Irish wind industry gets major boost from new offshore agreement

Madeleine Cuff
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The North Irish Sea Array will be the first major offshore wind farm since 2001

Plans for Ireland's first offshore wind farm in 15 years took a step forward yesterday after Oriel Windfarm and Gaelectric signed a deal to develop an 870MW project in the Irish Sea. The companies yesterday...

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