Irish Renewable Energy Summit 2010

Irish Renewable Energy summit

Date: Now Over
Venue: Fairways Hotel conference centre, Dundalk

Summit programme

08.30

Registration & Coffee

9.00

Looking to 2020: Meeting Ireland’s renewable energy targets

Martin Finucane

Developing Ireland’s renewable energy resource: Policies and priorities
Martin Finucane, Principal Officer, Sustainable and Renewable Energy Division
Department for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
Katrina Polaski

Ireland’s progress in working towards the renewable energy targets:
Electricity, heat and transport
Katrina Polaski, Head of Low Carbon Technologies
Cathy Mannion

The regulatory regime for renewable energy
Cathy Mannion, Director Electricity Networks and Retail, Commission for Energy Regulation

10:15

Questions & answers followed by morning coffee / networking break

11.00

Overcoming the challenges to developing renewables
Jean Christophe Chaline

Securing project finance in the current economic climate
Jean-Christophe Chaline, Head of Lending Public Sector, European Investment Bank
Ainsley Hefferman

Overcoming the obstacles to selling / financing RE projects
Ainsley Heffernan, Partner, Beauchamps Solicitors
Adam Cooke

The role of interconnection in developing renewable energy
Andrew Cooke, Director, Grid Development and Commercial, EirGrid
Stephen Woodhouse

Designing the market to accommodate high levels of wind energy
Stephen Woodhouse, Director, Pöyry Energy Consulting

12.45

Questions & answers followed by conference lunch / networking break

14.00

Looking ahead to 2050: Developing renewable technologies

Owen Lewis

Chair: Professor Owen Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Energy Ireland
Stefanie Huber

Exploring issues around the social acceptance of wind energy
Stefanie Huber, IEA Wind Task 28 on Social Acceptance
Larry Staudt

CASE STUDY: Developing renewable technologies
Larry Staudt, Director, Centre for Renewable Energy
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Matthew Knight

Renewable energy technology options for tomorrow
Matthew Knight, Business Development Manager, Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd

15.00

Questions & answers followed by afternoon coffee / networking break
Seamus McCabe

Key issues for the development of Ireland’s offshore wind
Séamus McCabe, Renewables Offshore Manager, Scottish and Southern Energy
Martain McAdam

The role of marine energy in meeting renewable energy targets
Martin McAdam, Chief Executive Officer, Aquamarine Power
Neil Kermode

Developing marine renewable technologies
Neil Kermode, Managing Director, European Marine Energy Centre
 

Questions & answers / Panel discussion

16.45

Chairman’s summary and conference close

Conference field trip

For those delegates who are interested, there will be the opportunity to visit Dundalk Institute of Technology following the conference, for a tour of their renewable energy facilities which include:

  • a Vestas V52-850kW wind turbine
  • a 125kW flow battery energy storage unit (currently being installed)
  • small wind turbine test site

The tour will follow immediately after the close of the conference, around 5.00pm. Further information will be advised on the day.

Dundalk