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How we Innovate?

As co-founder of the Free Electrons programme, we roll out pilots in three targeted areas of focus; cost reduction, performance improvement and new revenue opportunities, the team does this by project managing the programme across the organisation. 


 

Read more about the Free Electrons Programme here Free Electrons: Unlocking the power of global energy innovation 

How we innovate across ESB?

Our engineers have developed an innovative technology to carry out jointing repairs to sub-sea electricity cables enabling cable repair to be undertaken while the cable remains in-situ on the sea-bed.

 

We are exploring the potential of generating energy from Ireland’s abundant wave resources off the Atlantic Coast. This is Project Saoirse - a five MW wave energy development located four kilometres offshore from Co Clare.