The Sceirde Rocks Windfarm, a 450 MW offshore wind project off the west coast of Ireland, has successfully completed geophysical and metocean surveys that will inform its forthcoming planning application.
The surveys help provide a clearer understanding of the seabed and the prevailing sea conditions of the proposed development area. The work was conducted between September and early November 2023 using purpose-built survey vessels operated by Green Rebel, a Cork and Limerick-based offshore survey service company. Corio also worked with Green Rebel and other surveying companies to complete geotechnical and benthic surveys that will inform the environmental impact assessment of the project.
The proposed 450 MW development is located between five and 12 km off the coast of Carna, Connemara, County Galway. Construction is expected to take place between 2026 and 2029, delivering renewable energy by 2030. The Sceirde Rocks Windfarm is being developed by Corio Generation, a portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management. In May 2023, Ireland’s energy grid operator EirGrid and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications confirmed that Sceirde Rocks was one of four wind farms that were successful under the country’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1).
