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Research Ireland projects
NexSys is a Research Ireland & industry funded €12m all-island, multidisciplinary energy research programme, led by UCD, which comprises several strands.
Water Strand:The purpose of this strand is to enable water utilities adapt to climate and energy targets in the following ways: provide key services in terms of enabling a more efficient energy sector; be more resilient in the context of climate-driven hazards and events; uptake new technology to enable efficient energy use in the water sector; provide for more efficient water management at building and industry scale; understand the social and political contexts that are needed to underpin these changes.
Energy Strand: Using Life cycle analysis, whole life cycle costing and energy system modelling this project assesses the role of hydrogen in future energy system scenarios, as well as environmental impact and the cost of using hydrogen as an energy vector in Ireland towards 2050.
Transport strand: Engaging with the heavy duty vehicle fleet across the island of Ireland this project is developing archetypes that can define the challenges and opportunities to accelerate its decarbonisation, focusing on logistics, fuels and zero-emission drivetrains.
Industry Focused project in conjunction with DAVY: To deliver an independent analysis of the challenges & opportunities that lay ahead for Offshore Wind Development and the need to develop Port infrastructure in Ireland towards 2030 to enable 2050 ambitions.
HyLIGHT is a 25-strong industry consortium through MaREI the Research Ireland Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, UCC, DCU & UG developing an understanding on how to decarbonise Ireland’s entire energy system across industry, electricity, heat & transport. A focus, using economic, social & environmental analysis tools, is to understand the role that green hydrogen can play, from production to use, to enable full and fast decarbonisation while creating economic benefits to Ireland's citizens.
