14th Annual MaREI-ESRI-UCC Seminar

This year's MaREI Climate & Energy Policy Research Seminar covers topics related to climate targets, high prices, consumer choices, energy system sustainability and the electricity sector.   The seminar builds on a strong history of collaboration between UCC and the ESRI, with both institutions partners in Research Ireland MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine

 

Registration for this event is now full, please contact liz.coyle@esri.e for further assistance.

 

Programme

9.00

Registration

9.30

Welcome

9.35

Climate & Energy Targets

1. A new Marginal Abatement Cost Curve for Ireland (Hannah Daly & Tomas Mac Uidhir)

2. The effect of adjusting the heating thermostat by one degree (John Curtis, Marta Alvaro-Taus, Philip Carthy, Niall Farrell)

10.10

Energy System Sustainability

3. Securing Ireland’s Net-Zero Transition Under Cross Border Risks (Vahid Aryanpur, Fatemeh Rostami)

4. The welfare effects of constraints and curtailment in the Irish electricity system (Conor Banahan, Niall Farrell and Muireann Lynch)

10.50

Consumer Choices

5. Consumer Acceptance of Time-of-Use Tariffs: The Role of Information and Price Salience (Philip Carthy, Niall Farrell, Jason Harold, Shane Timmons)

6. Using Social Comparison in Energy Labels to Promote Adoption of Energy Efficient Appliances (Rafael Nunes, Stefano Ceolotto, Deirdre Robertson, Niall Farrell)

10.25

Coffee Break

11.55

High Energy Prices

7. Energy Price Shocks in Europe and Its Impacts on Vulnerable Households: A Demand System Approach (Shiwani Varal, Miguel Angel Tovar Reanos)

8. Electricity Prices (Paul Deane)

12.30

Electricity Sector

9. Potential impact of the Large Energy User Connection Policy on energy and climate targets (Teresa Bonserio & Hannah Daly)

10. Changing drivers of Ireland’s electricity CO2 emissions 1990-2024 (Fionn Rogan)

13.05

Ends