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Thank you to everyone who joined us at yesterday’s Irish Renewable Gas Conference! Our conference partners, Gas Networks Ireland, sponsors, Flogas, all speakers, exhibitors and delegates who joined us in The Gibson Hotel and made the conference a huge success!

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#EnergyIreland Renewable Gas Conference 2025 James Temple ⁦@FlogasESL⁩ biomethane vs electrification; not a dichotomy. Big challenge on price differential between natural gas and biomethane

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#EnergyIreland Renewable Gas Conference 2025 Katja Yafimava ⁦@OxfordEnergy⁩ on Recast Gas Directive; hydrogen market regulation is cut and paste of natural gas regulation; with some flexibility but enough? ⁦@GasNetIrl⁩ ⁦@FlogasESL⁩

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#EnergyIreland Renewable Gas Conference 2025 Karen Kavanagh ⁦@UtilityregCRU⁩ outlining CRU Strategic Plan has objective to accelerate network infrastructure to net zero

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#EnergyIreland Renewable Gas Conference 2025 opening Keynote from David Kelly ⁦@GasNetIrl⁩ outlined strategy to decarbonise gas network

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Opening session at today’s Irish Renewable Gas Conference James Temple ⁦@FlogasESL⁩; Padraig Fleming ⁦@GasNetIrl⁩; Karen Kavanagh ⁦@UtilityregCRU⁩; David Kelly ⁦@GasNetIrl⁩

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3 weeks to go until the 2025 Irish Renewable Gas Conference!

In partnership with Gas Networks Ireland
Sponsored by Flogas Ireland

📍 The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
📆 6th February 2025

Secure your place today ➡️ https://t.co/H7OVQNj4qA

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Irish Renewable Gas Conference 2025

In partnership with Gas Networks Ireland
Sponsored by Flogas Ireland

📍 The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
📆 6th February 2025

Full programme just announced ➡️ https://t.co/H7OVQNj4qA

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A free-flowing panel discussion here at the National Retrofitting Conference #RetrofittingIreland on the future outlook of the National Retrofitting Programme, where we are hearing the perspectives of expert stakeholders in the public, private and third sectors.

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Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Programme Manager for Concerted Action Georgina Molloy tells #RetrofittingIreland delegates about the retrofitting implications of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

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Our third and final expert panel here at #RetrofittingIreland where we get an overview of legislative requirements on retrofitting, a presentation on the home energy upgrade load scheme, followed by a panel discussion on the future outlook on the National Retrofitting Programme

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He says that grants will not be enough to incentivise the 53% of homeowners for whom retrofitting is either not of interest, or for whom it is a pipedream. #RetrofittingIreland

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"We are not going to meet our 2030 targets", says John Curtis from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), as he discusses 'how disruption impacts homeowner decisions'. #RetrofittingIreland

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However, she says that the projects have made a considerable contribution to the climate goals of the Council, reduced operating and running costs, increased average BER ratings from E1 to A3, and made housing more attractive for Council's rightsizing policy.

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Catherine Keenan of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council gives an overview of successful retrofit projects which have taken place in Dún Laoghaire. #RetrofittingIreland

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She says that there were challenges in retrofitting homes with tenants in situ, rolling out district heating systems, convincing people of the merits of retrofits, health and safety challenges on site, and communications which required an on site project manager.

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They also say that C rated dwellings perform reasonably in terms of both comfort and cost, meaning that a homeowner living in a C rated dwelling may not be as motivated to upgrade as say a homeowner living in a poorly performing G rated dwelling

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Dr. Ciara Ahern and Elihu Essien-Thompson from Technological University Dublin give an overview of the thermal refurbishment of the Irish housing stock, discuss whether the retrofit targets will be met, and outline the key challenges facing the sector. #RetrofittingIreland

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They state that older apartments are comparing less favourably to new “high standard” apartments with time. This could lead to the older apartment stock becoming stranded assets and we need to consider ways to bring this typology with us.