The
strategy
comes
just
a
month
after
Dublin
launched
the
long-delayed
second
round
of
its
feed-in
tariff
(Refit
2),
and
is
yet
another
signal
that
the
centre-right
coalition
elected
last
year
genuinely
views
Ireland’s
wind
and
marine
resources
as
one
of
the
clearest
roads
out
of
the
economic
abyss.
The
policy
document
establishes
five
“strategic
goals”
for
the
end
of
the
decade,
including
adding
more
on-
and
offshore
wind
capacity;
building
a
thriving
bioenergy
sector;
making
Ireland
a
leading
light
in
ocean-energy
research;
boosting
the
use
of
biofuels
and
electric
vehicles;
and…
