WEI: Turbines, Grids and Ports: How We Maximise Delivery of Ireland's Offshore Wind (Webinar)
📅 Friday 21st April 2023
🕚 11am
📍 Online
Wind Energy Ireland are hosting a webinar this coming Friday, 21st April at 11am on “Turbines, Grid and Ports: How we maximise delivery of Ireland’s offshore wind.”
We will be joined by:
- Dr Paul Deane, Senior Lecturer – MaREI, UCC
- Graham Gow, Associate Director – BVG Associates
- Sarah Gibson, Principal Engineer – Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions
As a teaser ahead of the WEI Offshore Conference in May, our speakers will take us through recently completed research on behalf of WEI, looking at Ireland’s long-term potential for offshore wind and how it can not only contribute to Net-Zero ambitions, but also enabling Ireland to become a net exporter.
We will go on to take a look at technological breakthroughs in grid design which can support the longer-term vision of building a European SuperGrid, which can enable Ireland to become a key player in decarbonising not just our own energy system, but that of our European neighbours as well.
And finally, we will examine the vital role ports have to play in delivering offshore wind farms and the funding mechanisms which should be considered in Ireland to support the development of ORE infrastructure so that we can build offshore wind farms in Irish waters, from Irish ports, maximising the benefits to the country, the economy and to coastal communities.
