Dr Andrew Keane’s Industrial Research Fellowship with ESB Networks, is one of the first tranche of Industrial Research Fellowships announced by The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD on 9th June 2014. In total funding of over … Continue reading
Meeting outlining UCD Energy Institute’s vision and strategy
On 23rd May 2014, Professor Mark O’Malley, the Director of the UCD Energy Institute, hosted an open meeting in the UCD Science Centre during which he outlined the vision and long-term strategy of the Energy Institute. The UCD ENERGY21 COFUND … Continue reading
evolvDSO project
In September of 2013 the ERC officially commenced work on the evolvDSO project which is funded by the European Commission under the seventh framework programme (FP7). The project seeks to identify the new distribution system operator roles that will facilitate … Continue reading
UCD launches Energy Institute
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT OF OVER €5M IN NEW ENERGY INSTITUTE Institute to Focus on Energy Systems Integration University College Dublin (UCD) has announced the establishment of a new Energy Institute (www.ucd.ie/energy). The Institute has attracted donor funding of … Continue reading
Richard O’Neill Seminar
The ERC hosted a seminar by Dr. Richard O’Neill on 13th September on “Approaches and Computational Experience in Solving the ACOPF and AC Switching.” A copy of the presentation is available here Abstract: Transmission switching is an important part of … Continue reading
ENI White Paper Presentation
On the 3rd September 2013, Energy Needs Ireland’s white paper, “Participating in Ireland’s Smart Energy Future” was formally launched by David O’Reilly and Minister of State, Fergus O’Dowd T.D., at the Clyde Court Hotel. This paper outlines the summer research … Continue reading
ENI Success at Smart Energy Exhibition
ENI’s Smart Energy Exhibition which took place in the National Digital Research Centre on the 28th August 2013 was a massive success. There was a great turnout at the event, which was organised by the 21 undergraduate students who have … Continue reading
Energy Needs Ireland Smart Energy Exhibition
Energy Needs Ireland (ENI) are hosting a Smart Energy Exhibition in the NDRC (National Digital Research Centre), The Digital Hub, Crane Street, Dublin 8 on Wednesday 28th August 2013 from 3pm-7pm. This is a walk-in event: guests and member of public can arrive at any time during … Continue reading
UCD’s Commercialisation Bootcamp
ERC’s Dr Andrew Keane (Lecturer) and Dr Peter Richardson (Postdoctoral Researcher) recently completed UCD Innovation’s first Commercialisation Bootcamp workshop series to further develop their commercial ideas for smart grid applications in power systems. The goal of their project is to develop … Continue reading
The ERC welcomes Prof Federico Milano
The ERC is delighted to welcome Prof Federico Milano as Associate Professor who has recently joined the School of Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering. Prof Milano received an Electrical Engineering degree and Ph.D. degree in 1999 and 2003 respectively from … Continue reading