The Business, Economic and Financial Aspects of Wind Energy
Thursday 4th September 2025
Online and in-person, in The Ellen Hutchins Building, UCC Sustainability Institute (formerly the Environmental Research Institute), University College Cork, Lee Road, Cork T23 XE10
You are invited to submit papers for the third Wind Value Conference to be held in University College Cork on Thursday 4th September 2025. Expression of interest form here. The conference will begin after 10am and finish before 5pm, details later. The topic is on the broad theme of, “The Business, Economic and Financial aspects of Wind Energy”, and may include:
- Offshore or onshore wind
- End-of-Life issues for wind farms
- Integration of wind and other types of energy
- O&M aspects of wind energy
- Electricity market integration with renewables
- Fault prediction and maintenance
- Communities and renewable energy
- Material supply chains for wind farms
- Financial risk modelling for wind farms
- Communities and the energy transition
- Any of the topics for the Special Issue of the Journal of Economic Surveys, “The Economics of Wind Energy”
Expression of interest here. A full paper or an extended abstract (approx 400 words) in a pdf file may be submitted to conference@windvalue.ie before 10th August for consideration. Decisions will be notified to presenters before 15th August. If you need more time to prepare for your travel, contact peter.deeney@ucc.ie as it may be possible to make an earlier decision on the admissability of your paper/extended abstract. Enquiries about admissibility can be directed to peter.deeney@ucc.ie. Papers accepted for the conference may be submitted to a special issue of Journal of Economic Surveys (Wiley, ABS 2), on “The Economics of Wind Energy”, subject to the usual publication requirements for the journal.