A
number
of
factors
have
converged
to
prime
the
sector
for
a
surge
of
growth
over
the
next
three
years,
says
Kenneth
Matthews,
chief
executive
of
the
Irish
Wind
Energy
Association
(IWEA).
Last
March,
after
years
of
delays,
Ireland
launched
the
second
round
of
its
feed-in
tariff
(REFIT
2).
Rather
than
creating
an
immediate
rebound,
however,
the
government’s
decision
to
“grandfather”
beneficial
curtailment
rights
to
existing
wind
farms
led
to
another
bruising
industry
debate,
which
effectively
stalled
the
surge
by
another
year.
The
issue
of
curtailment
is
hugely
important…
