John McKiernan
Head of Innovation Pipeline, ESB
John McKiernan is listed as Head of Innovation Pipeline, ESB. John spoke at Enlit Europe 2026 in November 2026 (moderator, “The Pitch - Powering the Transition: Clean Energy, Conversion & Infrastructure: Chair's Introduction”). Speaks mainly at Energy and Utilities events.
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- Sector: Energy and Utilities
About
John McKiernan is Head of Innovation Pipeline at ESB, the Irish state-owned power utility. John is responsible for identifying new ways to collaborate with new partners in 3 key areas: performance improvement, cost reduction & new revenues. John’s key objective is early adoption of emerging technologies & innovative business models to provide energy customers with better solutions and accelerate ESB’s journey to NetZero. John was previously Partner at Greencoat Capital – the adviser to ESB’s €200m Cleantech Investment Fund. John is a power sector investment specialist with 35 years of international development experience including 8 years in Tokyo. John is a founding partner of FREE ELECTRONS™ - the global utility accelerator program & member of the advisory committee to UK Government’s Strategic Innovation Fund.
Sessions at 1 conference
Enlit Europe 2026 10 November 2026 – 12 November 2026
- The Pitch - Powering the Transition: Clean Energy, Conversion & Infrastructure: Chair's Introduction Moderator · 11 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with John at events on B2DB.
- Mark McGranaghan EPRI Fellow · EPRI Europe 1 shared session
- Markus Simbürger Projektleiter Climate Solutions · Green Tech Valley 1 shared session
- Thanassis Volikas Deputy Director of Retail and Networks Market Intelligence · PPC Group 1 shared session
Others from ESB
- Vivion Grisewood Senior Energy Analyst - Modelling and Analytics 1 session