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In September 2024, NexSys held a one-day conference entitled “Towards a greener horizon: Sustainable Energy Finance”, showcasing the importance of sustainable finance for the energy transition.

A new paper on water conservation by Nexsys researchers Hugo Jacque, Dr Behzad Mozafari, Assistant Prof Recep Kaan Dereli, and Assistant Prof Sarah Cotterill is published in the journal Sustainable Production and Consumption.

NexSys Water Strand academics Eoghan Clifford and Paraic Ryan publish new paper on the impacts of rainfall changes to mid-century on influent wastewater volumes.

An Uber-Sustainable Energy Community for Higher Education in Ireland?

Sustainability has become an integral part of third-level education and training. As well as an explosion in sustainability and related degrees and modules, students and staff across campuses are often keen to reduce waste and carbon emissions.

NexSys Researchers attend interdisciplinary summer school in UCD

NexSys researchers attended the ReSToRE (Researching Social Theories, Resources, and Environment) summer school which took place in University College Dublin (UCD) from 1 to 5 July.

NexSys submission on Energy Poverty Action Plan Consultation, June 2024

NexSys academics and researchers, Nessa Winston, Orla Dingley, Monica da Silva Pedroso, and Páraic Carroll, have responded to the Department of Environment, Climate & Communications' Energy Poverty Action Plan Consultation, June 2024

UCD has joined the European Academy of Wind Energy, an international non profit organisation comprising 56 universities in Europe and the US.

NexSys researchers gather at two-day meeting in Galway

UCD Energy Institute Job Opportunity

Part-Time Research Assistant UCD Energy Institute. Flexible hours.

UCD Energy Institute and NexSys join the Women in Technology and Science (WITS) association

NexSys and Energy Institute responds to CRU consultation on dynamic electricity price tariffs

Researcher spotlight Dr Ciarán Mac Domhnaill is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Economics, University College Dublin. His research project is entitled ‘Understanding future energy customer needs - exploiting technology and prices’

NexSys and Energy Institute researchers take part in UCD-ESRI Energy Policy research conference

A new paper co-authored by NexSys researchers presents an open dataset of characteristics of 1 million residential, urban buildings, based on data from buildings in Dublin.

Researcher spotlight: Dr Abdollah Malekjafarian

NexSys researchers take part in Wind Energy Trade Show 2023

Researcher spotlight: Alireza Etemad - click here to view his story.

NexSys researcher attends Ploughing Championships

Blog post: Sun, science and science policy - Monika da Silva Pedroso (NexSys Postdoctoral researcher) and Orla Dingley (NexSys PhD student)attended the(opens in a new window)European Network for Social Policy Analysis (EspaNet) conferencein Warsaw, Poland,

NexSys researchers in the news: Dublin commuters prefer walking over bicycles and e-scooters in conjunction with public transport

Researcher spotlight: Maryam Pourmahdi

NexSys researchers take part in EirGrid research forum

NexSys Director profiled in Silicon Republic series on research leaders

Blog post: A week at the EURO PhD Summer School

Engaging Energy Citizens on the value of Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths

Nexsys researchers explore the just transition

Nexsys researcher chairs session at the International climate change conference in Dublin

Our work on net zero energy systems: what do our publications say about us?

Science Week 2022 webinar for Houses of the Oireachtas L&RS by NexSys

Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Keane, NexSys, UCD, winner of the SFI Industry Partnership of the Year Award, for recognition of work in support of the energy transition.

A Just Transition should include dialoguing with people in developing a sustainable future for them, covering a broad perspective.

In May 2022, Nexsys was officially launched by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris, T.D

NexSys publications- A PDF with a list of publications from 2022 and part of 2023 can be viewed here.

 District Heating MasterClass with Claus Nielsen

 A visit from Siemens Energy to discuss the Energy Transition.

 State of the Art and Research Gaps in Forecasting for the Weather Driven Energy System – Workshop

 NexSys, ESIPP and UCD Energy Institute recognised for decarbonisation research

 What we can do to go green with an acceptable cost

 Why are bottom-up approaches to renewable energy more acceptable for communities than top-down approaches?

 UCD Engineering Graduates Association webinar on EnergySecurity

 NexSys represented at networking event for Women in STEM

 Andrew Keane, Francesco Pilla and some NexSys researchers met with Italy’s Radio24 to discuss energy transition.

 NexSys: A successful collaboration between industry, academia and the State

 NexSys Academics featured in the OECD Report of ‘Redesigning Ireland’s Transport for Net Zero