Offshore Wind Farm Applications in Irish Waters (2021)

This dataset shows the location or potential locations of marine renewable energy sites (wind farm authorisations) in Irish waters. This is based upon formal applications submitted to the foreshore licence application office. The sites are catagorised depending on the stage of development which ranges from preliminary site investigations, through to fully commissioned.

The dataset was deveoped as part of work undertaken in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) for use in Ireland's National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF) in 2021.

Data and resources

Additional information

Temporal extent2019-09-01 – ongoing
Date (publication)2019-11-15
Date (creation)2019-11-15
Date (revision)2023-01-17
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseWhile every effort is made in preparing the dataset no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of the Marine Institute for any errors, omissions or misleading information. The Marine Institute accepts no responsibility for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting, or refraining from acting as a result of a matter contained in this datasets or as a consequence of using this dataset for any purpose whatsoever.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
APIpackage_show