The Nature+Energy Project (2021-2026) worked with Wind Energy Ireland and nine industry partners on nine windfarm study sites in Ireland to develop tools and approaches to enhance and restore biodiversity on windfarms. This included the development of nine site-specific biodiversity action plans and a set of biodiversity guidelines for the windfarm sector. The nine exemplar windfarm sites span eight counties (Galway, Wexford, Leitrim, Roscommon, Meath, Cork, Kilkenny and Donegal). During the course of the project, a policy analysis was carried out to assess the alignment of site-specific and sectoral biodiversity actions with the relevant regional, national and international policy contexts. The regional-level policy documents analysed for each study site included the relevant County Development Plan, Local Authority Climate Action Plan and, where available, the county-level Biodiversity Action Plan. Awareness of such policy alignment has the potential to motivate industry to be ‘ahead of the game’ by implementing such biodiversity actions even if not yet legally required to do so. Under the EU Nature Restoration Law, Ireland is obliged to submit to the European Commission a draft National Restoration Plan by 1 September 2026. The policy analysis carried out in the Nature+Energy project provides useful insights for the drafting of Ireland’s National Restoration Plan. This briefing was prepared by Dr Ruth Brennan for Prof. Yvonne Buckley, Trinity College Dublin, to provide an overview of those insights. Suggested citation: Brennan, R. (2025) Briefing on the Nature+Energy project contributions to the drafting of Ireland’s National Restoration Plan. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18336291