Working Groups

NexSys researchers have contributed to the UCD Energy Institute’s EMPowER Project. 

EMPowER offers integrated, comprehensive insights on achievability of a low-carbon future, from both an economic/policy perspective, as well from a technical and commercial point of view – a combination critical to formulating and executing sound energy and environmental policy.

EMPowER provides electricity systems modelling services to the Climate Action Modelling Group within the (opens in a new window)Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE), providing a unique contribution to their overall research and analysis capacity. This forms part of the national policy modelling capacity that draws on expertise from several different institutions.

NexSys Researchers participate in the (opens in a new window)Department of the Taoiseach's Research and Modelling Group. The Research & and Modelling Group has coordinated the creation of a (opens in a new window)map of National Modelling Assets for Energy and Climate Change Mitigation.

On behalf of the (opens in a new window)Climate Change Advisory Council, researchers from NexSys were responsible for drafting a 2 part scoping study to explore the short-term employment implications of the (opens in a new window)2021 Climate Action Plan.

The first part of the study presented the current available employment data in Ireland, by sector and location, and the outputs from the energy sector model TIMES-Ireland or ‘TIM’. The capital investment required in the power, residential and transport sectors between 2018 and 2030 to meet the GHG emissions targets under four different mitigation scenarios was estimated. Comparing changes in investment flows with current sectoral and regional employment numbers from the CSO aimed to provide preliminary insights into where employment effects might occur.

The second part of the study developed an input-output model for Ireland to quantitatively determine the employment impacts of the capital investment to meet targets in the power and residential energy efficiency sectors.

Part A: Employment in Ireland by NACE code and selected TIM scenarios up to 2030 (PDF).

Part B: The short term employment impacts of TIM scenarios to meet the Climate Action Bill 2021 (PDF).