12th MaREI Climate & Energy Research Seminar

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This year's MaREI Climate & Energy Policy Research Seminar covers topics related to policy, carbon budgets, transport, and the power system.

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

09:20

Welcome

09:40-10:20

Policy

How do we successfully transform energy analysis into Government policy?  - Brian O'Gallachoir 

Residential renovations: understanding cost-disruption trade-offs - John Curtis, Gianluca Grilli & Muireann Lynch

10:25-11:05

Carbon Budgets

Carbon budget 1 (2021-2025): Remaining within the sectoral emissions ceilings – Fionn Rogan

Energy System Transition for Climate Neutrality: A Country-Level Analysis Using Cumulative Carbon Budgets - Vahid Aryanpur & Hannah Daly

11:35-12:15

Transport

Impact of growing vehicle weight & size on CO2 emissions - Tomás Mac Uidhir & Hannah Daly

A CGE analysis of differentiated carbon pricing for the Irish land transportation sector - Sam McArdle & Mert Yakut

12:20-13:00

Electricity

A vision for Ireland’s power system in 2035  - Paul Deane

The spatial distribution of welfare loss associated with Moneypoint closure - Niall Farrell & Stefano Ceolotto

13:00

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