
Scott Sutherland
Project Director of Codling Wind Park, the 1.3GW offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea, and a renewables industry veteran.
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Sep 23, 2026
Codling: What will it take to build Ireland's largest offshore wind farm
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Stephen DunneHOST
What's the challenges with that grid connection and what sort of early engineering work have you needed to do to try and get that right and work with the system operators on it?

Scott SutherlandGUEST
So, yeah, as I say, the grid connection to Poolbeg, it has its benefits and its challenges.

Scott SutherlandGUEST
The benefit being, obviously, Dublin being the largest demand centre on the island.

Scott SutherlandGUEST
So when it comes from a constraints perspective, that is a great position to be in, in Poolbeg, straight into the demand centre.

Scott SutherlandGUEST
We've got some deeper burial areas, like we're going past Dunleary Harbour, so right at the entrance to the harbour.

Scott SutherlandGUEST
So we need to make sure we take into account shipping lanes and maybe bury the cable slightly deeper.
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Stephen DunneHOST
Is that the critical issue here in that the contracts haven't moved with the times over the last three years and that they haven't provided that protection against inflation which continues to impact the global economy just as much as offshore wind?