New webinars announced for December

ESIPP and the UCD Energy Institute are delighted to announce two upcoming webinars:

Climate & Weather Modelling for Energy Production

Wednesday 9th December, 14:00 - 15:00

Register here.

Beyond 70% Renewable Electricity

Wednesday 16th December, 14:00 - 15:15

Register here.

Lisa Ryan meets Minister Eamon Ryan as part of Science Week activities

As part of Science Week, Lisa Ryan, together with SFI's Prof Mark Ferguson and some of Ireland’s other leading academic researchers met with Minister Eamon Ryan to discuss transport, carbon emissions and community engagement.

UCD ESRI Energy Policy Research Conference - Presentations now available

The annual UCD ESRI Energy Policy Research Conference took place on Thursday 24th September. This year the event was a half day online event. We were delighted to have Matthew Collins, Assistant Secretary General (Energy) DCCAE to open the event. This was followed by 2 sessions with speakers from both UCD and ESRI presenting their research. The presentations are now available here.

Online Event: UCD ESRI Energy Policy Research Conference - Thursday 24th September

The annual UCD ESRI Energy Policy Research Conference will take place on Thursday 24th September. This year the event will be a half day event and will take place online. We are delighted to have Minister Eamon Ryan (Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport) to open the event and look forward to a series of interesting presentations from researchers in both ESRI and UCD Energy Institute. 

Registration is open here.

Ireland’s Just Transition – A report on the perceptions of impacted communities in Ireland

ESIPP researchers Vanja Medugorac, Dr. Aparajita Banerjee and Dr. Geertje Schuitema followed the closure announcements of the Lough Ree Power Station in Lanesborough - Ballyleague, and the impacts on the peat-extraction business of Bord na Móna. The researchers visited the community and spoke to many workers and community members to gather preliminary information about these developments in the Midlands area. The aim of this research was to explore what people in the Lanesborough - Ballyleague community think about recent energy-related developments in their community. A brief report from the survey findings is available at the following link:

Ireland’s Just Transition – A report on the perceptions of impacted communities in Ireland

This forms paret of the research on work package MSP3: Consumer Behaviour in an Integrated Energy System