial operation of the Synchronous Compensator at Moneypoint.
Leadership is needed to maximise the potential investment for West Clare from the Shannon Estuary.
