As part of ensuring that we can achieve our ambition to supply 80% of our electricity from renewables by 2030, NISA has been positioned as one of seven offshore wind energy projects that will be able to submit a planning application in the first round of projects to be considered under the new Maritime Area Planning Act.

The first offshore wind specific auction in Ireland, Offshore Renewable Energy Support Scheme (ORESS) 1, was a competitive auction process held in May 2023. NISA was one of the four successful projects at this auction, confirming a route to market should the project receive planning permission. This competitive ORESS-1 price will see us locked into low-price renewable energy for the next 20 years.