Emerald
One of Ireland's largest proposed floating wind projects, located off the south coast of Cork near the decommissioned Kinsale gas field.
Status
Proposedlifecycle stage
Ownership
Simply Blue Group — 50% ◆
EDF Renewables — 50% ◆Location
IrelandCeltic Sea
Technology
Capacity
1,300 MW ◆
Turbines
—
Foundation
Floating ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Not established we have not found a document granting or refusing rights over this seabed — a gap in our research, not a finding about the project ∅
Origination
Simply Blue Group ◆
Water depth
26–88 m ≈
Wind speed
10.0 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other ◇
Grid
—
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · developer
—
Delivery outlook not forecast
We don't put a delivery estimate on this project yet. No authority has granted rights to this site, so there is nothing to date a schedule from. That changes the moment the seabed is awarded, a consent application is filed, or the project is named in an auction.
Revenue & offtake route to market — open
No offtake secured — route to market open
Awaiting Irish ORESS auction allocation — project in early development. ◇
The routes describe what exists in this market — not a prediction of which the project will take.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does
Installation · on record
StageProposed
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated
Sources & verification
4/12 fields verified · rests on 5 sources (2 primary) · ◆ 2 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Operator2
[1]
EDF Renewables Ireland2023-05-31◆ EDF Renewables Ireland and Simply Blue G…
“EDF Renewables Ireland and Simply Blue Group … sign partnership deal on Western Star and Emerald floating offshore wind projects in Ireland … 50:50 joint venture … Emerald: up to 1.3GW, off the south …”
supportsoperatordeveloperTotal capacityFoundation
[2]
Simply Blue Energy (formerly Simply Blue Group)2025
“The Emerald Project is a 1.3 GW floating offshore wind development located off the south coast of Cork, Ireland, in the vicinity of the decommissioned Kinsale gas field. The team are engaged with Gove…”
supportsConsentMechanismDetailCoordinatesOfftake history
Auction pipeline1
[7]
Government of Ireland (gov.ie)2024-05◆ govie-future-framework
Future Framework — plan-led DMAP auctions; South Coast DMAP sites beyond Tonn Nua to be brought to market.
supportsSouth Coast DMAP Area B (Lí Ban)
Trade press2
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