11th MaREI Climate & Energy Research Seminar
This year's MaREI Climate & Energy Policy Research Seminar covers topics related to the future power system, hydrogen, carbon and residential heating.
The seminar builds on a strong history of collaboration between UCC and the ESRI, with both institutions partners in the SFI MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine.
Event programme
Event programme
9:20
Welcome
9:40
High renewables on the power system
Ireland's Future Power System and the Climate Action Plan
Paul Deane
10:00
The impact of start costs in electricity market models at high levels of wind penetration
Muireann Lynch & Mel Devine
10:20
Short break
10:25
Hydrogen
How do cargo capacity, refuelling time, and hurdle rates impact the decarbonisation of trucks in Ireland?
Vahid Aryanpur & Fionn Rogan
10:45
Policy design for green hydrogen
Niall Farrell
11:05
Coffee Break
11:35
Carbon budgets & prices
Policy simulation modelling to inform national carbon budget pathways
Vera O’Riordan & Fionn Rogan
11:55
Can Carbon Taxation Boost the Irish Economy and Reduce Inequality?
Mert Yakut & Kelly de Bruin
12:15
Short break
12:20
Residential heating challenges
The Potential for District Heating
Jason McGuire & Hannah Daly
12:40
Implications of BER policy targets in the Climate Action Plan
Tensay Meles, Niall Farrell & John Curtis
13:00
Closing