Young Member Showcase & Flexibility in the Irish Energy System Event

The "YM showcase and Flexibility in the Irish Energy System" event took place on Monday 21st October hosted by Enginners Ireland and sponsored by UCD Energy Institute. Feedback from the audience was great, with everyone finding all sessions very informative and enthralling. 

UCD Sustainable Smart Cities & Communities Symposium - Wednesday 4th December 2019

The UCD Sustainable Smart Cities & Communities Symposium will take place on Wednesday 4th December in the UCD Business School. Topics for the symposium will be Sustainable Energy Communities, Consumer and Prosumer Behaviour, Buildings, IoT, Data Analytics, Transport, Renewable Energies, Energy Generation and Management, Water Treatment and Recycling. All these areas are profoundly interconnected target areas of interventions, which can lead to significant improvements to the city ecosystem and path towards decarbonisation and sustainability. Further information on speakers, the agenda and registration can be found at https://www.smartcitiescommunities.org/.

ESRI/UCD Conference - Energy Research to Enable Climate Change Mitigation

Date: Tuesday 17th September

Time: 08:30 - 13:00

Location: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2

Energy researchers from the ESRI and UCD’s Energy Institute will present a selection of their respective research providing an evidence base for climate change mitigation. For more information and registration see here.

Save the Date - ESIPP Symposium 2019 - Wednesday 11th December

The ESIPP Symposium 2019 will take place on Wednesday 11th December in the George Moore Auditoirum in the O'Brien Centre for Science in UCD.

Further information on the agenda and registration will be available in due course.

Ali Ekhtiari is the inaugural recipient of the MacElroy Energy Research Bursary

Congratulations to PhD student Ali Ekhtiari who is the inaugural recipient of the MacElroy Energy Research Bursary in the UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering. Ali's research is focused on modelling the Gas Network, with special emphasis on the inclusion of renewable generated Hydrogen for the decarbonation of gas fueled home heating. For more information on Ali's research see the research page EUI7: Diversification of Gas End Use and Supply and the ESIPP Publications page.