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Sat 11 Nov 2010Minister plans export of clean electricity
THE GOVERNMENT is to seek EU approval “within weeks” for a renewable energy subsidy which would unlock early investment of €3 billion in three Irish offshore windfarms. The move is the first step in a plan which could see Ireland generating 10 times its electricity needs from offshore wind and marine resources by 2050.
The plan launched yesterday by Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan envisages Ireland exporting electricity to the UK and continental Europe. The Minister said almost all of the State’s renewable energy targets for 2020 would be met by onshore developments.
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