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Presentations 2024

Noel Gavigan, IrBEA Executive

Seán Finan, IrBEA CEO
​Opening Welcome

Ossian Smyth, Minister of State, Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and Department of Environment, Climate & Communications

'sTom Egan, ​Head of Operations, Bord na Móna Renewable Energy, Bord na Móna
​Sponsor's Welcome Address

David Kelly, Director of Customer and Business Development, Gas Networks Ireland
​Sponsor's Welcome Address

Gert-Jan Nabuurs, ​Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands & IPCC report author
​Bioenergy's role in a net zero future

Paddy Phelan, CEO at South East Energy Agency & IrBEA President
​The Irish energy outlook and opportunity

Panel one: Net zero strategies - The role of bioenergy
Karen Doyle Head of Business Development, Gas Networks Ireland
Dr John Walsh Emerging Technology and Research & Development Manager, ESB
Conor Mulvihill Director, Dairy Industry Ireland (IBEC) - Large energy user representative

Paul Schütze Senior Commercial Development Manager, Bord na Móna
Bord na Móna’s vision for bioenergy carbon capture in hitting net zero

Seán Finan, IrBEA CEO
Irish Bioenergy Association Policy & regulatory requirements to maximise
the potential of the bioenergy sector

Jean-Marc Jossart Secretary General, Bioenergy Europe
Advancing solid biomass for renewable energy development across Europe

Giulia Cancian Secretary General, European Biogas Association
Biomethane – Latest developments in a fastgrowing European market

​Panel two: Evolving energy policy developments
Redmond McEvoy Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)
Implementing the Irish biomethane strategy
Niamh Hamill Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC)
Updates on the design of the Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO)
Andrea Lennon Department of Transport (DOT)
Delivering the renewable transport policy & the role of liquid and gaseous biofuels
Jonathan McFerran
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) NI
Northern Ireland's biomethane journey within the agriculture policy landscape
Dearbhla Stapleton Head of Decarbonising Heat and Systems Support, Sustainable Energy
Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
Decarbonising heat in Ireland and the role of bioenergy

Siobhan O’Halloran Future Networks Manager, Gas Networks Ireland
Biomethane's role in a decarbonised gas network

Joseph Spollen Biomass Manager, Bord na Móna
Activating the solid biomass supply chain

Tom Walsh CEO/Founder, Renetech
Renetech’s work & collaboration with International Energy Agency (IEA)

Ian Mc Cracken Energy Development Director, Balcas Energy
The use of wood pellet in the transition to renewable heat

​Cathal Fitzgerald Director, LeBruin Chairman, Arigna Group
Arigna’s journey from fossil fuel to renewable biofuel and biochar

Thomas Flynn Director, Bio Agrigas
A distributor’s perspective on the hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) supply chain

Stephen McCormack Project Executive, IrBEA
Biochar - The Interreg NW Europe CASCADE project journey

Maurice Ryan Green Belt & Vice President of IrBEA
Closing remarks and perspectives

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