Irish Renewable Energy Summit 2012

Delivering the economic opportunity

Programme

08.30	Registration & coffee
09.00	Renewable energy deployment
	Chairman’s welcome and introduction: Bob Hanna Chief Technical Advisor Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
	MINISTERIAL ADDRESS Investing in renewable energy: Delivering the economic and environmental benefits Fergus O’Dowd, TD Minister of State Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
	Examining the contribution of renewable energy to meeting the European 20-20-20 energy targets Robert Lorentz Policy Officer DG Energy, European Commission
	Irish-Scottish links on energy study: Project update PJ Rudden Project Director ISLES Project & President, Engineers Ireland
	Roadmap to 2020: Towards 100% electricity from renewables Colin Imrie Head of Energy Division Scottish Government
	Questions & answers / Panel discussion
10.30	Morning coffee / Networking break
11.00	Grid infrastructure & technology	WORKSHOP: Renewable energy options
		11.00-12.30 Meeting room 9/10
	Developing a smart grid to facilitate high levels of renewables Fintan Slye Director Operations, EirGrid	Developing Ireland’s bioenergy market Barry Caslin Bioenergy Specialist Teagasc
	Taking a cluster approach to integrating renewables: The Renewables Integration Development Project Robert Wasson Asset Management Director Northern Ireland Electricity	Capturing the economic benefits of developing and investing in the bioenergy sector Joe O'Carroll Managing Director Imperative Energy
	Towards the new electricity age: Addressing the smart grid challenge Gary O'Callaghan Head of Energy Sector Siemens Limited	Examining the role of renewable gas in meeting Ireland’s renewable energy targets Caroline Greene Bord Gáis Networks
	Facilitating a decarbonised European power sector: Promoting the policy agenda for a European Supergrid Joe Corbett Friends of the Supergrid & Head of Technical Services Mainstream Renewable Power	Waste-to-energy: Ireland’s newest renewable energy source Claire Downey Energy & Waste Policy Analyst Indaver Ireland
	Energy conversion and storage using the power-to-gas technology: Enabling the rise of renewable energy systems Hermann Pengg-Bührlen Chief Technical Officer Solarfuel GmbH	Questions & answers / Panel discussion
	Questions & answers / Panel discussion
13.00	Conference lunch / networking break
14.00	Planning & regulation	WORKSHOP: Meeting the Renewable heat challenge
		14.00-14.45 Meeting room 9/10
	Chair: Laura Fosh Client Manager, Environment Gemserv	Chairman & introduction: Pearse Buckley Programme Manager Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
	Winning the arguments for renewable energy Brian Motherway Chief Operations Officer Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Addressing the economic, technical and regulatory barriers to developing renewable heat Mike Dolman Energy Consultant elementenergy
	Developing the regulatory framework for renewable energy Denis Cagney Director of Gas, Legal and Renewables Commission for Energy Regulation	Developing the market for low-carbon heating solutions Neil Stewart Managing Director Dimplex Renewables
	Planning and social (un)acceptance of wind energy projects Jim Gannon Associate Director, RPS Group	Renewable heat incentive: Increasing the contribution of renewable heat towards meeting energy targets Speaker tbc Department of Energy & Climate Change, GB
	Questions & answers / Panel discussion	Questions & answers / Panel discussion
15.15	Afternoon coffee / Networking break
15.30	Renewables in changing energy markets
	Integrating renewables into changing electricity markets Richard Linger Associate Director Pöyry Management Consulting
	Harnessing variable renewables: A guide to the balancing challenge Simon Müller Renewable Markets and Policies Analyst International Energy Agency
	Is technology the silver bullet to address 'expensive' and 'unpredictable' renewables? Ben Hanley Asset Management Solutions IBM Global Business Services
	Questions & answers / Panel discussion
16.30	Conference close