From Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
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Status: Applied
Reference Number: FS007318
Date Received: 2021/03/10
Name:
RWE Renewables Ireland East Celtic Limited
Address:
Glasshouses GH2, 92 Georges Street Lower, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin A96 VR66
Description:
RWE Renewables Ireland East Celtic Limited wishes to investigate the feasibility of developing an offshore wind farm and is applying for a licence to undertake site investigation activities on a site called East Celtic Offshore Wind Park in the east Celtic Sea. The site is located within the 12 nautical mile limit. This Foreshore Licence Application is for site investigation activities within the 12 nm limit. The proposed East Celtic Offshore Wind Park is situated in the Celtic Sea off the coasts of County Wexford and County Waterford. The East Celtic Offshore Wind Park site is divided into the Foreshore Licence Application Area of 389.73km2 and the Future Application Area outside the 12 nm limit of 163.27km2. The Foreshore Licence Application Area at its closest point lies 11.23 km from the Saltee Islands and 9.08 km from mainland Wexford. RWE Renewables Ireland East Celtic Limited is seeking to undertake a variety of marine surveys at the Foreshore Licence Application Area in order to inform the specific location, design and layout of the proposed offshore wind farm.
It should be noted the Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2014 allows for the granting of Investigatory Foreshore Licenses inside the 12NM limit and, as such, this application relates only to the area within that jurisdiction.
Location:
Off Counties Waterford and Wexford
A statutory period of public consultation may be required and if so, a public notice will be published at the appropriate time with full details of the consultation process
