Refit 2
offers
a
dose
of
regulatory
clarity.
Developers
had
been
sitting
on
their
hands
for
more
than
18
months
while
the
scheme
passed
all
the
legal
hurdles
in
Dublin
and
Brussels.
To
make
the
most
of
Ireland’s
vast
wind
resources,
the
industry
needs
smarter
co-ordination
between
the
government’s
ambitions
for
energy
policy
and
job
creation,
says
Kenneth
Matthews,
chief
executive
of
the
Irish
Wind
Energy
Association
(IWEA).
Several
factors
have
made
the
domestic
wind
sector
a
cauldron
of
frustration
in
recent
years,
including
the
government’s
stop-start
approach
to
support,
investment-killing
grid…