Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2020
152. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current level of energy produced from offshore windfarms; the projected level of energy that will be produced from offshore windfarms in each year from 2020 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39780/20]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is available in the 2019 National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) which is available on the Gov.ie website under “Ireland’s National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030”. It can be located in table 7 on page 42 of the document.
In its NECP, Ireland signalled around 3,500MW of offshore wind installed capacity by 2030. The figures set out in the table below refer to the corresponding energy generated by this installed capacity trajectory under the With Additional Measures (WAM) scenario, which reflects the policy position at the end of 2019 when the plan was completed.
Renewable Electricity-Generation by Offshore Wind (ktoe) WAM
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 |
2028 |
2029 |
2030 |
|
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
228 |
522 |
765 |
893 |
896 |
889 |
Under the Programme for Government, Ireland is committed to achieving a 7% annual average reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2021 and 2030 and has increased the ambition for offshore wind to 5,000MW of installed capacity by 2030. My Department is currently developing the policies and measures required to meet this higher level of ambition.
