Offshore staff
CORK, Ireland – Simply Blue Energy plans a floating wind farm and wave energy conversion array offshore western Ireland.
The Western Star program comprises Western Star Wind ‘Project Ilen’, a 1.1-GW floating wind development at least 35 km (21.7 mi) offshore Co. Clare; and Western Star Wave ‘Project Saoirse’, a pre-commercial demonstration wave energy conversion facility 4-6 km (2.5-3.7 mi) offshore Co. Clare, initially with 5 MW of capacity.
Simply Blue Group is working with Stockholm-based CorPower Ocean and EIT Innoenergy to develop the Saoirse project.
Sam Roch-Perks, the company’s managing director, said: “We believe that the combination of the two technologies will deliver significant system benefits to help economies move to net zero.”
Preliminary front-end engineering design and offshore survey activities have started, in parallel with stakeholder engagement, with a focus on using the Irish supply chain for the development.
A foreshore site investigation license application was lodged last December.
03/04/2021
