Renewable Energy Expo Ireland 2026: What to expect from the agenda
With just days to go until Renewable Energy Expo Ireland 2026, the full agenda is now live, and it reflects something important about where Ireland’s energy transition is heading: wind, solar and energy storage are no longer separate conversations. They are increasingly part of the same system, facing many of the same challenges around grid access, investment, infrastructure, skills and delivery.
That is exactly what the Expo programme is designed to explore.
Taking place at the RDS Dublin on 21–22 October, the first Renewable Energy Expo Ireland will bring together leaders from across industry, Government, regulation, investment and technology for two days of discussion, networking and practical insight. The event is being delivered jointly by Solar Ireland, Wind Energy Ireland and Energy Storage Ireland.
A whole-system conversation
The agenda moves well beyond individual technologies and across the two days, sessions will look at how Ireland accelerates grid delivery, electrifies homes and businesses, strengthens the domestic renewable energy supply chain and creates the conditions for greater investment.
For the solar sector in particular, that wider conversation matters. Ireland has now moved into a much more mature phase of solar deployment, with utility-scale projects, rooftop solar, storage and electrification increasingly interacting with the wider electricity system. The next phase is not simply about adding more generation. It is about how that generation works with storage, flexibility and the grid to deliver greater value for consumers and the economy.
Delivering electrification
One of the sessions we are particularly looking forward to is:
Delivering Electrification: Empowering Homes, Businesses and Industry
21 October | 11:45–12:30
The session will explore how electrification can help decarbonise transport, heating and industry, while unlocking the potential of rooftop solar, battery storage, smart energy management and flexible demand.
Jerry Stokes, Senior Advisor to the Solar Council, will bring an international perspective to that discussion, including the rapid progress of solar globally and the opportunity to put more homes and businesses at the centre of the energy transition.
A wider view of the energy transition
Later on Day 1, Alex White, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council, will join Lorcan Allen, Managing Director of Keating & Associates, for a fireside conversation on the global energy transition across wind, solar and storage.
The session will step back from individual technologies and look at the bigger picture: how policy, investment and industry leadership need to evolve as Ireland moves from renewable energy ambition into large-scale delivery.
Europe’s solar opportunity
Day 2 will also feature one of the sessions we are most pleased to bring to this year’s programme: Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe, will join us to explore the growing economic value of solar across Europe.
Her session will look beyond deployment numbers and consider what solar is already delivering in terms of lower energy costs, reduced fossil fuel dependence, greater energy security and industrial competitiveness, and what Europe needs to do next to capture even more of that value.
Walburga has been one of Europe’s leading voices on solar policy and market development, so this promises to be a particularly important conversation for anyone working across Ireland’s energy sector.
Grid, investment and competitiveness
The programme will also examine some of the biggest practical questions facing the sector: how quickly Ireland can expand and strengthen its electricity grid, how renewable projects can continue attracting investment and how clean energy can support Ireland’s wider economic competitiveness.
The Expo programme includes contributions from senior figures including Timmy Dooley TD, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Tinne Van der Straeten, CEO of WindEurope; Siobhan O’Shea, Chief Infrastructure Officer at EirGrid; Walburga Hemetsberger, CEO of SolarPower Europe; and Alex White, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council.
Alongside the Main Stage programme, the Expo will also include international pavilions, a Government of Ireland Pavilion and a Research Hub, with SEAI representatives available during both days to discuss research funding and collaboration opportunities.
More than a conference programme
The strength of Renewable Energy Expo Ireland is not simply the number of sessions on the agenda, but also the opportunity to bring together the companies and people who increasingly need to work together if Ireland is to deliver the energy system it needs.
Developers need grid and storage solutions. Businesses need affordable ways to electrify. Technology providers need partners and routes into the market. Policymakers need to understand the practical barriers to delivery. Investors need confidence that projects can move from pipeline to operation. Bringing those conversations into one place is a big part of what the Expo is designed to do.
Exhibition space for the inaugural event is now fully booked, with around 1,000 delegates expected across the two days. If you work in solar, wind, storage or the wider energy supply chain, there is still time to join us.
Renewable Energy Expo Ireland 2026
21–22 October
RDS Dublin