UK - More effort needs to be put into Ireland's wind energy sector

While Ireland has excellent conditions for the generation of wind energy, more needs to be done to ensure projects are built.

Ireland can lay claim to some of the best conditions for wind-energy generation, but getting wind farms up and running is proving to be a complex and frustrating process.

While a recent all-island grid study suggested Ireland could be a world leader in renewable energy, and produce up to 42 per cent of energy from renewable sources by 2020 (the majority of which would be through wind), the pace at which wind farms are being connected to the national grid is nowhere near what this target would demand.