Ireland joins Ostend Declaration on offshore wind acceleration – Varadkar

Ireland is signing up to ambitious goals to harness offshore wind energy from the North Seas including the Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today joined leaders of six other EU countries along with Norway and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen at the North Sea Summit in Ostend, Belgium. They’re supporting the Ostend Declaration which aims to accelerate the development of offshore wind in the North Seas.

Speaking in Ostend this afternoon, the Taoiseach said the attendance of government leaders and companies at the summit shows a shared commitment to accelerate the transition to a green energy future. And to harnessing what he called the “immense potential of offshore renewables”.  

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