EIA for Offshore Wind Farms in Ireland under the Climate Impacts

In the shift to renewable energy wind energy is essential. Offshore wind farms are impacted by climate change in a variety of ways including variations in wind speed wave height and sea ice. According to reports by 2100 global temperatures are predicted to rise by 2-4 degrees Celsius sea levels to rise by 1 meter and extreme weather events like cyclones and tsunamis would become more frequent. A 3-degree warming is expected to result in a 15% increase in severe waves over the southern hemisphere and the northern Pacific.