REPRESENTaTIVES of the wind energy industry are to call on Ireland's energy minister Pat Rabbitte to reject recommendations in the report on state assets by Colm McCarthy to cut targets for the sector. McCarthy, the UCD economist, recommended that the goverment should lower targets for wind energy because, the report says, there will be plenty of gas available to use instead. The economist is known as a sceptic on renewable energy and has said there could be "a Nama [National asset Management agency] for windmills". The previous government set onerous targets to raise the proportion of electricity produced by renewable energy, which is about 15%. Michael Walsh, the chief executive of the Irish Wind Energy association (IWEa), said it would contact the minister to point out what it says are flaws in McCarthy's analysis. "If you want to put something out there, do it on the basis of data and facts and figures," said Walsh. McCarthy said he was "not surprised" the wind energy industry rejected his recommendations.