IWEA Staff

The IWEA office is based at Sycamore House, Millennium Park, Osberstown, Naas, Co. Kildare. All queries to the IWEA office can be sent to office@iwea.com .

Kenneth Matthews

Kenneth joined IWEA as CEO in September 2011. He comes to IWEA with over 12 years experience in the energy industry in Ireland having working with Intel, EirGrid and ESB. He has worked in power system operation, protection and transmission access planning in EirGrid. He has worked extensively on technical and commercial aspects of generation and load access to the transmission and distribution system and led numerous access projects for EirGrid from the generation competition in 2004 to Gate 1 windfarm access offers.

Kenneth has also worked in ESB Power Generation holding numerous management roles including Production Manager Poolbeg Power Station and Station Manager Ardnacrusha Power Station. He has been involved in delivering numerous projects across power generation from safety to power plant overhauls, most recently he has developed and led a stakeholder management and engagement programme for ESB’s hydro portfolio. A BEng Hons graduate from University of Ulster, he holds a diploma in Industrial studies.