Offshore Construction Start

DELAYED +2yr (Apr 2026): Codling Wind Park’s own project-delivery page states that, subject to all necessary permits and consents, construction could begin in 2027 and take two to three years. However, the planning application to An Bord Pleanála (case 320768) was only lodged in September 2024 and, in December 2025, the Commission issued an extensive Further Information Request on the EIAR and cumulative impact assessment, indicating that consent will be later than originally envisaged. Given these consenting delays and typical lead times to FID and procurement, an offshore construction start around mid-2028 is more realistic than the original 2027-01-01 projection, while still consistent with the developer’s stated 2–3 year construction window. --- The Codling Wind Park project, including its offshore transmission system of three offshore substation structures and three 220 kV export cables from Codling Bank to the Poolbeg peninsula, is planned to enter offshore construction around 2026–2027, subject to planning permission and other necessary consents. This will mark the start of offshore works to install the substations and lay the HVAC export cables that transmit power from the wind farm to Dublin.