My Key Takeaways from the WEI Conference TL;DR 2026 is emerging as a decisive year for Ireland’s renewable energy sector. During the WEI Annual Conference, I observed the growing importance of energy security in public discussion, a major increase in LEU-driven demand, a significant pipeline of wind projects entering pre-construction, the urgent need for grid expansion, and the influence of new policies like the Net Zero Industry Act. These themes point toward a period of ra