Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions has published a review of data requirements, in the context of achieving 30GW installed capacity of offshore renewable energy in Ireland. The report finds that achieving this ambitious target, as set out in the Program for Government 2020, will require “key enabling process changes and bespoke data collection projects”. The report, which was commissioned by Geological Survey Ireland (GSI), a division of The Department of the Environment Climate and Communications (DECC), follows a two-year study funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) into researching the implications for offshore wind energy developments along the east coast of Ireland.