Plans for the €1.4 billion Sceirde Rocks wind farm off the coast of Galway have been cancelled it has been reported.
A planning application for the proposed 450MW solar farm, consisting of 30 wind turbines, was submitted recently, but it seems that the project is not now going ahead.
It was reported by the Irish Times and news website The Currency last week that the project is being halted due to issues which had arisen following detailed surveying.
Galway Daily has reached out to Corio Generation, responsible for the project, for comment, but has not yet received a response.
Last week Corio issues a statement that the company was refocusing its operations in the offshore wind sector on a smaller number of projects which have a clearer path to delivery.
“Given challenging market conditions in the offshore wind sector, Corio Generation is refocusing its global operations to prioritise the development of a smaller portfolio of projects which have the clearest route through to construction.
“This will also require a restructure of the organisation to reflect that change in strategy. We are discussing this with our project partners and staff who may be affected by these changes.”
The planned wind farm would have comprised 30 turbines with a maximum height of 325 metres located offshore from Carna.
If completed it would have generated enough electricity to power 350,000 Irish homes, and save an estimated 550,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
There has been significant concern about the Sceirde Rocks proposal, with more than 150 third party submissions made to An Bord Pleanála
