Good Practice Wind Energy Planning Workshops
 | SEAI is participating in international co-operations which aim to develop best practice in implementing national wind energy policies locally. The slides below include a brief introduction to one of the co-operations, the European Union funded GPWIND project. As part of this participation SEAI hosted a number of regional workshops and invited key stakeholders to come along and offer their experience and ideas on how policy might be more efficiently implemented to the benefit of all. |
The programme for the workshops can be viewed here: Good Practice Wind Energy Planning Workshops Programme
Local authority planners were a key target delegate for the workshops as they are at the coal-face in terms of assessing wind energy applications. The timely construction of wind and grid projects is crucial if Ireland's 2020 renewable energy targets are to be achieved.
At the workshops, speakers from the wind industry and grid operators presented their organisations' perspectives and delegates were invited to comment and participate in an open discussion forum.
The goals of the discussions included:
- To respond to the wide range of queries made to SEAI by local authority planners.
- To facilitate a conversation and exchange of experiences and ideas between stakeholders.
- To identify trends where applications were falling short, where support might be needed and where issues were of concern or needed to be addressed.
- To update delegates and stakeholders on progress to date, policy changes and forthcoming developments. And;
- To learn where changes are necessary, where support can be provided and where further work should focus.
Thank you to those who participated and contributed.
Notes from the four discussion sessions can be viewed here: Discussion Notes Summary.
The presentations for each workshop are available via the links below.
Wexford, Thursday 21stst October 2010
Introduction to GP Wind - Martin McCarthy, SEAI
Wind Energy Policy - John McCann, SEAI
Wind Developers Perspective on Policy Issues - Michael Walsh, IWEA
Delivering a 21st century electricity infrastructure - Bart Moriarty, ESB Networks
Grid Development - Aidan Corcoran, EirGrid
Environmental Considerations in Wind Farm Development - Kieran O'Malley, Fehily Timoney
Large scale wind energy on-site autoproduction - Dominic Costello, Wind Energy Direct
Wind energy project development and risk - Jim Gannon, RPS Group
Drogheda, Friday 22nd October 2010
Introduction to GP Wind - Martin McCarthy, SEAI
Wind Energy Policy - John McCann, SEAI
Introduction to wind energy - Catriona Diviney, IWEA
Delivering a 21st century electricity infrastructure - Bart Moriarty, ESB Networks
Grid Development - Gael Gibson, EirGrid
Environmental Considerations in Wind Farm Development - Kieran O'Malley, Fehily Timoney
Introduction to Autoproduction - Martin McCarthy, SEAI
Wind energy project development and risk - Jim Gannon, RPS Group
Dunmore wind farm presentation - Pat Blount
Regional Wind Energy Seminars, Limerick & Mayo
Regional Wind Seminars Programme
Wind Energy Policy, John McCann - SEAI
Introduction to Wind Energy in Ireland, Catriona Diviney - IWEA
Securing Ireland's Energy Supply, Abbeyfeale Presentation, Deborah Meghen - EirGrid
Securing Ireland's Energy Supply, Castlebar Presentation, Deborah Meghen - EirGrid
Developing 21st Century Electricity Networks, Bart Moriarty - ESB Networks
Wind Autoproduction - Large Scale Wind in Industry, Dave McNamara - RPG
Environmental Considerations in Wind Farm Development, Kieran O'Malley, Fehily Timoney and Co
Wind Energy Project Development and Risk, Jim Gannon - RPS Group
Notes from Discussion Sessions
Knockawarriga Wind Farm Presentation, Bord Gais Energy
Raheen Barr Wind Farm Presentation, Eco Power
