Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.45 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Wind Energy Ireland (WEI)
EU Transparency Register
518378748755-96 First registered on 25 Jan 2023
Goals / Remit
Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) is the representative body for the Irish wind industry, working to promote wind energy as an essential, economical and environmentally friendly part of the country’s low-carbon energy future.
We are Ireland’s largest renewable energy organisation with nearly 200 members who have come together to plan, build, operate and support the development of the country’s chief renewable energy resource.
We are an all-Ireland body, working in Northern Ireland through a partnership with our colleagues in RenewableUK.
We create jobs, invest in communities, reduce our CO2 emissions and work to end Ireland’s reliance on foreign fossil fuels. We are leaders in Ireland’s fight against climate change.Main EU files targeted
Electricity market – reform of the EU’s electricity market design
Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854
RePower EUAddress
Head Office
Sycamore House, Millennium Park Naas Co Kildare
Naas W91 D627
IRELANDEU Office
Sycamore House, Millennium Park Naas Co Kildare
Naas W91 D627
IRELANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.45
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
We are a member of Wind Europe: https://windeurope.org/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EU Erasmus+ funding for T-SHORE, Technical Skills for Harmonized Offshore Renewable Energy 164,434€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name hanover communications Closed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
In July 2022 we received the sum of 164,434.40 euro for the EU Erasmus + funded project "T-SHORE, Technical Skills for Harmonized Offshore Renewable Energy".
Of this amount 60,000 was allocated to our 2022 financial year budget of which 51,000 was spent on suppliers and the remainder allocated to Wind Energy Ireland expenses associated with the project. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 30 Mar 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Electricity Market Reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)