Indicative Roadmap For Ireland's Next Offshore Wind Auction Published

The Government's cross-departmental Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce has published its "indicative roadmap" towards the State's next offshore wind auction (ORESS 2.1).

This builds on the momentum from Ireland's successful first offshore renewable electricity subsidy scheme auction round (ORESS 1) in May. Roughly 3GW of offshore wind generation capacity was awarded under ORESS 1 in what was a breakthrough moment for the country's offshore wind market. This was comprised of circa 2.6GW off the east coast and 450MW off the west coast of Ireland.

Location & Quantity

ORESS 2.1 will procure up to 900MW of offshore wind generation capacity from a State-selected provisional designated area, known as a Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP), located off the south coast of Ireland (the South Coast DMAP). The South Coast DMAP will represent Ireland's first step into the plan-led development phase of the country's offshore potential. It will act as a management plan and