Irish Wind Energy Association

07 October, 2008

IWEA's Autumn Conference, Actions For Economic Prosperity in a New Energy Era, sponsored by Viridian Power and Energy, was held in the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Friday October 3rd with over 250 delegates in attendance. The event was extremely well recieved with the keynote opening address given by the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment Minister, Arlene Foster. Presentations given by senior figures in the energy sector, including Partick Haren, Deputy Chairman of the Viridian Group, Michael Walsh, Chief Executive of the IWEA and Iain Osborne, Chief Executive Officer for the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation.

In addition to the conference presentations a lively panel discussion was hosted by BBC Northern Ireland news journalist, Noel Thompson.  The panel included; Fintan Slye, Operations Director, EirGrid, Andy McCrea, Executive Director, Action Renewables, Leslie Bryans, Manager Transmission Planning, NIE, Paddy Teahon, President, Irish Wind Energy Association and Mark Ennis, Director of Strategy and Public Policy, Airtricity

All presentations from the Conference as well as the pre-conference dinner address from Dolmen Corporate Finance may be downloaded below.

Additionally, a selection of photos from the conference may be view in our Gallery Section

• An Integrated Approach to the Market - Partick Haren, Deputy Chairman, Viridian Group
• Delivering a Secure and Efficient Electricity Sector - Michael Walsh, CEO, IWEA
• Wind as Part of Renewables Strategy - Iain Osborne, CEO, Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
  
• SEM Expericence to Date and the Impacts for the Future - Sean McGoldrick, General Manager, SEM-O
  
• Wind in the SEM - Michael Tutty, Commissioner, CER
  
• Wind Energy: A Significant Contributor to Future U.S Energy Supply - Maureen Hand, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
  
• Long Term European Energy Trends - Matt Brown, Senior Director, Pöyry Energy Consulting
  
• Outlook for Marine Energy - Martin Wright, Managing Director, Marine Current Turbines
  

Pre-Conference Dinner Address, Kevin Beary, MD, Dolmen Corporate Finance