The ESIPP Symposium "Rethinking our Energy Future: Collaboration and Integration" took place on Thursday 30th November 2017. The event featured a keynote speech from Mark McGranaghan of EPRI, along with presentations and posters from the ESIPP team, and finished off with a panel discussion "Targets for 2030 and the role of ESI" which was moderated by Lisa Ryan. The presentations and posters are available below. The symposium was very well attended by academics and industry representatives. We would like to thank all who attended and look forward to welcoming you back to future events.
Mark McGranaghan, Electric Power Research Institute
Global Challenges for the Integrated Energy Network
Andrew Keane, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UCD
Introduction to the Energy Systems Integration Partnership Programme
Frank McDermott, School of Earth Sciences, UCD
Climate, Weather and Renewable Energy
Martina Assereto, PhD Student, Smurfit Business School, UCD
Eoghan Clifford, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway
Interaction of Energy and Water
Damian Flynn, UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, UCD
Power System Challenges of Increasing Renewables
Valentin Bertsch, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin
Optimal Investment Decisions in Increasingly Variable Power and Energy Systems
Geertje Schuitema, School of Business, UCD
The role of emotions in public acceptance: the case of the Irish water charges