Renewable Energy

Project Title	Contact
Molecular simulation studies of hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates	Dr Niall English
Energy Market impacts from the Renewable Fuel Standard	Prof Don Bredin
Policy innovation and transitioning to renewable energy	Dr Mark Scott
The role of rural renewables as a method of rural development	Dr Mark Scott
Sensitivity of Brazil’s wind energy resources to changes in large scale atmospheric teleconnection patterns	Prof Frank McDermott
Measurement and assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Brazil’s hydroelectric sector	Prof Frank McDermott
Achieving Higher Energy Efficiency Through Building Integrated PV and Thermal Management	Prof. K. Ravindranathan Thampi
Energy Storage and Release Through Nanomaterials	Prof. K. Ravindranathan Thampi
Optimized Use of Renewable and Conventional Fuels for Improved Energy Efficiency and Economic Benefits	Prof. K. Ravindranathan Thampi
Integration of Water Purification Plants With Advanced PV, Oxidation and Renewable Energy Concepts	Prof. K. Ravindranathan Thampi
Photo-electrochemical Water-Splitting: Immobilisation of Oxygen Evolution Molecular Catalysts on Metal Oxide Photo-electrodes.	Prof Don McElroy
Novel Reactor Design for High Density, Low Pressure Hydrogen Storage	Prof Don McElroy
Towards highly efficient new water oxidation catalysts	Prof Martin Albrecht
Crypts and Clusters: Complexes for Energy Harvesting	Dr Grace Morgan
Heterogeneous catalytic routes towards cellulosic bio-diesel Priority Research	Dr James Sullivan
Heterogeneous photo-catalytic H2 generation from organic waste	Dr James Sullivan
Integration of renewable energy sources into power system operations	Dr Damian Flynn
Surface wave assessment of pavements using discrete element modelling	Dr Ciaran McNally
Microstructural investigation of durable concretes manufactured using alkali activated binders	Dr Ciaran McNally Dr Mike Long
Development and Optimisation of Shallow Geothermal Energy Testing Methodologies	Dr Phil Hemmingway Dr Mike Long
Development of a novel systematic testing facility for the evaluation of rock thermal parameters	Dr Phil Hemmingway Dr Mike Long
Development and Validation of a State-of-the-Art 3D Finite Element Model Capable of Optimising Geothermal Energy System Design in Areas of High Groundwater Flow	Dr Phil Hemmingway Dr Simos Oxizidis Dr Roisin Duignan
Application of data mining techniques to profile energy demand patterns of smart grid enabled commercial buildings	Dr Donal Finn Dr Simos Oxizidis Dr Roisin Duignan
Smart grid enabled industrial production facilities using sophisticated demand side management schemes	Dr Donal Finn Dr Simos Oxizidis Dr Roisin Duignan
Data mining of domestic smart meter data for energy dispatch planning and optimisation in the utility sector	Dr Donal Finn Dr Simos Oxizidis Dr Roisin Duignan
Intelligent predictive control algorithms for integration into building energy management systems	Dr Donal Finn Dr Simos Oxizidis Dr Roisin Duignan
Assessing the potential of thermal energy storage on retrofitted buildings in a distributed flexible smart grid environment	Dr Donal Finn Dr Simos Oxizidis Dr Roisin Duignan
Sustainable Anaerobic Digestion: Optimising Small-Scale Anaerobic Digestion	Dr Phil Hemmingway Dr kevin McDonnell
Characterisation of Food Waste Feedstocks and Digestion: Biogas Yield Optimisation	Dr Phil Hemmingway Dr kevin McDonnell
Ocean wave energy potential quantification using microseismic noise.	Prof Chris Bean
Ab initio investigation of CO2 fixation catalysts	Dr Damian Mooney
Applications of high-frequency real-time wireless sensing for environmental monitoring	Dr P.J. Purcell

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