Ireland has selected four projects with a combined capacity of nearly 3,100 MW in the first offshore wind auction under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1).

The four projects are the 1,300 MW Codling Wind Park owned and developed by a 50/50 joint venture of Fred. Olsen Seawind and EDF Renewables; the 824 MW Dublin Array owned and developed by RWE; the 500 MW North Irish Sea Array (NISA) , owned and developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Statkraft; and the 450 MW Sceirde Rocks wind farm owned and developed by Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta (FST), a joint venture owned by Corio Generation, a portfolio company of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, and global infrastructure investor, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.