Vol. 505 No. 4
86 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the number of wind farms currently operational; the number planned; the targets for wind energy over the next ten years; and the way in which this will be achieved. [13992/99]
At present, there are ten windfarms in commercial operation with an installed capacity of 63MWe. A further 20 wind energy projects have been selected to receive contracts from the ESB, subject to certain conditions.
The current targets for wind energy to the year 2010 were set in 1996 at an additional 30MWe of installed capacity per annum.
I am reviewing these targets and will announce increased targets in the Green Paper on Sustainable Energy which I will publish shortly. I envisage that the competitive approach to project selection will continue.
