Engineers Ireland - District Heat Networks - Progress to date in Ireland
5th February 2025 6:30 pm
District Heat Networks deliver heat to buildings through a network of insulated underground pipelines and metered at each building.Ireland are developing District heat networks as a core measure under our climate action plan and have a target to have c. 10% of heat of heat demand or 2.7TWh met via District heat networks by 2030. Doing this from a very low base is a very challenging action. An all of government steering group reported in July 2023 and made a series of recommendations to do this and great progress in being made on these. The recommendations received are being implemented by DECC and SEAI.
Speakers
Dearbhla Stapleton is the SEAI’s Head of Decarbonised Heat and System Supports, with a focus on decarbonising heat across all sectors of society. A Chartered Mechanical Engineer, Dearbhla has over 25 years’ experience in policy, engineering, design and construction across a broad range of sectors including infrastructure, industry and energy. In her current role, she is responsible for SEAI’s newly established District Heating Centre of Excellence. She has represented SEAI on the government’s Industrial Heat Decarbonisation and District Heating working groups. Previous roles included management of SEAI’s Large Industry Energy Network, a collaborative network of approximately 200 of Ireland’s largest energy users. Dearbhla is passionate about driving Ireland’s energy revolution, particularly through heat decarbonisation. In her presentation, Dearbhla will provide an overview of SEAI’s newly established District Heating Centre of Excellence (CoE). This will include the background to the establishment of the CoE, an overview of the purpose of the CoE and the main functions and tasks that it is delivering.
Seán Kinsella is the Principal Officer leading the Renewable Heat Delivery Division within the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The division has responsibility for funding and the development of district heating projects in Ireland. The division also leads on the implementation of the National Biomethane Strategy and the development of the Renewable Heat Obligation Scheme.
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