RenewableNI is made up of appointed staff and unpaid representatives from member organisations.
These include the Chair and Deputy, elected by RenewableNI members, and Chairs of the RenewableNI working groups and committees.
Tamasin is founder Managing Director of Omnipower Renewables, a renewable energy development and advisory company active across the UK and Ireland, specialising in identifying, acquiring and developing renewable energy sites. The company also works directly with energy users to increase their sustainability and reduce their costs.
Before founding Omnipower Renewables, Tamasin was UK Director for a leading international renewables developer, where she was responsible for establishing and delivering a 3 GW pipeline of onshore wind, solar, energy storage and hydrogen projects across the UK. A graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, she is a Chartered Planner with almost 20 years’ industry experience.
A Chartered Town Planner, Sara is responsible for a team managing planning and environmental matters across Ireland, supporting the development of wind, solar, battery storage, hydrogen production, and other renewable technologies.
Prior to joining Energia Renewables, Sara worked in private consultancy and has extensive experience of the development industry, advancing schemes for a range of major clients including energy companies.
Sara is outgoing Chair of the RenewableNI Planning Working Group and sits on the Planning Committee for Wind Energy Ireland. She is a Committee member of the Planning and Environmental Law Association for Northern Ireland and also sits on University of Ulster’s UPLAN Advisory Group.
RenewableNI Strategic Council and Committee
The Strategic Council is the strategic and decision-making body for RenewableNI. It acts as the steering group for RenewableNI activity, oversees strategic priorities, and informs policy positions. The Council is also responsible for setting and reviewing governance policies and procedures.
Membership of the Strategic Council includes RenewableNI Gold members; Chair and Deputy Chair of the Committee; Wind Energy Ireland CEO; RenewableUK CEO and Distributed Generation Working Group Chair.
Membership of the Committee includes the current Chair of RenewableNI, Deputy Chair, representatives from member organisations and is facilitated by RenewableNI staff.
Meeting every two months, the Committee is responsible for the election of Chair and Deputy Chair; oversight of Working Groups and Committee subgroups and informing RenewableNI policy positions and consultation responses.
Judith is responsible for media inquiries, RenewableNI’s website, social media platforms and all communications. Judith also manages events at RenewableNI including the Smart Energy Conference and the award nominated Renewable Energy series.
Judith created the Women in Renewables scheme that includes female only events and a fully funded mentoring programme and qualification.
Judith is a Chartered Public Relations Practitioner and Member of CIPR.
Judith created the Women in Renewables scheme that includes female only events and a fully funded mentoring programme and qualification.
Judith is a Chartered Public Relations Practitioner and Member of CIPR.
Judith.Rance@RenewableNI.com
07875-681-794
Shane joined RenewableNI at the end of July 24. He has a background in quantitative and qualitative research, along with project and client management experience.
Shane leads in the area of grid and markets, and supports the working groups.
Shane.Corcoran@RenewableNI.com
07961-159-536
Shane leads in the area of grid and markets, and supports the working groups.
Shane.Corcoran@RenewableNI.com
07961-159-536
Madeleine joined RenewableNI at the end of June this year.
She has worked as an EnergyPulse Researcher for 18 months with RenewableUK, where she specialised in tracking Northern Ireland onshore wind and energy storage projects. She will lead in offshore wind and planning policy, and will support the working groups.
She has worked as an EnergyPulse Researcher for 18 months with RenewableUK, where she specialised in tracking Northern Ireland onshore wind and energy storage projects. She will lead in offshore wind and planning policy, and will support the working groups.
Chairs of RenewableNI committees and working groups
- All Island Markets Committee – Andrew Burke, Enerco
- Markets Working Group – Richard Murphy, Pinsent Mason
- Grid WG – Claver Chitambo, RES
- Grid Capacity WG – Barry O’Kane, E Power
- Planning WG – Emma Kelly, Turley
- Offshore WG – Niamh Kenny, SBM Offshore
- PV WG – Paul Carson, Strategic Power Projects
- Small Scale WG – Michael Thompson, Everun
