Date: 26 April 2024 
Time: 09:30 - 10:30 
Venue: Online (via Microsoft Teams)

Course Overview 

Electrification of heat and transport, offers immense benefits such as in terms of emissions reductions, security of supply and electricity market gains.

Ireland Electrified will be launched which is an association representing electric heat, both domestic and industrial as well electric transport, advocating for change for its members so electrification can expand and fulfill its potential. Ireland Electrified brings together organisations using energy for heat and transport with electricity generators, technology companies, installers, manufacturers and innovators to develop new, practical and scalable ways to accelerate electrification of Ireland’s energy systems.

This webinar will host a panel of speakers to discuss electrification policy more broadly across both electric heat and transport. This will be from policy making stakeholders and those implementing change. Attendees will hear about electrification plans and will also hear about the new association of Ireland Electrified as it is launched and what it hopes to achieve on behalf of its members across broad industries.

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes 

Attendees will get an overview of the policy frameworks on electrification across heat and transport and further see the plans in terms of some of the possible policy changes ahead in the sector.

Ireland Electrified will also outline their objectives as an association on the webinar, representing their members and advocating for change in the sector so that electrification is supported and sustained with specific policy frameworks. Ireland Electrified believes that electrification will be a widespread positive effect on the demand users and also the electricity market as a whole but it needs voices for change for the technology that is available now.

Who Should Attend 

Irish Commercial/Industrial sectors considering the electrification of heat and transport, Policy Makers, Regulation Analysts, Heating Professionals, Transport Professionals, Electricity Market Professionals, Sustainability Managers, Engineering Managers, Academics, Engineers. 

Course Content 

• The landscape for electrification.
• Policies in electric transport and heat.
• Mechanisms that support industrial electrification.
• Some policy frameworks needed for expansion. 

About the Speaker 

Brian Leddin TD was appointed Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action in 2020. He is an engineering graduate of the University of Limerick and holds a masters degree in Renewable Energy Systems Technology

Alan Dempsey is Assistant Principal Officer in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in the Climate Action and Energy Policy Unit

Shane Prendergast is a Programme Manager working in EV Charging Infrastructure & Policy, Mobility and Smart Networks in SEAI with a primary focus on decarbonising the transport sector through electrification, modal and behaviour shift.

Dominic Schöne is working in Business Development & Projects, Green Economy Investments, Large Industry with the IDA.

Donall O’Brien, Chair of Ireland Electrified. Donall is CTO of EM3 who have extensive experience in the decarbonisation of industrial facilities worldwide, working with some of the world’s largest energy users in the Food & Dairy, Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices industries. EM3 has delivered many electrification of heat projects across Ireland and further afield. Donall is a mechanical engineer who has dedicated most of his career to the promotion of energy efficiency in industrial facilities.