Energy analyst at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

Emily is part of a team that analyses data from the National Energy Balance as well as monthly energy data. She contributes to the stats team’s publication portfolio (Energy in Ireland, First Look short notes, data visualisation etc.) and reports to the European ODYSSEE project. She has past experience in both academic and commercially focused energy research and related areas within the Chemistry field.

Senior Manager for Research Strategy at the Environmental Protection Agency

Darragh leads the development and implementation of the EPA’s research strategy, the management of funding programmes as well as national and international partnerships.

Associate Director at KEO/Meehan Green

KEO/Meehan Green provide sustainability consulting, training and contractor support to the built environment.

Cathal is an industry expert in whole building life cycle carbon assessment, which includes embodied carbon in buildings, energy management and measuring performance.

Graduate Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Master of Science (MSc), Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building Oxford Brookes University.

Grid Engineer at Statkraft Ireland 

Laura is a Grid Engineer working with the onshore wind and solar team. Her role involves the management, optimisation and delivery of the grid connection process across development and construction projects. Prior to joining Statkraft Ireland, Laura spent two years working on the project team at an Irish solar farm developer.

Laura holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and an MEng in Energy Systems Engineering from University College Dublin. During her studies, Laura researched the offshore wind potential on the west coast of Ireland and presented her results at the Wind Energy Ireland Offshore Conference in 2022. 

Mechanical & CFD Engineer at NEG8 Carbon

Mahdi has held roles in the oil industry, projects include analysing solar collectors at Shiraz solar power plant, researching thermocavitation cooling at UCR. With over 12 years of experience spanning academia and industry, Mahdi has excelled as a researcher, teacher, mechanical design engineer, and computational fluid dynamics engineer. 

Innovation Specialist on the Future Opportunities at ESB Generation & Trading

Keelan’s current role involves promoting innovation culture both within the organisation and externally, and given her background, she dedicates a lot of her time towards projects related to hydrogen and its derivatives to decarbonise the energy sector.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering from UCD and a Masters in Finance from Trinity College. Throughout her studies, Keelan focused on the energy industry, conducting research on hydrogen production optimisation and developing a total cost of ownership model for green hydrogen production, distribution, and transportation.

Head of Interconnection at EirGrid & Director at Coreso SA

Responsible for the operation of regulated HVDC interconnectors in Ireland, as well as market and power system operational readiness for future HVDC interconnectors and offshore. 

Experienced Operations and Planning Manager with a background in Renewable Energy, Smart Grid solutions, HVDC, Power System Operations. 
Graduated from University College Dublin with a BE (Hons.) and PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering. 

General manager  – Clarke Energy.

Graduate in Marine Engineering form Munster Technological University. Career in Solar Turbines. Operation Manager in Petrofac.

Clarke Energy specialise in gas engine power stations and combined heat and power technology. Renewable energy generation and storage technologies as hybrids or microgrids. Biogas upgrading solutions for gas grid injection.

Senior Lead Analyst – Interconnection at EirGrid

Shane leads the market readiness on cross-border capacity calculation for the 700 MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Celtic interconnector which will link France and the Single Electricity Market (SEM) of Ireland and Northern Ireland in 2026.

Lead Data Scientist Eaton’s Centre for Intelligent Power

Scott is part of the Buildings as a Grid team, he works on forecasting and optimisation problems related to commercial buildings and microgrids.

He graduated from Ulster University in 2016 with a PhD in Machine Learning. His PhD work focused on applying computational intelligence approaches to financial time series problems.

GIS Analyst at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

GIS Analyst, Sarah Wilson is a member of the Energy Statistics Team at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), with a focus on GIS (geographic information systems) analysis and web services. Sarah’s GIS and mapping work at SEAI provides data and insights on Ireland’s energy transition across the national, regional, and community levels. 

Head of Future Power Markets at EirGrid

Stephen is Head of Future Power Markets at EirGrid, with several years’ experience as senior commercial specialist for the East West Interconnector. EirGrid develops, manages and operates the electricity grid in Ireland.

He holds a Master's degree, Civic Design, and P. Grad. Dip, Sustainable Energy Trinity College Dublin

Head of flexibility origination team at ElectroRoute

Enda Molloy’s team design bespoke trading strategies to enable the delivery of batteries and other flexible assets crucial for achieving net zero.

Senior Energy Analyst at Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

As well as helping build-out Ireland’s national energy balance, Cathal is a national expert in the Renewable Energy Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive that drive many of Ireland’s energy and emission targets out to 2030. He’s really well placed to give a ‘big picture’ overview of where Ireland is, and where Ireland needs to go, to satisfy its binding energy targets.

Programme manager for the Energy Statistics Team at Sustainble Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

Dr. Lee Carrol acts as the definitive source of energy statistics for Ireland, and satisfies many of Ireland’s international reporting obligations on energy.