A map to zone areas off Clare’s coast for offshore wind projects will be developed next year.
It comes just one week after ESB received planning permission to convert Moneypoint from a coal-fired to heavy fuel oil facility, ahead of its eventual transition to a renewable energy hub by the end of the decade.
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The Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce report, launched last June is aiming to create 10,000 new green jobs in the region by 2035, but crucial to this is a Designated Maritime Area Plan, which the Government has yet to develop.
Responding to Clare Senators Roisín Garvey and Timmy Dooley in the Seanad, Minister Ossian Smyth confirmed a D-MAP will be made for this county next year.
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