The Ireland South East Offshore Wind Partnership
Bringing together key stakeholders in the region to ensure that offshore wind is at the heart of our future economic development
“The partnership’s vision is that Ireland’s successful, vibrant, and impactful new offshore wind sector will create value and economic benefit for the enterprises and people in the South East region.”
The Ireland South East Offshore Wind Partnership
The Ireland South East Offshore Wind Partnership brings together key stakeholders from the region’s economic ecosystem to ensure that offshore wind is at the heart of our future economic development.
The partnership enables meaningful engagement between the ports, the airport, local authorities, industry and enterprise agencies alongside the Higher Education and Training Institutes and Skills Forum. We believe that collaboration will be key to supporting the development of new companies, creating the next generation of skilled employees and delivering on the region’s ambition to play a major role in Ireland’s offshore renewable energy sector.
Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Energy Targets
Ireland’s offshore renewable energy targets are ambitious. Building on 2030 targets of 5 Gigawatts of grid-connected offshore wind plus an additional 2GW of non-grid connected offshore wind in development, by 2040 Ireland aims to deliver 20GW of ORE, and by 2050 this rises to 37GW, which is approximately six times current peak electricity demand. The scale of these targets is a strong signal of Ireland’s clear potential to become a global leader in ORE.
Ireland South East’s key role
The region’s existing port infrastructure and our geographical proximity to the south coast wind farms make the region the ideal location to service and manage offshore renewable energy projects from. The work of the partnership ensures that our local authorities, enterprise agencies and higher education stakeholders are working together to make offshore wind a priority sector for the region.
Economic benefits to the South East region
The overarching objective of the partnership is maximise the economic benefit to the South East in assisting Ireland and Europe achieve its ORE targets. We believe these economic benefits will be seen across various areas:
- Number of jobs in the offshore wind supply chain
- R&D spend within companies involved in the supply chain
- Investment and enhancement of regional infrastructure
- New Start Ups serving the offshore wind supply chain
- Exports of goods and services to the UK, Europe and global markets
- Increased FDI attractiveness
