Kobus Meiring | CEO
Optimal Energy

Graham Brennan is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from University College Galway and later Cranfield University where he studied for an MSc in Thermal Power. He worked initially in the offshore oil and gas sector in Aberdeen and later worked for Rolls-Royce Aero Engines in Derby, UK. From there he joined the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2002 to manage the Renewable Energy Research Development and Demonstration programme. Through this programme Graham was responsible for assessing and supporting a wide range of technologies such as Ireland’s first biomass CHP system, liquid biofuel projects, innovative wind and ocean technologies. He was the author of Ireland’s Ocean Energy Strategy and established a cross-sectoral group to examine Ireland’s potential for geological storage of Carbon Dioxide emissions. He is currently the Sustainable Transport Programme Manager with responsibility for the Electric Vehicle Programme in SEAI. In addition to this work, he has established a unique project to examine the potential for our off-shore islands to become self sufficient in their energy supplies. He has developed an EV Roadmap for Ireland to 2050 which outlines the significant benefits of EVs in terms of security of supply and emission targets going forward.