{"id":758,"date":"2021-06-23T12:33:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T12:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelmalereoffshorewindfarm.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2022-04-26T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T09:23:52","slug":"dp-energy-joins-forces-with-spanish-giant-iberdrola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelmalereoffshorewindfarm.com\/dp-energy-joins-forces-with-spanish-giant-iberdrola\/","title":{"rendered":"DP Energy joins forces with Spanish giant Iberdrola"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='flex_column_table av-15dvm6-66db785a99b7a76545c55a5ce182ba8e sc-av_one_full av-break-at-tablet-flextable av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-15dvm6-66db785a99b7a76545c55a5ce182ba8e\">\n.flex_column.av-15dvm6-66db785a99b7a76545c55a5ce182ba8e{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-15dvm6-66db785a99b7a76545c55a5ce182ba8e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first av-break-at-tablet flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-animated-generic bottom-to-top av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kq9gguqx-23b5cb3f5514eba7f2906e2b9d865d42\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-kq9gguqx-23b5cb3f5514eba7f2906e2b9d865d42{\npadding-bottom:0;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-kq9gguqx-23b5cb3f5514eba7f2906e2b9d865d42 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kq9gguqx-23b5cb3f5514eba7f2906e2b9d865d42 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-kq9gguqx-23b5cb3f5514eba7f2906e2b9d865d42 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >DP Energy joins forces with Spanish giant Iberdrola to develop offshore wind projects<\/h3><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>The Buttevant-based company has earned a global reputation as a developer of wind, solar and tidal renewable energy projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ux7fi-1fad96a4e4dbf5a49fd2b5b94070cdba\">\n#top .hr.av-ux7fi-1fad96a4e4dbf5a49fd2b5b94070cdba{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.hr.av-ux7fi-1fad96a4e4dbf5a49fd2b5b94070cdba .hr-inner{\nwidth:150px;\nborder-color:#016aa2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ux7fi-1fad96a4e4dbf5a49fd2b5b94070cdba hr-custom  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  hr-left hr-icon-no'><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-thin'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 -->\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-sjau6-0096ea64070d9e94e2d9ad35c8984e8e\">\n#top .flex_column.av-sjau6-0096ea64070d9e94e2d9ad35c8984e8e{\nmargin-top:-2px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-sjau6-0096ea64070d9e94e2d9ad35c8984e8e{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-sjau6-0096ea64070d9e94e2d9ad35c8984e8e{\nmargin-top:-2px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-sjau6-0096ea64070d9e94e2d9ad35c8984e8e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-iyz06-b061a7baf5f6bf488745522b8cde186d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>From its headquarters at Buttevant in north Cork, DP Energy operates sustainable energy projects in Ireland and overseas in Scotland, Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>DP Energy was founded in 1994 by Maureen De Pietro, a trailblazer in the field of renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>Maureen\u2019s son Simon joined her after turning down the opportunity to join Solar Turbines, a US company based in San Diego, California, as a gas turbine engineer.<\/p>\n<p>In the years since, DP Energy has earned a global reputation as a developer of renewable energy projects spanning onshore wind, solar and tidal.<\/p>\n<p>Simon De Pietro is the company\u2019s chief executive and also co-president of Ocean Energy Europe (OEE), a position he has held for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>The OEE is the largest network of ocean energy professionals in the world. Its mission is to promote the development of ocean energy.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainable development is a core principle for DP Energy, whose team is drawn from a broad range of specialisms, including engineering, marine science, project management and technical support.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s core projects currently centre on a joint venture the Cork company has entered into with Iberdrola, the Spanish energy giant.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they are developing three offshore wind projects off the Irish coast. All three pipeline projects will utilise floating wind technology.<\/p>\n<p>The projects include Inis Ealga in Cork and Clarus in Clare. The third project, Shelmalere, will be located off the east coast and will have fixed foundations.<\/p>\n<p>Iberdrola has acquired a three-gigawatt pipeline of offshore wind and a majority stake in DP Energy&#8217;s offshore business.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with Iberdrola came about as a result of work DP Energy carried out on onshore wind projects in Scottish Power territory \u2013 Scottish Power is a subsidiary of Iberdrola.<\/p>\n<p>Iberdrola also recently acquired Port Augusta, another DP Energy project based in South Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Currently under construction, Port Augusta will use a hybrid mix of both wind and solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>De Pietro was, he said, \u201cmore than happy\u201d with his company\u2019s collaboration with Iberdrola, because a fundamental challenge in the delivery of offshore wind energy was often the sheer cost of construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDP Energy had decided many years ago that we wanted to develop Irish offshore wind, but we recognised that we needed a partner,\u201d De Pietro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was important to us that this partner shared a similar commitment to climate change and an ethical approach to development. Iberdrola fitted that bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a global energy leader and one of the world\u2019s largest renewable energy producers. It also has substantial experience in offshore wind development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018Lightbulb Moment\u2019 in De Pietro\u2019s own renewable energy journey came about when he watched The Blue Planet, the 1990 Imax film, which featured footage of Earth shot from space shuttles orbiting the planet.<\/p>\n<p>What struck De Pietro most was how the film depicted the fragility of our planet\u2019s ecology and climate, and evidence of the damage caused by deforestation, pollution and unchecked carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, De Pietro\u2019s mother Maureen visited an animal shelter in Cambridgeshire in England and came across a small on-site wind turbine, producing clean electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The realisation that wind energy could help to reduce global carbon emissions led Maureen to her own epiphany. She decided to leave her job as a partner at a legal practice in Bristol to forge a new career in wind energy with Simon by her side.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his own 30-year career in renewable energy development, Simon De Pietro has met his fair share of climate-change sceptics and deniers. He is, however, open to dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to speak to anyone. At the end of the day, everyone is entitled to an opinion. If that opinion is that they simply do not like the appearance of wind turbines, even after considering the benefits, then that\u2019s fair enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest challenge is ensuring that accurate information is out there for people to consider, because disinformation is prevalent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DP Energy\u2019s approach to its own renewable energy projects was \u201cenvironmentally benign,\u201d De Pietro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSustainable development is development that does not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe conducted sustainable developments in a manner that has the least possible impact on other species and the oceans, land and air that we all share together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DP Energy has an exciting future ahead. \u201cOur plans for the Irish offshore market, in particular, are very strong for the next number of years,\u201d De Pietro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach one of the three DP Energy\/Iberdrola offshore wind projects has the potential to generate one gigawatt of renewable energy, enough to power more than 700,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is currently working hard to design, consent and deliver these schemes to contribute to Ireland\u2019s climate action plan of 70 per cent renewable energy by the 2030 goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-f70pq-d2b9d1c80848379c89c98f0217b79f96 hr-default  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_social_share '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box av-92aq6-e293237d4ac695fff3db4a19240b643f av-social-sharing-box-default  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-fullwidth'><div class=\"av-share-box\"><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this entry<\/h5><ul class=\"av-share-box-list noLightbox\"><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' 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