Hydrogen Ireland board members and GenComm European partners attended the Energy Institute (NI) annual dinner on March 5th.
The Northern Ireland branch of the Energy Institute (EI) held their 59th annual dinner on Thursday March 5th 2020 in Belfast. The event held at the Crowne Plaza at Shaws Bridge in Belfast was attended by Hydrogen Ireland board members , members of the Belfast Met GenComm team and by individual GenComm partners from across Europe.
The Energy Institute is a not-for-profit chartered professional membership body which brings together expertise to tackle urgent global challenges. The EI respond to the climate emergency while meeting the energy needs of the world’s growing population and making calls for energy to be better understood, managed and valued. This is at the heart of the social purpose of the Energy Institute.
A collaborative space for industry, academia and policy makers, the Energy Institute delivers standards, guidance, training and qualifications that raise the bar in operations in almost all areas of the energy system: upstream and downstream oil and gas, onshore and offshore wind power, fugitive methane reduction, battery storage, hydrogen, CCUS and integrated networks.
The black tie annual dinner featured a wine reception and after dinner entertainment. This key date in the energy sector calendar in Northern Ireland was open to EI members and non members. On the night the key speaker was Ms Jan Reid, Senior Manager, Low Carbon at Scottish Enterprise. Ms Reid has worked in economic development for over 25 years. Her work is now focused on supporting the growing industries and opportunities of low carbon, especially water and wastewater and low carbon heat and energy efficiency.
Entertainment on the evening included a performance from the Fortwilliam Musical Society , a group, founded in 1977. The main society perform a week of concerts in November each year in the Courtyard Theatre, Ballyearl. These concerts are reprised on a number of occasions throughout the rest of the season, (September to May), often as fundraising events for local churches, clubs and societies.. The society also perform a week in the Theatre at the Mill usually in March.
Mr Paul Mc Cormack, the GenComm Programme Manager made a presentation at the event to Energia Energy Services Manager, Mark Welsh to congratulate him on his working life in the energy sector. The attendance on the night also included Meabh Cormacain, Energy Adviser at the Strategic Investment Board, Micheal Scott, Managing Director, Firmus Energy, Jamie Delargy, former UTV business editor, Neil Hewitt, Univeristy of Ulster, Professor of Energy and Terry Waugh, Chief Executive of Action Renewables.
