The old and the new, in the Galway Docks last weekend – the Galway Fisher (on the left) delivering fuel and the Ostermarsch on the right, with a consignment of wind turbine blades. The ship is 115 metres long which gives an idea of the size of the blades.
Ireland is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels, though the proliferation of wind farms is somewhat altering the power mix. These Seimens turbines are destined for the Galway Wind Park site near Moycullen, where 58 turbines will eventually be erected. of the The most reliable renewable energy source is the tide, but Ireland really hasn’t invested serious money into developing this industry. Wouldn’t it be great in the near future, to be able to take a photograph of ships carrying tidal generators from a manufacturing plant in Galway ?
P.S. Wikipedia has an explanation of Ostermarsch