EIRWIND MRIA Forum, February 2017 Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI, www.marei.ie) ERI, University College Cork, Ireland MRIA Forum, February 2017 Contact: Project Manager, Dr Nguyen Dinh (nguyen.dinh@ucc.ie) or Coordinators, Dr Eamon McKeogh (e.mckeogh@ucc.ie) and Dr Val Cummins (v.cummins@ucc.ie).

Why offshore wind in Ireland? High wind speed & potential  West coast: highest wind speeds in Europe, average 10.2 m/s, >9.5 m/s in many areas.  Total offshore wind development = 34.8GW–39.5GW without likely significant adverse effects on the environment (SEAI 2014).  No/little icing time: less challenge in turbine blades and floaters  Near-shore floating wind sites (60–200m depth): 25GW – 27GWLow cost  High full load hours (Oriel windfarm 44.3% with Siemens 6MW turbines. Floating offshore wind will exceed 50%.

The domestic picture  All-Island Electricity Fuel Mix in 2016 (EirGrid): Electricity and Hydrogen from offshore wind offer potential replacements for some of 46.5% gas and 17.7% coal. Ireland committed to reducing CO2 by 80% in 2050  Urgent needs for both new & clean gas resources: Hydrogen from wind

Industry-led research France UK Eirwind Roadmap Industry Partners:

Approach to the research: WP 2 Site evaluation WP 6 Synthesis WP 4 Markets, infrastructure & economic benefits WP 5 Governance WP3 Development optimisation WP 1 Project Management

Multi-disciplinary Integrated Team Markets, Infra, Data Cost Optimisation Governance Manager, Synthesis, EPE Industry Partners Multi-disciplinary Integrated Team Sites + GIS Dr Valerie Cummins Dr Anne Marie O’Hagan Dr Martin le Tissier Dr Eamon McKeogh Dr Paul Leahy Dr Nguyen Dinh Dr Cian Desmond Dr Jimmy Murphy Prof. Andrew Wheeler (C: Co-ordinators) C C

Project Kick-off Thursday 8th February