IRELAND’S HIGH WINDS FUEL EXPANDING RENEWABLES SECTOR – BUT WITH TEETHING TROUBLES
April 11th, 2023
The high winds buffeting Ireland, blowing in from the Atlantic Ocean, are providing the island country with a solution to ease its reputation as a laggard in climate action policies required by international agreement and European Union (EU) politics. (1) . A European Parliament report has stressed that to meet the EU Effort-sharing Regulation (ESR) covering 2021-2030, Ireland must reduce its emissions by 30% against 2005 levels. (2)
The country’s coalition government has accepted this is planning to expand renewable energy based on wind-power as a ...
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