As part of a series of joint meetings between Donegal County Council and Derry City & Strabane District Council,
our partners have held a joint stakeholder meeting in the County House
Lifford (Donegal, Ireland) on Friday 10th November.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the formulation of
a Regional Energy Strategy for the North-West Region of Ireland and to share
some of the learning that Tipperary
Energy Agency could give in this regard. Donegal County Council (DCC) and Derry
City & Strabane District Council (DCSDC) see the development and
implementation of a Regional Energy Strategy as a key objective for the
delivery of the SECURE project.
Both partners have identified energy security, reliability
and cost as key elements to becoming a smarter energy community. Thus, officers
from both councils have been engaged in the development of a Regional Energy
Strategy which will address these issues through better energy efficiency, the
integration of renewable energy, the maintenance and development of the energy
network, the need to reduce cost and to establish innovative ways of generating
and using energy.
Both Councils see the benefits and opportunities
of shaping the future energy delivery to their citizens as key to the region to
attract investment, create jobs and to make it a better place to live in.
Pictured
Leo Strawbridge (DCSDC), Paddy Mullen (DCC), Éadaoin Healy (County Laboratory, DCC), Michael Mc Garvey (Director of Water & Environmental Services, DCC) and Paul Kenny (CEO of Tipperary Energy Agency).