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ESB Innovation Celebrates
International Women’s Day
ESBI
(l-r): Brendan Barry, Manager, ESB Ocean Energy with Fergus Ewing, Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Minister,
Scotland, John Fitzgerald, ESB Ocean Energy Technology Manager and Brian Montayne, ESBI Business
Development Manager - Europe.
ESBI MakES WavES at REnEWaBlEUk
WavE & tIDal ConfEREnCE
ESBI
ESB International was well represented at the renewableuK Wave
and tidal conference in london on
the 27th, 28th February with two
speaker slots and an exhibition
stand. this event provided ESBI
with a platform to communicate its
project activity and potential services to the ocean energy sector.
We are positioning ourselves as one
of the leading utilities in the wave
and tidal sector worldwide demonstrated through our leading role in
the WestWave project in Ireland
and other initiatives. Now that significant early stage project activity
is imminent in the uK wave and
tidal sector, there are significant
opportunities for ESB International
to apply its experience in a growing
sector.
Brendan Barry, Manager Ocean
Energy, ESB, was invited to speak
at the Strategic Initiative for Ocean
Energy workshop about the WestWave project and ESB’s role in the
sector. In addition, John Fitzgerald,
Ocean Energy technology Manager, ESB spoke about cost and performance requirements for ocean
energy. With 550 delegates and 50
exhibitors, there was a great opportunity to engage with the ocean energy industry and raise the profile
of ESB and ESBI.
The members of the ESB Ocean
Energy team and ESBI received
some distinguished visitors to
the stand over the course of the
two days including Fergus Ewing,
Minister for Energy, Enterprise
and Tourism, Scottish Parliament
and also Tom Greatrex, Shadow
Minister for Energy, British Parliament. They were interested to find
out more about ocean energy in
Ireland and the developments in
the WestWave project. n
ESB International Highlights
ESBI
ESB INtErNatIONal CONtINuES
to make strides in international and home
markets and here is a summary of the recent contract wins:
• Operations have commenced with Eskom on the SaP Compatible units project
in South africa, which is part of Eskom’s
policy to improve the management of its
transmission and distribution assets. this
marks ESBI’s first non-generation project
work with Eskom
• ESBI has been awarded a place on the
National Grid uK Front-End Engineering
Design Framework Panel for High Voltage
Cable Systems.
• ESBI has been awarded to the Coillte
Wind Consultancy Services Framework
Panel
• the Volta river authority (Vra) of
Ghana accepted an ESBI proposal to
carry out an O&M Management study at
their takoradi & tema plants. the project
is planned to commence in March/april
2013
ESBI has also reached key milestones in
projects recently. these include:
• all 15 wind turbines on Betws Wind
Farm, in Wales are now erected. ESBI
Wind Energy Solutions is Owners Engineer on behalf of ESB Wind Development.
• the Bahrain SCC upgrade project has
been mobilised as of the middle of February.
• the discovery process in the Cork flood
project is more than 50% complete. the
external experts draft reports are being
reviewed. ■
The Volta River Authority (VRA) of Ghana accepted
an ESBI proposal to carry out an O&M Management
study at its Takoradi and Tema plants.
8 International Women’s Day, held
annually on the 8th March, is an
international day of celebration and
recognition of women’s achievements.
ESB Innovation along with thousands of
employers across the globe marked this
occasion to inspire women from across
our organisation and to spotlight their
achievements.
INtErNatIONal WOMEN’S Day
events held in ESB International were
launched by ESB Head of Innova-
Diep Smyth and Christine Evans pictured at ESB
Innovation’s celebration of International Women’s Day
in Stephen Court.
April/May 2013 • www.esb.ie/em
tion John McSweeney, who thanked
all women across ESB Innovation for
their immense contribution and dedication to the organisation over the
last year. the event was facilitated
by Paula King of Executive Coaching
Solutions, who presented a fun and interactive workshop on ‘Female Competencies and Emotional Intelligence’.
ESB International Strategic Business
Performance Manager Jacinta ryan
gave an interesting presentation about
women’s rights across the globe from
the late 1800s to the present day.
Closing the event, ESB Innovation
Hr Manager Joyce Farrell, focused
on gender diversity and the goal to
build and support the best pool and
network of female talent across the
Innovation Directorate.
Women from across the Innovation Directorate came together,
to network and build stronger
links with their fellow female colleagues making this gathering a
great success. ■
Contents ❱❱
■ 80 new jobs supporting
growth plans
ESB International attends
Career Zoo 2013. It ESB
International plans to
recruit 80 new engineering
and technical professional
personnel over the next
five years in response to
a growing demand for
engineering services from the
International energy sector
■ ESB International gets the
thumbs up for quality
ESBI has been recommended
for re-certification to IS EN
ISO 9001:2008 standard
for its quality management
systems
■ The Lord Mayor of Cork,
Cllr John Buttimer, sparks
an interest in ecars
Cork City Council is working
closely with ESB to deliver
a network of ecar charging
infrastructure in the city and
suburbs, including on-street
charge-points and fast-chargers
■ Jack and Jill Big Egg Hunt
gets ESB ecars support
Giant fibre-glass eggs, designed
were displayed in key locations
all around Dublin
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoise Ó Muirí, launches the ESB ecars test drive event as part of Digital Dublin Day.
ECaR tESt DRIvES foR
DIgItal DUBlIn Day
aS Part OF Digital Dublin Day, ESB
ecars ran a successful electric vehicle
(EV) test-drive event for 24 selected
members of the public at the Mansion
House. the test-drives, launched by the
lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoise Ó Muirí,
provided members of the public with an
opportunity to experience electric motoring around Dublin city.
test-drive participants signed up via
ESB ecars’ Facebook page prior to the
event and registered at the ecars stand
at the Mansion House. From here they
were shown to their EV and introduced
to their test-drive
instructor. Each instructor ran through
some basic training
information with the
The event
participants before
was part of
setting off on a
preparations
pre-planned route
for a Digital
through the city’s
Masterplan for
streets. the EVs
Dublin.
available for the test-
drive were two 100% electric Nissan
leafs, a renault Fluence ZE and a renault twizy, supplied by renault Ireland.
the test drives were part of Digital
Dublin Day, an event planned by Dublin
City Council (DCC) to demonstrate the
impact of technology on our lives and to
encourage the use of digital technology
to all ages. the day is part of a series of
activities planned by DCC as part of a
roadmap to a Digital Dublin, which will
lead to the publishing of the first Digital
Masterplan for Dublin City.
the event was open to the general
public and featured other activities such
as a Coder Dojo workshop to teach
young children the basics of website coding and the use of StoryMap, an interactive story-telling map of Dublin City. ■
ESB ECaRS attEnDS
DEpaRtMEnt
foR REgIonal
DEvElopMEnt
noRtHERn IRElanD
EDRIvE ConfEREnCE
In BElfaSt
ESB ecars Chief technology Officer,
Senan McGrath, who was a speaker at
the eDrive Northern Ireland electric
vehicle conference in the titanic Centre, Belfast. the three-day conference
included an electric vehicle test-drive
event with specific open days for schools
and businesses. ESB ecars also participated in the event with an exhibition
stand. ■
For more information on the eDrive NI event see the
website at: http://event.ecarni.com/
http://www.esb.ie/em
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