The economic transformation of the west of Ireland, focused around a so-called Silicon Harbour in the Shannon estuary in Foynes with at least 10,000 jobs, is the prize for developing our offshore wind energy resources, according to Mainstream Renewable Power, Airtricity and Supernode founder Eddie O’Connor. A new book Ireland’s most successful renewable energy entrepreneur has written with Irish Times environment editor Kevin O’Sullivan, Supergrid – Super Solution, makes the argument that a supergrid connecting offshore wind and solar power resources across Europe would notionally cost €990 billion. Incredibly, this is only three times the €330 billion that the continent…

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