The Project Director of the Western Star and Emerald offshore wind projects in Clare and Cork has claimed the recent government policy U-turn will not negatively affect the projects.
It comes as the Simply Blue group and EDF Renewables have agreed have agreed a multi-billion euro partnership to develop the projects pending merger clearance.
The Western Star floating wind project hit a stumbling block last year, when Shell pulled out of the joint venture, and the future of the project has further been brought into question by the government’s recent policy U-turn which prevents developers from choosing their own sites for offshore wind farms.
However, Project Director of the Western Star and Emerald projects, Val Cummins is confident that planning permission will be acquired and the projects will go ahead as planned.
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