“But this means as things get built out in the North Sea, we’ll be part of that.”
Mr Varadkar told a press conference at the conclusion of the summit that Ireland aimed to build wind energy farms with the capacity to produce roughly five times the entire current national electricity demand, meaning that the country would become a major energy exporter.“The fuel that powers the energy is free, and all you need to do is install the equipment and install the grid,” Mr Varadkar said.
In a sign of warming relations and greater post-Brexit co-operation, Britain’s state secretary for energy security Grant Shapps joined the conference and announced a deal with the Netherlands to build a large interconnector line to carry wind farm energy between them.