在日アイルランド商工会議所（IJCC）主催のエネルギー転換に関するパネル・ディスカッション
令和8年4月23日
モデレーターはシンプリー・ブルー・エナジーよりヴァル・カミンズCIO兼ポートフォリオディレクター（左）。パネリストはNTR plcよりローシーン・マクガキアンCEO (左から2人目)、武田アイルランドよりグラハム・グローガン・エンジニアリング部長(中央)、Pinergy よりエンダ・ガネルCEO(右から2人目) 、VIOTASよりパディー・フィンCEO兼CTO(右)
4月23日、ダブリンにおいて、IJCCは、アイルランドのエネルギー分野のリーダーたちがエネルギー転換からどのように新たな機会を創出しているかを探るパネル・ディスカッションを開催しました。メアリー・ホノハンIJCC理事による、NTR plc、Pinergy、武田アイルランド 、VIOTASからのスピーカーの紹介に続き、4名のスピーカーが短い冒頭発言を行い、続いてパネル・ディスカッション、質疑応答が行われました。
在アイルランド日本国大使館からは、宮川学大使が開会にあたり挨拶を行い、パネリストに敬意を表しました。在アイルランド日本国大使館は、本セミナーを主催したIJCCに感謝の意を表するとともに、今後もビジネスを通じてエネルギー安全保障及び気候変動分野における日・アイルランド経済関係の一層の強化に向け、緊密に連携していく考えです。
【Ambassador MIYAGAWA's remarks】
Good evening, everyone.
Thank you very much for this opportunity to say a few words. Time truly flies. My last visit to Dublin was from 6 to 10 November 2006, nearly 19 years before my return to Ireland as Ambassador of Japan in November 2025.
At that time, I was one of eight members of an In-Depth Review Team organised by the International Energy Agency. Thanks to the cooperation and support of the many people we met in Dublin, we were able to produce an energy review report on Ireland of approximately 150 pages.
Looking back at the report, I am struck by how many of the Team’s recommendations remain relevant today—not only for Ireland, but also for many other countries, including Japan. These include issues such as market reform, reducing dependence on oil, and integrating renewable energy into the grid.
This evening, I look forward to hearing the perspectives of the distinguished speakers, as well as contributions from the floor.
Over the past two decades, many developments have affected global energy security, and Japan is no exception. In 2011, we experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake, which led to a fundamental reassessment of our energy strategy. Since then, we have maintained only those nuclear power plants that have passed the most stringent safety standards.
In light of the recent rise in energy prices driven by the situation in the Middle East, Ireland, Japan, and many other countries are once again stepping up efforts—both to manage their economies in the short term and to diversify their energy mix and sources of supply.
I firmly believe that Ireland, at the western edge of the Eurasian continent, and Japan, at its eastern edge, can further strengthen cooperation in advancing energy security and addressing climate change together—both now and in the years ahead.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh.
在アイルランド日本国大使館からは、宮川学大使が開会にあたり挨拶を行い、パネリストに敬意を表しました。在アイルランド日本国大使館は、本セミナーを主催したIJCCに感謝の意を表するとともに、今後もビジネスを通じてエネルギー安全保障及び気候変動分野における日・アイルランド経済関係の一層の強化に向け、緊密に連携していく考えです。
【Ambassador MIYAGAWA's remarks】
Good evening, everyone.
Thank you very much for this opportunity to say a few words. Time truly flies. My last visit to Dublin was from 6 to 10 November 2006, nearly 19 years before my return to Ireland as Ambassador of Japan in November 2025.
At that time, I was one of eight members of an In-Depth Review Team organised by the International Energy Agency. Thanks to the cooperation and support of the many people we met in Dublin, we were able to produce an energy review report on Ireland of approximately 150 pages.
Looking back at the report, I am struck by how many of the Team’s recommendations remain relevant today—not only for Ireland, but also for many other countries, including Japan. These include issues such as market reform, reducing dependence on oil, and integrating renewable energy into the grid.
This evening, I look forward to hearing the perspectives of the distinguished speakers, as well as contributions from the floor.
Over the past two decades, many developments have affected global energy security, and Japan is no exception. In 2011, we experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake, which led to a fundamental reassessment of our energy strategy. Since then, we have maintained only those nuclear power plants that have passed the most stringent safety standards.
In light of the recent rise in energy prices driven by the situation in the Middle East, Ireland, Japan, and many other countries are once again stepping up efforts—both to manage their economies in the short term and to diversify their energy mix and sources of supply.
I firmly believe that Ireland, at the western edge of the Eurasian continent, and Japan, at its eastern edge, can further strengthen cooperation in advancing energy security and addressing climate change together—both now and in the years ahead.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh.