Sceirde Rocks to host 4 day Public Consultation in Carna
Sceirde Rocks Windfarm is hosting a public consultation period enabling members of the public to learn more about the project which will contribute significantly to the future development of the area by, Creating job opportunities and driving economic development for local communities in Connemara Strengthening and supporting cultural economic and community infrastructure in the Gaeltacht […]
Sceirde Rocks Windfarm completes ocean surveys – 19th December 2023
Sceirde Rocks Windfarm completed geophysical and metocean surveys to help progress to next stage of development. Offshore wind project off the coast of County Galway is scheduled to begin generating renewable electricity by 2030. The Sceirde Rocks Windfarm, a 450 MW offshore wind project off the west coast of Ireland, has successfully completed geophysical and […]
Connemara students buoyed by Sceirde Rocks Windfarm skills event. 5th December 2023
Local students from the Connemara area were welcomed to a special skills and education workshop hosted by Sceirde Rocks Windfarm last week, hearing first-hand about the exciting employment opportunities emerging in renewable energy. Nearly a hundred students from four secondary schools attended the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm Jobs, Training and Skills Information Event in the Emigrants […]
Údaras na Gaeltachta and the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm announce collaboration
Údarás na Gaeltachta and the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formally collaborate and further strengthen their ongoing working relationship. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the Third Enterprise Ireland Offshore Wind Forum 2023 in Croke Park, Dublin which was opened by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, […]
Sceirde Rocks Windfarm receives maritime area consent
The Sceirde Rocks Windfarm, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project on Ireland’s west coast, was today granted Maritime Area Consent by the Irish government. The 450 MW project is among the first wave of proposed offshore windfarms now cleared for the next stage in the consenting process. Tim Coffey, Project Director for the Sceirde Rocks […]
Marine area geophysical surveys completed
The Sceirde Rocks Windfarm team has been consulting with the local fishing community and, between June and September, completed a geophysical survey of the local marine area to support project design and planning. This survey maps the seabed using equipment such as sonar and echo sounders. Earlier, in June 2022, the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm developer […]
Irish offshore wind goal praised at Wind Energy Ireland conference
Séamus McCabe, Senior Development Director at Corio Generation, speaking at WindEnergy Ireland’s 2022 Offshore Wind Conference in Dublin – which is sponsored by Corio Generation – said he was “delighted to see Ireland take full advantage of pioneering advances in offshore wind technology”. “Ireland has made a bold and ambitious commitment to deliver 7 GW […]
Sceirde Rocks team event on location in Carna
In September 14 members of Corio’s Sceirde Rocks project team met up in Galway for a team meeting and familiarisation trip to the west of Ireland. After convening for a working lunch, the team spent the rest of the afternoon going through the project in detail, outlining the significant progress made since the project was […]
Corio partners with Ontario Teachers’ to pursue offshore wind
Newly launched Corio Generation (Corio) has entered into a joint venture with leading global investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) to fund the development of an initial portfolio of up to 9 GW in offshore wind projects.
Corio Generation created by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group launches Corio as one of world’s largest specialist offshore wind developers. This new business is called Corio Generation and commenced operations in April 2022 with a 15+ GW and growing global development pipeline. Led by incoming CEO Jonathan Cole, Corio combines world leading industrial and financial expertise to meet the significant […]