Small country, small market, small population = small ports. Will offshore be outsourced with maybe two big assembly points and a lot of barges and the maintenance done from existing ports?
Look at Scotland, they are gonna be huge in the industry, wind farm going up all over the place.
Ireland could be a leader yet the biggest issue is that there is zero regulations. I worked on as an offshore surveyor and when working in Ireland I was classified as an office worker who’s office was on a boat… Anywhere else I’ve worked it’s a legit offshore position with special rules and regulations.
The issue is that it is a very high cost way to generate power. The vast potential is for companies to sell us equipment and services, not for us to make a profit from exporting it, or get a better supply of cost-efficient renewable energy for ourselves. If we invest heavily in it now, it will drive up the cost of living because It can only be done with heavy subsidies from Irish electricity users. There’s no great first mover advantage, and we have much more economic ways right now to build up renewable power. We are better off waiting 10 years or so until offshore wind technology improves enough to make it economic. That’s why even the Greens in government are largely avoiding the topic of offshore power.
Electricity, Broadband, EV chargers, off shore.
All 20 years behind everybody else.
Ireland really is, and always will be ‘1980’ in its soul.
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Small country, small market, small population = small ports. Will offshore be outsourced with maybe two big assembly points and a lot of barges and the maintenance done from existing ports?
Look at Scotland, they are gonna be huge in the industry, wind farm going up all over the place.
Ireland could be a leader yet the biggest issue is that there is zero regulations. I worked on as an offshore surveyor and when working in Ireland I was classified as an office worker who’s office was on a boat… Anywhere else I’ve worked it’s a legit offshore position with special rules and regulations.
The issue is that it is a very high cost way to generate power. The vast potential is for companies to sell us equipment and services, not for us to make a profit from exporting it, or get a better supply of cost-efficient renewable energy for ourselves. If we invest heavily in it now, it will drive up the cost of living because It can only be done with heavy subsidies from Irish electricity users. There’s no great first mover advantage, and we have much more economic ways right now to build up renewable power. We are better off waiting 10 years or so until offshore wind technology improves enough to make it economic. That’s why even the Greens in government are largely avoiding the topic of offshore power.
Electricity, Broadband, EV chargers, off shore.
All 20 years behind everybody else.
Ireland really is, and always will be ‘1980’ in its soul.