Energy Ireland 2023
📅 Thurs 11th - Fri 12th May
📍 Croke Park, Dublin
Early Bird Registration ends Wednesday 15th of March 2023
Towards an integrated, clean and secure energy system
The energy sector will do the heavy lifting in Ireland’s decarbonisation to net zero in 2050. This will see an acceleration in the development of renewable energy and the electrification of the heat and transport sectors. In electricity, wind energy – both onshore and offshore – will have the main role, with solar playing a key role also. This year has also seen a dramatic rise in natural gas prices globally and the security of supply of Ireland’s electricity grid has come under the spotlight. This comes against a backdrop of a fast-growing economy that is rebounding from the pandemic. Not every sector will be capable of using clean electricity, particularly transport and heat applications. The decarbonisation of the gas network is gathering pace. Biomethane is now beginning to play a role and the prospect of green hydrogen offers Ireland an opportunity to optimise its renewable energy resources.
Energy Ireland 2023 will bring together all the key stakeholders in the Irish energy sector to discuss and debate the key drivers of the energy transition and the current energy price crunch. It will look forward the developments that will decarbonise Ireland’s increasingly integrated energy system.
Key themes for the 2023 conference:
- Geopolitical context to the energy transition
- Improving Ireland’s energy security
- Developing Ireland’s offshore wind energy resources
- Future electricity system development
- Decarbonising Ireland’s gas network
- Role of renewable energy technologies in the energy transition
- Importance of digital networks in Ireland’s energy future
Speakers Include:
- Dave Kirwan, Bord Gáis Energy
- Cathal Marley, Gas Networks Ireland
- Niamh McGovern, Arthur Cox
- Caroline Kuzemko, University of Warwick
- Andy Kelly, Afry
- Anouk Honoré, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
- Joanne Moran, Jacobs
- Klair Neenan, SSE Airtricity
- John Reilly, Bord na Móna
- Richard Murphy, Pinsent Masons
- Andrew Hickey, Hitachi
- Colm O’Neill, KPMG
- Brian Ó’Gallachóir, MaREI Centre UCC
- Úna Nic Giolla Choille
- Stephen Robb, Irish Farmers Journal
- Philip Hannon, Liquid Gas Ireland
- Paul Deane, Environmental Research Institute, UCC
- Barry Quinlan, Dept. Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC)
- Paul Mϋnnich, Agora Energiewende
- Brendan Kelly, Bord na Móna
- Catherine Sheridan, Green Rebel
- Kevin O’Sullivan, Irish Times
Full programme announced soon.
