SuperNode Chair Eddie O’Connor and CEO John Fitzgerald discuss their vision for a European Supergrid and the need for superconducting cables. Engineers Ireland hosted the event titled: The Transition to Sustainability with the Supergrid The event covers the critical nature of the Supergrid for the timely and cost effective success of the renewable energy transition. … Read more
Highlights of a speech Dr. Eddie O’Connor, long-time renewable energy developer and founder and current Chairman of SuperNode Ltd. gave to SuperNode staff. Dr. O’Connor discusses his pioneering career in renewable energy and the importance he placed in the values of a company. “Respect was the fundamental value. You respect the environment, you respect your … Read more
The European Commission must not succeed in its attempt to label gas as a solution to address global warming, SuperNode Ltd chairman, Dr. Eddie O’Connor, said today. In a leaked draft ‘delegated act’ sent to the EU Member States on the last day of 2021, the European Commission communicated its intention to enact EU-wide legislation … Read more
SuperNode founder and owner Eddie O’Connor spoke with the Irish Times about his current outlook on the decarbonisation movement. O’Connor has become a stalwart of the movement. For decades he has been fighting climate change on numerous fronts, from his entry into the renewables industry in the 80s, to his founding of Airtricity, Mainstream Renewable Power and most recently SuperNode. His newest battle front is the world of international … Read more
Aker Horizons, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norwegian industrial investment company Aker ASA, has acquired a 75 percent stake in Mainstream Renewable Power (Mainstream), it was announced yesterday. As part of that transaction, Aker Horizons will acquire an equal shareholding in SuperNode Ltd, to that of Dr Eddie O’Connor who will remain a key shareholder in … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses the enhanced electricity era of the supergrid following on from the discussion on the economics of the supergrid n Blog Post 5. The companies (Transmission Service Operators) which are responsible … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the supergrid discussed in Blog Post 4 integrates decarbonisation into the energy markets. The need for a new economic paradigm to pilot the way to sustainability in electricity production … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the supergrid discussed in Blog Post 3 will require changes in politics to operate. Much has been made of the loss of confidence of big business in the … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the renewable resources discussed in Blog Post 2 can be harnessed and used to power our society. I recognised in 2001 that there was one problem with wind … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. The first question with respect to renewable resource availability has to be; Do sufficient renewable resources exist or do we have to invent new generation of technologies that are not there now? Consider the … Read more