Noel Cunniffe

CEO, Wind Energy Ireland

Noel Cunniffe became CEO of Wind Energy Ireland in May 2021, prior to that, he held roles as the Deputy CEO and Head of Policy. Since March 2019, Noel has led Wind Energy Ireland’s Policy Department in driving policy development across all aspects of the onshore and offshore renewable industry in Ireland. Previously, Noel was the Renewable Integration Lead in the Operations, Planning and Innovation department at EirGrid, the Transmission System Operator, where he was responsible for leading aspects of EirGrid’s Delivering a Secure Sustainable Power System (DS3) Programme and the Horizon 2020 funded EU-SysFlex project. He is a Chartered Engineer with Engineer’s Ireland.