Larry Staudt: Ireland's Energy Future

 Ireland's Energy Future

About the Speech:

Larry Staudt, Director of Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk IT, outlined Scenarios for Ireland's Energy Future and concluded that the only sustainable future is in Renewables. He challenged policy-makers and business leaders to face up to this reality and make the necessary Capital Investment now while Energy is still relatively cheap.

About the Speaker:

Larry Staudt has been involved with renewable energy since 1978. He was engineering manager of Enertech Corporation in the USA in the early 1980s, during which time Enertech designed and installed close to 2000 wind turbines, both large and small, and fifty solar hot water heating systems.

He designed and constructed two solar homes. He was a founder member and chief executive of the Irish Wind Energy Association, and a vice president of the European Wind Energy Association. He is lecturer at Dundalk Institute of Technology, teaching and supervising theses in their MSc in Renewable Energy Systems.

Mr Staudt's presentation is available here.