It's being argued that Clare construction companies and developers can benefit significantly from a new procurement package for the delivery of offshore wind. Ireland's electricity grid operator and developer, EirGrid, has announced the first major transmission procurement worth hundreds of millions of euros for works related to the construction of offshore wind infrastructure. The scope of the package includes design, fabrication, installation, and commissioning of offshore substations, associated HV equipment, onshore compensation compound works, and related engineering scope. While no projects are currently in development off Clare's west coast, Tulla Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley says this won't always be the case.