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'Accelerating Ireland’s Offshore Energy Programme - Policy Statement on the Framework for Phase Two Offshore Wind’' (March 2023) established the Government’s policy for accelerating offshore wind deployment in Ireland via a plan-led system. The Statement also established the basis for offshore wind auctions under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 2) in Phase Two.
We are developing terms and conditions for our next offshore wind auction ORESS 2.1, the first such auction under the Phase Two Policy. This auction is planned to commence in the fourth quarter of 2024. On 13 July 2023, we conducted an initial consultation to gather stakeholder feedback on aspects of auction design. Workshops with the offshore wind industry followed on 26 July 2023 and 15 January 2024.
We are now conducting a final consultation on the draft Terms and Conditions of the ORESS 2.1 auction, before publishing the final Terms and Conditions in July 2024.
The closing date for submissions is 5.30pm 7 June 2024.
Submissions should be sent to the following email address: oress@decc.gov.ie with the subject line ‘ORESS 2.1 Draft T&Cs Consultation’.
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We are committed to engaging with stakeholders in a clear, open and transparent manner. Any person or organisation can make a submission in relation to this consultation. All submissions and feedback will be considered before the final version of the [Policy Document/Scheme] is published.
Please note that responses to this consultation are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (FOI), Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007-2018 (AIE) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Please also note that we intend to publish the contents of all submissions received to our consultations on our website. We will redact personal data prior to publication. In responding to this consultation, parties should clearly indicate where their responses contain commercially sensitive information or confidential information which they would not wish to be released under FOI, AIE or otherwise published.
We would like to draw your attention to our Data Privacy Notice Data Privacy Notice which explains how and when we collect personal data, why we do so and how we treat this information. It also explains your rights in relation to the collection of personal information and how you can exercise those rights.
