Current Directors
James Nolan is a Mechanical Engineer providing consultancy services to companies in the energy sector, CHP, rubbish processing to alcohols....[Read More]
Brian Walsh is a Civil Engineer with Gillen Engineering in County Cork surveying and setting out, preparing applications, percolation test reports to....[Read More]
Maurice McCarthy has been working as a consultant to the Renewable Energy Sector since 1999 in the conceptualisation, design, permitting and ...[Read More]
Leo is a qualified Chartered Accountant and also holds a Batchelor of Business Studies honours degree. Leo qualified as an accountant with a West Cork ...
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Advisors
Diarmuid is a Qualified Engineer with multi-disciplinary experience. He is currently Managing Director of the Southgate Group, based in Cork ...
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Sean graduated as an electrical engineer from University College Dublin in 1970 and joined ESB that year. He worked in various management roles ...[Read More]
Stephen Shorten holds a diploma in Corporate Direction from UCC conferred in 2005.
Stephen has been running a mixed tillage and dairy farm...[Read More]
Axel Fabritius graduated in geophysics (MSc) in 1995. After graduation he started working in the field of applied geophysics for GTC Kappelmeyer GmbH...[Read More]
Giorgos Kakagiannis holds a BSc from Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, an MSc in Integrated Coastal Zone Management from the Department of Marine...[Read More]
Robert Meehan is consultant geologist to various organizations on applied geological projects, 2003-2007. Clients include the Geological Survey ...[Read More]
Paul Keegan has been a partner in CKA and Associates, Chartered Certified Accountants based in Dublin, since 2006 ...[Read More]
Flor McCarthy has been legal adviser to Organic Power since 2008...[Read More]
Company
"Future Global warming depends on the choices humans make now."- Susan Solomon, Co-Chair IPPC 2007
33% of energy supply will come from renewable sources by 2020 - EU Policy
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Not only is Organic Power focused on delivering the energy capacity to meet the imperatives in combatting global warming and creating secure energy but most importantly to deliver strong financial returns for its investors. The financial advantages of investment in clean, reliable power generation emanate from:
- Significant price premiums per Kilowatt of power produced
- Faster completion of projects due to priority grid connections
- Avoidance of carbon emission penalties associated with fossil fuel power generation
Organic Power Ltd. aims to build a portfolio of dispatchable power projects using a polygeneration mix of non-polluting technologies which are both renewable and sustainable. The companys goal is to have 125MW of dispatchable renewable energy permitted and ready for construction by the end of 2010. This capacity, when operational, will be a definitive demonstration that clean reliable energy can be produced profitably in Ireland. Between 2010 and 2015, Organic Power will install and operate 125MW of mixed clean generation to supply 50MW of guaranteed power to the market via Organic Power Supply Company.
The Technology of Polygeneration
The polygeneration technology mix proposed by the company includes three separate technologies:
- Wind Power
- Pumped Hydro Electrical Storage
- Combined Heat and Power (CHP) from agricultural Biomass by-products.
The intermittent nature of wind power is transformed into dispatchable power by storing some of the energy produced in pumped hydroelectric reservoirs, for conversion into electricity during calm weather. The biomass CHP provides additional backup when the stored hydro energy has been discharged. The mix of the three technologies provides a technical solution to provide reliable base load power from renewable non-polluting sources. This strategy will ensure that Organic Power can supply its customers from its own generation capacity without the need to buy power from other producers.
The benefits are as follows:
- Efficient use of national grid infrastructure
- Effective replacement of fossil fuel and nuclear base load from the energy mix on the grid
- Most efficient use of existing renewable energy sources which are available in Ireland
- Independence from fuel imports for the provision of base load.
The company was incorporated in 2006, is based at FBD House, Mardyke Street, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, and is financed entirely by shareholders, the majority of whom are from Cork.