SEAI Research Grant Awards 2017

Grant awards

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2017	Swirl Generators Ltd	CAPTOW: Control and Power Take-off Optimisation for the WRAM · The WRAM ('wave-ram') is an Irish wave energy technology under development. The WRAM has been specifically designed for potential deployment in utility-scale arrays in offshore, deep water, and highly energetic sites · Status: Complete	Grant	€369,795
31 Dec 2017	IHER Energy Services Limited	BERWow - Deep retrofit BER planning tool & mapping application · BERWow is a web-based application that will help homeowners interpret their BER and help achieve the best possible energy performance for their home. · Status: Complete	Grant	€150,400
31 Dec 2017	Premier Green Energy (PGE)	PyroPower · Premier Green Energy has developed an advanced thermal treatment system (ATT) to recover energy from a wide variety of dry organic wastes and residues · Status: Complete	Grant	€120,599
31 Dec 2017	NVP Energy Ltd	Life-Cycle Assessment, Distribution System Optimisation & Mobile Pilot Demonstration of NVP Energy Lt-AD Technology · NVP Energy's Low temperature Anaerobic Digestion technology treats wastewater whilst recovering biogas that is 100% available for reuse · Status: Complete	Grant	€120,040
31 Dec 2017	Micro Electricity Generation Association Ltd (MEGA)	Integrating the Tallaght Smart Energy Living Lab for Smart Grid and enerXchange Research. · Community Energy - Matching Local Energy production with Local consumption. · Status: Complete	Grant	€110,880
31 Dec 2017	Cork Institute of Technology	Smartblocks · This project looks at the potential of blockchain technology in the energy sector · Status: Complete	Grant	€99,201
31 Dec 2017	University of Limerick	SLURRES · The slurres project facilitates the replacement of large scale slurry storage with low cost, small scale (mobile) technology. · Status: Complete	Grant	€85,226
31 Dec 2017	National University of Ireland Galway	An economic analysis of wind farm externalities and public preferences for renewable energy Ireland · This project aimed to better understand public attitudes and social acceptance of wind farm projects · Status: Complete	Grant	€69,658
31 Dec 2017	GConn Technologies - Host in Ireland	Measuring the Sustainability of Ireland's Data Industry · The growth of digital information and data lead Bitpower Energy to take a closer look at the data industry in Ireland. · Status: Complete	Grant	€65,504
31 Dec 2017	Northwest Energy Communities Start-up (NECS)	NECS - Northwest Energy Communities Start-up · This project focuses on communities and providing support to encourage greater ambition and participation in energy transition · Status: Complete	Grant	€58,653
31 Dec 2017	SmartBay	MAT4OEC · The MAT4OEC project aims to develop advanced materials for Ocean Energy Converters to improve the resistance to marine environment of current and future materials, increasing the reliability, durability and survivability, and aiming to contribute signific · Status: Complete	Grant	€56,937
31 Dec 2017	National University of Ireland Galway	The Relationship between Radon and Ventilation in Retrofit Buildings: Experimental Validation of Model Predictions · A modelling framework can be used to predict indoor radon concentrations in dwellings that have undergone an energy retrofit · Status: Complete	Grant	€55,065
31 Dec 2017	Solo Energy	eStore · Solo Energy have produced a way to make use of renewable energy throughout the day by pairing it with battery storage · Status: Complete	Grant	€54,047
31 Dec 2017	Terra GeoServ Ltd.	Methods for improved collector design & completion - Irish Ground Thermal Properties (IGTP - 3 ) · This project addresses rock properties and the installation of ground source heat pumps and · Status: Complete	Grant	€49,751
31 Dec 2017	Dowmann Ltd	Conversion of Forest Residues into Renewable Solid Fuel · This project explores the potential of using waste forest residues to create a renewable solid fuel. · Status: Complete	Grant	€49,060
31 Dec 2017	Cork Institute of Technology	A decision support system for energy use in dairy production (DSSED) · This project address the utilisation of energy in the milk production process · Status: Complete	Grant	€48,774
31 Dec 2017	tcbb-RESOURCE	ReBioGen - Development of policy and community based business model underpinning distributed energy recovery from residual biomass involving multiple stakeholder types · This project aims to devise a business model to overcome the barriers constraining exploitation of Ireland's biomass resources. · Status: Complete	Grant	€46,353
31 Dec 2017	Dundalk Institute of Technology	Biomass drying trials with wind resource analysis · This project investigated optimal drying of wood stocks and the interaction between wind and bioenergy drying. · Status: Complete	Grant	€44,835
31 Dec 2017	The Heritage Council	Deep Energy Retrofit for Traditional Buildings: Assessing knowledge gaps and addressing skills training in Ireland · Access to professional training, technical research and best practice guidance is essential to support the growth of deep energy renovation on a large scale. · Status: Complete	Grant	€40,920
31 Dec 2017	XD Consulting	Strategic Planning Toolkit for Building Energy Retrofits · This project aims to develop tools for strategic planning of energy retrofit in the residential sector. · Status: Complete	Grant	€40,842
31 Dec 2017	Cork Institute of Technology	NBERT Research Portal ( National Building Energy Retrofit Testbed ) · The project addresses the knowledge gap in climatic cooling potential of natural ventilation systems in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€38,615
31 Dec 2017	Codema	Creating and Harmonising Energy and Co2 Baselines for the Development of Local Authority Climate Change Mitigation Action Plans · This Project creates a baseline inventory for CO2 Emissions in the Dublin Region · Status: Complete	Grant	€37,483
31 Dec 2017	CrÃ©-Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Association of Ireland	Recommendations for Planning Guidelines for Anaerobic Digestion Plants · This research project aims to develop guidelines on anaerobic digestion for local authority planners. · Status: Complete	Grant	€35,350
31 Dec 2017	Dundalk Institute of Technology	Analysis of local obstacle impacts on the energy performance of large scale wind autoproducers in peri-urban locations, based on multi-annual SCADA data · To achieve best energy and economic performance from any wind project careful attention should be given to siting and sizing a wind turbine at the given site. · Status: Complete	Grant	€32,541
31 Dec 2017	Irish Green Building Council	Developing a framework for a customer friendly energy efficiency accreditation for construction professionals · End-users interested in renovating a building need clear and comprehensive information and guidance on energy renovation. · Status: Complete	Grant	€29,751
31 Dec 2017	Electricity Supply Board	Industrial research into Geothermal Heating Solution for Commercial Greenhouse · This project looks at the potential to supply a large commercial greenhouse using geothermal heat. · Status: Complete	Grant	€29,200
31 Dec 2017	IrBEA	Enabling the Bioenergy Sector to Understand and Assess Life Cycle Sustainability · The project addresses a skills and industry information gap in the bioenergy sector · Status: Complete	Grant	€27,922
31 Dec 2017	National University of Ireland Galway	Microgrids in Rural and Isolated Communities in Ireland Model Development using the island of Inis Oirr as a case study · This project investigated microgrid solutions for rural and island community energy projects · Status: Complete	Grant	€27,002
31 Dec 2017	IrBEA	Planning Guidance Recommendations for the Bio Energy sector in Ireland · The project addresses town planning implications associated with the development of bioenergy developments. · Status: Complete	Grant	€26,487
31 Dec 2017	BMS Asia Pacific Technologies Ltd	The Micro EGG Digester · BMS Asia Pacific Technologies Ltd identified a potential requirement for small anaerobic digesters · Status: Complete	Grant	€26,253
31 Dec 2017	South Dublin County Council	Grange Castle Business Park Energy MasterPlan · This Project created an Energy Masterplan for Grange Castle Business Park · Status: Complete	Grant	€24,920
31 Dec 2017	Interactions Ltd	Segmentation of the energy consumer market in Ireland · This project explores how behavioural principles can facilitate and accelerate the uptake of renewable energy practices in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€23,827
31 Dec 2017	Kildare County Council	Kerdiffstown Landfill Heat Recovery Project · This project assesses the ground source thermal potential of Kerdiffstown Landfill and investigates the viability of recovering the thermal energy for space heating. · Status: Complete	Grant	€19,400
31 Dec 2017	Laois Farm Forestry Group	Portlaoise District Heating Project · This feasibility study explored the potential a biomass-fired district heating system in Portlaoise using a local supply of wood chip · Status: Complete	Grant	€9,141
31 Dec 2017	Tipperary Energy Agency	Thurles Heat Demand Map & Outline Feasibility study · The project lead by Tipperary Energy Agency included a feasibility study of a pilot district heating system in Thurles · Status: Complete	Grant	€8,294

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