Ireland pivots to planned approach as the way to speed offshore wind buildout

Lessons learned from mature offshore wind nations such as Denmark, Holland and the UK have led Ireland to adopt a more demand-led approach to its tendering strategy, according to the minister in charge of the country's energy portfolio

Ireland’s first offshore wind tender, dubbed ORESS 1, resembled the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme in many ways and secured 3GW of capacity.