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SFI’s Industry Partnership 2022 award
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. Prof. Andrew Keane, UCD, receives his award from the Director General of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Prof Philip Nolan also pictured is Prof. Orla Feely, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact, UCD NexSys is led by Prof. Andrew Keane University College Dublin. The core mission of NexSys, is to...
How Just is the Just Transition?
This blog reflects a community impact view, illustrated by the ongoing transition in Ireland. Dr. Aparajita Banerjee, Postdoctoral Researcher with NexSys and Assoc. Prof. Geertje Schuitema, Funded Investigator with NexSys and academic in the UCD College of Business, reflecting on their research on Just Transition. This research included a lot of interaction with local communities impacted by the ongoing transition in the Irish Midlands. The energy...
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Why are bottom-up approaches to renewable energy more acceptable for communities than top-down approaches?
Assoc. Prof. Geertje Schuitema gives an overview of the findings and significance of her research group’s recent publication on Just Transition in the publication Energy Research & Social Science. “Bottom-up approaches strengthen collective psychological ownership...
UCD Engineering Graduates Association webinar on EnergySecurity
All are welcome to this panel discussion. MC: UCD Energy Institute and NexSys director Prof Andrew Keane. Panel members Jane McArdle, Director of Engineering Offshore Wind, SSE RenewablesDr Neil Walker, Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Environment, IbecAssociate...
Andrew Keane, Francesco Pilla and some NexSys researchers met with Italy’s Radio24 to discuss energy transition.
Professor Andrew Keane, Francesco Pilla and some NexSys researchers met with Italy’s Radio24 to discuss energy transition. Read the report:...
NexSys represented at networking event for Women in STEM
As a part of Maths Week, Dr. Michelle Carey represented NexSys to attend the networking event with over 60 participants highlighting the Women in STEM activities at UCD, which took place on 20th October. The event showed talks from the UCD Women at STEM network and...
NexSys Academics featured in the OECD Report of ‘Redesigning Ireland’s Transport for Net Zero’
Research from NexSys Academics is cited and features in this important OECD report. The report discusses findings about investment levels in public transport and related car-dependent lifestyles in Ireland. The report claims that changing these patterns will take a...
District Heating MasterClass with Claus Nielsen
On Thursday, 29 September 2022, UCD Energy Institute & NexSys, in partnership with Smart Grid Ireland (SGI), hosted a talk on the Future of Heat Generation with Claus Nielsen, Senior Project Manager of Danish multi-utility company DIN Forsyning. Attended by...