NESC and British-Irish Chamber of Commerce Discuss Energy Transition

• 28 January 2026
• Topics: Energy and renewables
• Types: News

L-R: Cillian Molloy (Director of Policy, BICC), Cathal FitzGerald (NESC), John Walsh (Vice-Chair, BICC Energy Committee), David Hallinan (NESC), and Gemma O’Reilly (NESC).

 

On Monday, 26th January members of the NESC Secretariat met with the British-Irish Chamber of Commerce (BICC) to present an overview of the Council’s Energy Work Programme. The Chamber’s membership includes the main energy companies in Ireland, stakeholders, professional services firms, and others interested and involved in the energy transition in both Ireland and the UK. NESC provided summaries of recent publications on Ireland’s energy transition viewed though a number of different lenses, such as economic resilience, trade dependencies, and connecting households and communities. There was also a discussion of NESC’s ongoing assessment of the transition using a system analysis approach. The NESC presentations were followed by an engaging discussion of the opportunities and challenges in delivering the transition while maximising well-being.