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Powering the South East: Offshore Wind & Regional Opportunity

South East Wind Energy Conference

What could Ireland’s offshore wind ambition mean for your business – and for the South East?

Offshore wind represents a significant emerging economic opportunity for the South East, with the potential to drive investment, new supply chains, infrastructure development, skills and employment across the region.

Powering the South East: Offshore Wind & Regional Opportunity, hosted by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber, will bring together Government, national agencies, energy and infrastructure leaders, industry, education providers and businesses to explore what is coming – and how the South East can prepare to benefit.

The focus is firmly on regional opportunity and business readiness: understanding what will be needed, where businesses could fit into the developing offshore wind ecosystem, and what we need to do now to ensure the South East is ready.

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What You Need To Know

ESB Powers the Conversation on Offshore Wind Opportunity

You don’t need to work in renewable energy to have a potential role in this emerging sector.

The offshore wind supply chain reaches far beyond energy companies. Opportunities may emerge across engineering, manufacturing, construction, electrical and technical services, ports, transport and logistics, professional services, technology, environmental services, training, hospitality and many other areas.

Why Should Your Business Attend?

This conference will give you the opportunity to:

  • Understand what Ireland’s offshore wind ambitions could mean for the South East
  • Hear directly from the organisations shaping and delivering Ireland’s energy future
  • Explore potential supply chain and business opportunities
  • Understand the grid, infrastructure and port requirements needed to support offshore wind
  • Hear about the skills and workforce capabilities the sector will require
  • Connect with Government, industry, education providers, agencies and other businesses
  • Consider how your own business could prepare, diversify or participate

What Will We Explore?

The conference programme will bring national expertise together with regional opportunity, covering:

National Policy & Vision – Ireland’s offshore wind ambitions and what happens next.

From Generation to Grid – the infrastructure required to turn offshore renewable energy ambition into reality.

Regional Investment & Opportunity – what the development of offshore wind could mean for businesses, employment and the wider South East economy.

Supply Chain & Business Opportunity – where businesses could participate, directly and indirectly, and why preparing early matters.

Infrastructure & Port Readiness – preparing the region to support a growing offshore energy sector.

Skills & Future Workforce – the education, training and capabilities needed to build regional expertise.

How To Get Involved

Who Should Attend?

This conference is particularly relevant to:

  • Manufacturing and engineering businesses
  • Construction and civil engineering
  • Electrical and technical services
  • Ports, transport and logistics
  • Professional and business services
  • Technology and digital businesses
  • Environmental and marine services
  • Education and training providers
  • Tourism, hospitality and accommodation providers
  • Local authorities and State agencies
  • Businesses considering diversification or future supply-chain opportunities
  • Students and our future workforce

And importantly, any business that simply wants to understand what is coming and whether there could be an opportunity for them.

Event Details

9.00am – Registration, Networking & Refreshments
4.00pm – Conference concludes, followed by an opportunity to meet the speakers

The conference is proudly supported by ESB, Tonn Nua and EirGrid and will be officially opened by Minister Timmy Dooley, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Environment and Energy.

Further speakers from Government, industry, infrastructure, education and the offshore wind sector will be announced as the programme develops.

Where Could Your Business Fit?

The South East has the skills, industrial capability and ambition to become a key contributor to Ireland’s offshore wind sector.

Our aim is to ensure businesses across the region are informed, connected and ready to participate as opportunities develop.

Come informed. Make connections. Understand what’s ahead.

Book your place and be part of the conversation shaping the South East’s energy and economic future.

Discount for D&WW Chamber Members – available in your weekly Chamber Newsletter.

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Our Sponsors

ESB Powers the Conversation on Offshore Wind Opportunity

We’re delighted to have ESB as a Strategic Partner for Powering the South East: Offshore Wind & Regional Opportunity.

ESB has been involved in offshore wind since 2017 and, alongside Ørsted, is developing Tonn Nua — a proposed 900MW offshore wind project off the Waterford coast.

With the potential to generate enough renewable energy to power almost one million homes, Tonn Nua represents a major step in Ireland’s offshore wind journey — and an opportunity with significant implications for our region.

So what could this mean for businesses across the South East?

From supply chains and engineering to infrastructure, skills, services and regional development, the opportunities are wide-ranging.

That’s exactly the conversation we want to have at Powering the South East.

Tonn Nua: Offshore Wind Opportunity on Our Coast

The South East is quite literally at the heart of Ireland’s offshore wind opportunity.

We’re delighted to have Tonn Nua as a Strategic Partner for Powering the South East: Offshore Wind & Regional Opportunity.

Located off the coast of Co. Waterford, Tonn Nua is a proposed 900MW fixed-bottom offshore wind project within the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan.

Once operational, it has the potential to generate enough renewable energy to power up to one million homes.

But the opportunity goes far beyond energy generation.

Projects of this scale can create opportunities across engineering, manufacturing, construction, logistics, maritime services, infrastructure, education, skills and the wider supply chain.

The question for businesses across the South East is: are you ready to be part of it?

EirGrid: Connecting Offshore Wind to the South East

Offshore wind is about more than generating energy. It’s about connecting that energy to where it’s needed.

We’re delighted to have EirGrid as a Strategic Partner for Powering the South East: Offshore Wind & Regional Opportunity.

EirGrid has a central role in planning and developing the electricity transmission infrastructure needed to connect offshore renewable energy to Ireland’s national grid.

As Ireland moves to harness the potential of offshore wind, that connection between generation, grid and regional infrastructure will be critical.

And delivering infrastructure at this scale has implications far beyond the energy sector — from construction, engineering and supply chains to skills, services and regional capacity.

That’s why this conversation matters to businesses across the South East.

What infrastructure will be needed? Where are the opportunities? And how can our region be ready to participate?

Join EirGrid and other key voices shaping Ireland’s offshore wind future at Powering the South East.