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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.

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Chair of RenewableNI

Tamasin Fraser

Member organisation: Omnipower Renewables

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.

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Deputy Chair of RenewableNI

Sara Tinsley BSc, DipTP, MRTPI

Member Organisation: Energia Renewables

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 Committee

The RenewableNI Committee is the governing committee of the membership group.  The Committee receives updates across key workstreams; markets, planning, grid, offshore and small scale.  It will also will decide RNI positions on key issues within the sector.

Director

Steven Agnew

Steven Agnew leads the RenewableNI team. He is responsible for public affairs and engagement and lobbies on behalf of RenewableNI members to achieve our strategic goals.
A former Green Party MLA, Steven sits of the board of Energy Cloud.
Steven.Agnew@RenewableNI.com
07837-291-699
Head of Communications and Events

Judith Rance Chart.PR

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 is a Chartered Public Relations Practitioner and Member of CIPR.

Judith.Rance@RenewableNI.com
07875-681-794

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Policy Analyst

Shane Corcoran

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
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Policy Analyst

Madeleine Clarke

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.

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