Bio Peter Lefroy

Peter Lefroy is a Director of RWE Renewables Ireland. RWE is leading the way to a green energy world, expanding its green generation capacity to 50 gigawatts internationally by 2030 by investing €50 billion gross for this purpose in this decade in offshore and onshore wind, solar, hydrogen, batteries, biomass and gas. RWER Ireland is undertaking long-term investments into onshore wind, offshore wind and battery storage projects. Our objective is to grow a renewables business from greenfield sites as a long-term energy partner for Ireland during its energy transition to 2030 and beyond. Already with an operational wind farm, two battery storage facilities and both onshore and offshore wind farms in development, our current Irish portfolio is managed by our experienced team in Kilkenny and Dun Laoghaire. The largest development project is the Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm, (up to 900 MW) a joint venture with Saorgus Energy. (www.dublinarray.com) Peter is leading the development of the RWE offshore business in Ireland. He has extensive experience in the energy industry having worked in engineering consultancy, project development and construction. Peter holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Limerick and an MBA from Trinity College Dublin. Peter is chair of the Wind Energy Ireland Offshore Committee, Director of NOW Ireland, a board member of Renewable Energy Ireland and a member of the advisory board of the University College Dublin Energy Institute.