The Wind Value project presented an update from four research projects in the Environmental Research Institute of University College Cork. The event took place at 10am Irish time on Tuesday 27th May 2025 in the Ellen Hutchins Building, Lee Road, Cork T23XE10 and on Teams. We welcomed students and faculty from Juniata College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Prof Randy Rosenburger, and Dr Sinéad Gallagher of Juniata College led a group of students to UCC where they attended the Summer Research Seminar in ERI hosted by Wind Value.
Schedule of the Presentations
10 am
Vahid Aryanpur presented the latest results from the CAPACITY project into Energy Policy and Modelling. Slides, Video
10:25 am
Breffni Lennon gave a summary of research on stakeholder engagement from the CLIMATUDE project in the Cleaner Production Promotion Unit. Slides, Video
10:45 am
Peter Deeney of the Wind Value project presented research on the risks for investors in wind farms. In particular this looked at investing in existing wind farms with limited time left to the end of their planning consent. Slides, Short Video, Photo, Audio
10:55 am
Vittoria Anastasi provided the latest results from the FreeHydroCells project which makes green Hydrogen from water, light and new materials. Slides, Audio
Students and faculty members came from Juniata College
The UCC Environmental Research Institute (UCC Sustainability Institute) is a centre for all aspects of research into environmental sustainability.
University College Cork is one of the leading universities in Ireland.
The Cleaner Production Promotion Unit blends research methods from engineering, business and geography to explore the energy transition and energy citizenship.
Acknowledgements
Wind Value would like to thank Helen McMahon, Dorcas Mikindani and Christpher Rogers for logistical support and advice regarding the seminar.
This seminar and the Wind Value project are supported by Research Ireland’s Pathway Programme; FreeHydroCells is supported by the European Union; CAPACITY is supportedby the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications of the Irish Government, and CLIMATUDE is supported by Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency.
Research Ireland’s Pathway Programme: IRC*21/PATH-A/9348
Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency
European Union
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications of the Irish Government
