Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, has invited applications from the first batch of offshore wind projects for Maritime Area Consents (MACs), the first of which are expected to be issued in the second half on this year.

The invited projects include seven developments that were designated as “relevant projects” in 2020: Oriel Wind Park , RWE’s Bray and Kish Banks , Codling Wind Park I and II , Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (Skerd Rocks) , and North Irish Sea Array (NISA) .