Company Profile
Tradewinds Energy Ltd is a private Irish company, who specialises in the harnessing of wind for conversion to green energy. The company is involved in the sourcing of suitable wind farm sites. It engages in the planning and development of these sites and the overall management of projects from initiation to turnkey. The company now enjoys a pioneer type profile because of its success in the difficult planning process in Ireland. Tradewinds Energy, where necessary, outsources the appropriate expertise in engineering and environmental sciences. The company has competence in project management and innovation and has now positioned itself in the market place as a bulk generator of green power for both domestic and industrial use.

Wind Power
The main activities of the company over the course of its life has been obtaining planning permissions and procuring Network Grid, both exceptional achievements in Ireland’s notoriously slow moving energy sector. The company has received planning permissions to erect clusters of wind turbines to make Athea (Co. Limerick) into one of Ireland’s largest green energy developments. Presently there are 19 turbines that are generating electricity. Further success was achieved in in obtaining planning consents for a further 52.5MW which will ensure a further 21 turbines are erected and generate electricity for approximately 15,000 homes.

Off Shore Wind Power
The company has submitted an application for a foreshore licence at the Glassgorman Banks in the Irish Sea. This site is particularly suitable to avail of the recent commissioning of the East West Interconnector and to avail of the opportunity to export green power to the United Kingdom and potentially to mainland Europe. Other benefits of the location of the Glassgorman Banks include low water depth levels and proximity to coast line thus controlling connection costs.