Irish
Energy
Minister
Eamon
Ryan
says
he
will
submit
an
application
to
Brussels
“within
weeks”
for
a
plan
that
would
allow
offshore
wind
farm
owners
to
net
€140
per
MWh
in
subsidies,
in
addition
to
the
market
price
for
electricity.
The
announcement
comes
in
tandem
with
the
publication
of
Ireland’s
Offshore
Renewable
Energy
development
plan,
which
has
gone
out
for
a
two-month
public
consultation.
The
plan
concludes
that
Ireland
can
by
2050
produce
10
times
its
electricity
demand
from
offshore
renewables
“without
significant
environmental
impacts”.
Dublin
has
thrust
renewables
to
the
centre
of
its…
