UCD-ESRI Energy Policy Research Conference

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We look forward to a series of interesting presentations from researchers in both ESRI and UCD Energy Institute. This event showcases a range of research from across both organisations related to energy policy.

Event programme

9.00

Welcome & Coffee

9.30

Introduction

Session 1: Renewable Energy and the Decarbonisation Transition

Chair: Anita Vollmer (ESRI)

10.00

Potential for household solar PV electricity and policy design in Ireland

Joe Wheatley and Lisa Ryan (UCD)

10.25

Impacts of the Transition in the Irish Economy through Electrification

Kelly de Bruin (ESRI)

10.50

Subsea Micropiles as a Solution for Offshore Wind Energy Construction

Ramon Varghese (UCD)

11.15

Coffee break

Session 2: Economic and social impacts

Chair: Lisa Ryan (UCD)

11.30

The equity and efficiency effects of energy subsidy cost-recovery

Harry Humes and Niall Farrell (ESRI)

11.55

Residential and transport energy poverty: impacts on the educational outcomes of young people in Ireland

Monika Da Silva Pedroso, Nessa Winston, Orla Dingley and Paraic Carroll (UCD)

12.20

Looking beyond energy efficiency and the role of financial literacy in experiencing fuel poverty: Evidence from Irish homeowners

Miguel Tovar Reanos, John Curtis, David Meier, and Arya Pillai (ESRI)

12.45

Q&A

13.00-14:00

Lunch