60 acast.com IDEA-IRL Podcast https://shows.acast.com/idea-irl-podcast en IDEA IRL Podcast Wind Turbine,Wind Energy,Floating Wind Energy,Energy,Sustainability IDEA IRL Podcast Welcome to the IDEA Ireland project podcast series which looks at the offshore wind farm industry featuring experts on key aspects of the design and operation of a floating offshore wind farm. Through the series, you will get an overview of the industry, the stakeholders involved in developing a floating wind farm, and the opportunities and challenges that floating wind presents.  


Gain open access to designs, data and guidelines to help researchers and industry move forward in planning and building large-scale floating wind farms in Irish waters. 


The podcast is brought to you by a collection of industry experts, University College Cork (UCC), Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) and Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) are working alongside an International Energy Association (IEA) Wind Energy task 49 to develop Integrated Designs for Floating Offshore Wind Farms (IDEA).


The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on linkedin; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list 


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]]> Welcome to the IDEA Ireland project podcast series which looks at the offshore wind farm industry featuring experts on key aspects of the design and operation of a floating offshore wind farm. Through the series, you will get an overview of the industry, the stakeholders involved in developing a floating wind farm, and the opportunities and challenges that floating wind presents.  


Gain open access to designs, data and guidelines to help researchers and industry move forward in planning and building large-scale floating wind farms in Irish waters. 


The podcast is brought to you by a collection of industry experts, University College Cork (UCC), Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) and Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) are working alongside an International Energy Association (IEA) Wind Energy task 49 to develop Integrated Designs for Floating Offshore Wind Farms (IDEA).


The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on linkedin; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list 


Thanks for listening and enjoy!

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]]> false IDEA IRL Podcast ideairlpodcast@gmail.com 654e954c283757001282bb32 idea-irl-podcast episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1699647250830-d898ba3098a6ff087860e865347527f2.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/idea-irl-podcast IDEA-IRL Podcast Ep.7 - The Stoura Offshore Wind Project Ep.7 - The Stoura Offshore Wind Project Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:40:28 GMT 33:54 6941906d7e21d19ff22f44f9 false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 6941906d7e21d19ff22f44f9 654e954c283757001282bb32 ep7-the-stoura-offshore-wind-project full 1 7 Kevin Leyne, is Dr. Cian Desmond, ESB Project Director of the Stoura Floating Wind Project in Shetland, Scotland for insights and updates into the project that could change the wind energy landscape.

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]]> Kevin Leyne, is Dr. Cian Desmond, ESB Project Director of the Stoura Floating Wind Project in Shetland, Scotland for insights and updates into the project that could change the wind energy landscape.

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]]> Ep.6 - Offshore Site Investigations and Supply Chain Ep.6 - Offshore Site Investigations and Supply Chain Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:25:06 GMT 16:37 67cb2bf255101d9644d0acc3 false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 67cb2bf255101d9644d0acc3 654e954c283757001282bb32 ep6-offshore-site-investigations-with-green-rebel IDEA – IRL (Integrated Design Of Floating Wind Arrays Ireland) full 1 6 What makes an ideal site for offshore wind and what are the key challenges in developing a supply chain for off shore wind? Well, this weeks guest has all the answers! Joined with Mitra is Eoin Cotter, Head of Business Development at Green Rebel, a Cork based company that provides marine surveys, data and technology services to the offshore wind sector. We her about the supply chain in Ireland and how Ireland is, to quote Eoin: the Saudi Arabia of Ireland when it comes to off shore wind energy.



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]]> What makes an ideal site for offshore wind and what are the key challenges in developing a supply chain for off shore wind? Well, this weeks guest has all the answers! Joined with Mitra is Eoin Cotter, Head of Business Development at Green Rebel, a Cork based company that provides marine surveys, data and technology services to the offshore wind sector. We her about the supply chain in Ireland and how Ireland is, to quote Eoin: the Saudi Arabia of Ireland when it comes to off shore wind energy.



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]]> <![CDATA[Ep.5 - Where There's A Will, There's A Way]]> Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:57:10 GMT 18:02 66c751c661e041a75c9078b3 false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 66c751c661e041a75c9078b3 654e954c283757001282bb32 ep5-where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way IDEA – IRL (Integrated Design Of Floating Wind Arrays Ireland) full 1 5 Val Cummins, Chief Impact Officer and Board Director of Simply Blue, gives us her take on the current state of the FLOW sector and what’s required for Ireland to achieve our national ambitions to decarbonise the economy.

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]]> Val Cummins, Chief Impact Officer and Board Director of Simply Blue, gives us her take on the current state of the FLOW sector and what’s required for Ireland to achieve our national ambitions to decarbonise the economy.

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]]> Ep.4 - Scaling-up! Ep.4 - Scaling-up! Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:42:01 GMT 23:19 669f9706406d732ec2cb906d false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 669f9706406d732ec2cb906d 654e954c283757001282bb32 ep4-scaling-up IDEA – IRL (Integrated Design Of Floating Wind Arrays Ireland) full 1 4 Flotation Energy who's founders developed the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm, which is the world’s largest grid connected floating project made up of 8 9.5MW turbines. We hear from Allan Mac Askill, Chief Technical Officer, Flotation Energy and Barrie McMullin who is Flotation Energy’s Project Manager for the Irish projects. Our guests share their experience in the sector, future targets and key challenges to the large-scale roll out of FLOW.

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]]> Flotation Energy who's founders developed the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm, which is the world’s largest grid connected floating project made up of 8 9.5MW turbines. We hear from Allan Mac Askill, Chief Technical Officer, Flotation Energy and Barrie McMullin who is Flotation Energy’s Project Manager for the Irish projects. Our guests share their experience in the sector, future targets and key challenges to the large-scale roll out of FLOW.

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]]> Ep.3 - Wet Storage Floating Off Shore Wind Turbines Ep.3 - Wet Storage Floating Off Shore Wind Turbines Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:00:19 GMT 11:27 662c055a437bd700126607b6 false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 662c055a437bd700126607b6 654e954c283757001282bb32 ep3-wet-storage-floating-off-shore-wind-turbines IDEA – IRL (Integrated Design Of Floating Wind Arrays Ireland) full 1 3 MaREI, UCC, Ross O'Connell is here to give an insight to the current status of wet storage for floating offshore wind, what constitutes a suitable location for its implementation, and how it's going to be rolled out in Ireland.

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]]> MaREI, UCC, Ross O'Connell is here to give an insight to the current status of wet storage for floating offshore wind, what constitutes a suitable location for its implementation, and how it's going to be rolled out in Ireland.

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]]> Ep.2 - Marine Spatial Planning With MARA Ep.2 - Marine Spatial Planning With MARA Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:02:26 GMT 17:25 660d53620e32ca00171f908f false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 660d53620e32ca00171f908f 654e954c283757001282bb32 ep2-marine-spactial-planning-with-mara MARA - Maritime Area Regulator Authority full 1 2 Marine spatial planning the first key step in building off shore wind farms. To delve into deeper is Principal Officer at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) Rory O'Leary who has over 20 years experience in the industry. Fiona and Rory discuss the planning process and the need to ensure off shore wind farms are implemented in maritime areas meet criteria that deliver all the while considering maritime environments.


The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on LinkedIn; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list.


Disclaimer: We do our best to ensure the information in our discussions is accurate and up to date; however, please bear in mind that discussions are based on the current opinions and assumptions of the interviewer and guests using the information available at the time of recording. Therefore, we cannot guarantee accuracy and listeners should verify information independently.


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]]> Marine spatial planning the first key step in building off shore wind farms. To delve into deeper is Principal Officer at the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) Rory O'Leary who has over 20 years experience in the industry. Fiona and Rory discuss the planning process and the need to ensure off shore wind farms are implemented in maritime areas meet criteria that deliver all the while considering maritime environments.


The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on LinkedIn; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list.


Disclaimer: We do our best to ensure the information in our discussions is accurate and up to date; however, please bear in mind that discussions are based on the current opinions and assumptions of the interviewer and guests using the information available at the time of recording. Therefore, we cannot guarantee accuracy and listeners should verify information independently.


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]]> Ep.1: Going With The FLOW Ep.1: Going With The FLOW Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:00:53 GMT 22:08 654e9bb58290a100125b8836 false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 654e9bb58290a100125b8836 654e954c283757001282bb32 ep1-going-with-the-flow Going with the FLOW (Floating Offshore Wind) full 1 1 To kickstart the podcast series we have Greg Bohan senior off shore consultant at Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions to give an insight to the floating off shore wind industry, to breakdown what exactly off shore floating wind turbines are, what stage Ireland is at with it's introduction of floating off shore wind and what are the main challenges with their introduction to Irish seas.


The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on LinkedIn; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list.


Disclaimer: We do our best to ensure the information in our discussions is accurate and up to date; however, please bear in mind that discussions are based on the current opinions and assumptions of the interviewer and guests using the information available at the time of recording. Therefore, we cannot guarantee accuracy and listeners should verify information independently.


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]]> To kickstart the podcast series we have Greg Bohan senior off shore consultant at Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions to give an insight to the floating off shore wind industry, to breakdown what exactly off shore floating wind turbines are, what stage Ireland is at with it's introduction of floating off shore wind and what are the main challenges with their introduction to Irish seas.


The IDEA-IRL project is funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). See IDEA-IRL website for further details; follow us on LinkedIn; email IDEA-IRL@ucc.ie; sign up to our IDEA-IRL mailing list.


Disclaimer: We do our best to ensure the information in our discussions is accurate and up to date; however, please bear in mind that discussions are based on the current opinions and assumptions of the interviewer and guests using the information available at the time of recording. Therefore, we cannot guarantee accuracy and listeners should verify information independently.


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]]> Coming Up In The Series Coming Up In The Series Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:42:51 GMT 1:34 654e95cd46e5c900118507d5 false https://www.marei.ie/project/idea-irl-integrated-design-floating-wind/ 654e95cd46e5c900118507d5 654e954c283757001282bb32 what-to-expect IDEA – IRL (Integrated Design Of Floating Wind Arrays Ireland) trailer

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