ALG sponsors Irish Renewable Gas Conference 2023

On 7 September, A&L Goodbody (ALG) sponsored the Irish Renewable Gas Conference 2023 in The Gibson Hotel. The conference, hosted by Energy Ireland, focussed on the opportunities and challenges of the future of renewable gas in Ireland, as well as the key developments in the gas sector and potential options for decarbonising Ireland’s natural gas infrastructure.

The conference opened with a ministerial message from Eamon Ryan, TD, Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, along with a warm welcome from the conference chair, Padraig Fleming, Gas Networks Ireland. Ross Moore, partner and head of ALG's Energy, Infrastructure & Natural Resources team, joined almost 200 industry leaders, speaking at the conference on the topic of which legal aspects of biomethane production and supply.

Morning session topics:

Biomethane in the REPowerEU, the way forward

Biljana Kulisic - Policy Officer, Bioenergy, European Commission

Transforming Ireland’s gas network for a sustainable energy future

Cathal Marley - Chief Executive Officer, Gas Networks Ireland

Decarbonising Ireland’s gas network and market

Karen Kavanagh - Director, Networks & Economic Regulation, Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Clean hydrogen: delivering a low carbon energy infrastructure

Kamila Waciega - Director, Energy & Infrastructure Policy, Hydrogen Europe

The environmental and economic benefits of biogas production in Ireland

Ciara Beausang - Research Officer, Teagasc

Legal aspects of biomethane production and supply

Ross Moore - Partner, ALG

Biomethane: an essential role for Denmark’s green transition and security of supply

Christian Bendrup Faurholt - Country Lead, Energinet

Green hydrogen: production, storage and power generation

Oonagh O’Grady - Director, Power to X, SSE

From fossil fuel to biomethane

Tom O’Brien - Managing Director, Nephin Energy

Afternoon session topics:

Chair: Stephen Robb - Renewables Editor, Irish Farmers Journal

Developing the biomethane sector: lessons from global leaders

Charlotte Morton - Chief Executive, World Biogas Association

The potential for biogas and biomethane in Ireland

Luis Gay-Tarazona - Programme Manager, Bioenergy, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Overcoming the barriers to developing a biomethane sector in Ireland

Richard Kennedy - CEO, Carbon AMS

Developing a biomethane sector in Ireland (panel discussion)

Karen Doyle - Head of Business Development, Gas Networks Ireland

Seán Finan - Chief Executive Officer, Irish BioEnergy Association

Philip Hannon - Director of Policy, Liquid Gas Ireland

Richard Kennedy - CEO, Carbon AMS

Barry Quinlan - Assistant Secretary, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

Date published: 7 September 2023