SEAI Research Grant Awards 2019

Grant awards

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2019	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)	DIG: De-risking Ireland's Geothermal Energy Potential · The DIG project will address a key knowledge gap in geothermal energy, aiming to provide a better understanding of Ireland's deep geothermal resource potential · Status: Complete	Grant	€775,606
31 Dec 2019	Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG)	I-MORE: Informing and Mapping the Offshore Renewable Environment · The I-MORE project aims to support optimised offshore wind development in Ireland by providing early stage site condition information to assist in key decision making · Status: Complete	Grant	€604,976
31 Dec 2019	IES R&D	sECUre: eStablishing Energy Community Utilities for Remote Energy grids · The sECUre project activities will focus on deploying a fully realised Energy Community in the Aran Islands · Status: Complete	Grant	€446,212
31 Dec 2019	Dublin City University (DCU)	Laser ablation for wind turbine blade contaminant classification, quantification and removal · This project aims to investigate the suitability of laser ablation techniques for wind turbine blade cleaning · Status: Complete	Grant	€436,540
31 Dec 2019	National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)	Feasibility of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) in Ireland · This project will explore the potential role of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€396,201
31 Dec 2019	Trinity College Dublin (TCD)	Development of damping parameters for Irish offshore wind farms · Choosing appropriate values for damping of offshore wind turbine structures is a challenge for engineering design · Status: Complete	Grant	€370,557
31 Dec 2019	Ampyx Power Ireland Ltd	Offshore Airborne Wind Energy Demonstrator · This project looks at the potential of Airborne Wind Energy (AWE), an emerging renewable energy technology · Status: Complete	Grant	€363,933
31 Dec 2019	Trinity College Dublin (TCD)	Growing Energy Efficiency in the Car Market (GREENCAR) · The GREENCAR project will explore consumer decision-making when buying vehicles and will trial new initiatives aimed at increasing the purchase of electric vehicles · Status: Complete	Grant	€347,434
31 Dec 2019	Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)	Project RESILIENCE · Our understanding of thermal comfort in nZEB buildings is vital to the productivity, well-being and health of the people who occupy them · Status: Complete	Grant	€345,400
31 Dec 2019	IES R&D	Enabling Smart Home Energy Responses (ESHER) · This project aims to identify, develop and deploy technology that will enable smart energy demand response services across different demonstration sites in Ireland · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€339,475
31 Dec 2019	Teagasc	Farm Level Economic, Environmental and Transport modelling of alternative feedstock solutions for regional anaerobic digestion plants in Ireland (FLEET) · The FLEET project seeks to examine how the costs of anaerobic digestion technology, suitable for deployment in Ireland, can be reduced · Status: Complete	Grant	€335,539
31 Dec 2019	NovoGrid	Real time state estimation demonstration on Irish distribution network · Real time visibility of electrical distribution networks will be a key challenge for DSOs in the future. This project will focus on development and demonstration of a software platform to provide a real-time view of network status for network operators. · Status: Complete	Grant	€330,198
31 Dec 2019	National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)	ALIVE - Assessing Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Efficiency In a range of Naturally-Ventilated Buildings: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach · This project aims to conduct a comprehensive and scientifically robust assessment of the effectiveness of natural ventilation in Irish dwellings · Status: Complete	Grant	€329,150
31 Dec 2019	University College Cork (UCC)	Developing Economic solutions for on-farm Anaerobic Digestion technologies under Irish conditions (EcoAD) · The EcoAD project aims to develop economic solutions for future on-farm anaerobic digestion technologies using typical Irish farm-based feedstocks · Status: Complete	Grant	€324,065
31 Dec 2019	Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG)	ThermoWell: Thermal Resource Extraction from a Standing Column Well · The ThermoWell project aims to demonstrate how suitable and applicable Deep Standing Column Wells are to Irish geological conditions, and to showcase an alternative way to utilise subsurface heat resources in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€269,548
31 Dec 2019	National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)	Health Impact Assessment of Deep Energy Renovations on Irish Domestic Dwellings - HAVEN · This project aims to complete a health impact assessment and health economic evaluation of domestic buildings in Ireland which have undergone a Deep Energy Retrofit · Status: Complete	Grant	€264,177
31 Dec 2019	GlasPort Bio	Development of novel antimicrobial cocktails to mitigate GHG emissions from stored slurries and manures · The PIGergy consortium will research methods to sustainably treat pig manure, and generate a value-added feedstock for a micro-CHP system for use on-site at small pig farms · Status: Complete	Grant	€243,586
31 Dec 2019	Dublin City University (DCU)	LOHCell – Simplified on-demand utilisation of renewable energy stored by a virtual hydrogen carrier · This DCU project seeks to improve the efficiency and user friendliness of an energy storage concept using Liquid Organic Hydrides · Status: Complete	Grant	€230,190
31 Dec 2019	Trinity College Dublin	Closed Cycle Power Take Off for OWC Wave Energy Devices · This project aims to advance the Closed Cycle Power Take off concept beyond the current low technology readiness level · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€226,289
31 Dec 2019	Spatial Outlook Ltd.	Regional Energy Demand Analysis Portal (REDAP) · Funding agency: European Commission, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) · REDAP is a transnational energy system digitalisation project which will provide data insights to decision-makers on the characteristics of regional energy demand (building and transport sectors). · Status: Complete	Grant	€209,695
31 Dec 2019	University College Cork (UCC)	Smart Electric Buses · Applying data analytics and artificial intelligence techniques for optimal design and operation for electrification of the public bus transportation system · Status: Complete	Grant	€202,250
31 Dec 2019	IERC	BEYOND: Blockchain based ElectricitY trading for the integration Of National and Decentralized local markets · BEYOND aims to integrate local energy systems through implementation of a secure, automatised, decentralised local market based on smart contracts and blockchain technologies · Status: Complete	Grant	€199,880
31 Dec 2019	Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)	National Artificial Intelligent Dairy Energy Application (NAIDEA) · This project aims to bridge the gap between Ireland's dairy farmers and policy makers to further encourage and support the decarbonisation of Ireland's agri-sector · Status: Complete	Grant	€196,042
31 Dec 2019	University College Dublin (UCD)	EV-CHIP - Electric Vehicles Charging Platform for Community Demand Response Aggregators · EV-CHIP investigates the potential for controllable electric vehicle charging, integrated with building energy management, for enhanced system flexibility · Status: Complete	Grant	€193,955
31 Dec 2019	ESRI	Identifying non-financial barriers to energy efficiency residential retrofits in low income households · This project will examine non-financial barriers to energy efficiency residential retrofits in low income households in Ireland · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€176,436
31 Dec 2019	SuperNode Ltd	SuperMarineOne · The SuperMarineOne project aims to investigate and model superconducting cable systems for marine energy applications in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€175,881
31 Dec 2019	University of Limerick (UL)	Low-cost sustainable battery systems for enhanced grid penetration of intermittent renewable energy · The project aims to produce a low-cost sustainable battery system based on the chemistry of sodium, for grid-scale storage of renewable energy · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€174,960
31 Dec 2019	Brightwind	Development of a data management platform and open-source data analysis library for wind & solar resource data. · This project aims to deliver a platform that will support cloud-based access to national wind and solar resource data · Status: Complete	Grant	€161,800
31 Dec 2019	University College Dublin (UCD)	Developing Site Investigation Methodologies and Constraint Mapping Products for Offshore Renewable Energy (DeSIRE) · The DeSIRE project aims to develop advanced geological and seabed conditions survey techniques to support site investigation for offshore marine rewewable energy · Status: Complete	Grant	€161,155
31 Dec 2019	Trinity College Dublin	Increasing energy efficiency of minerals processing operations by advanced sensor-based sorting of ores (ENEROS) · This project will develop and validate an ore sorting technology designed to reduce costs and energy footprints of mining operations. · Status: Complete	Grant	€160,790
31 Dec 2019	ESRI	Identifying and overcoming societal barriers to sustainable energy adaptation · This project aims to identify, by means of behavioural laboratory experimentation, the extent to which Irish citizens value equity, economic activity and environmental impacts in choosing sustainable energy adaptations · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€159,405
31 Dec 2019	Fingleton White	Domestic CHP Field Trial – Demonstrating energy savings and environmental benefits in a real world context · This project aims to conduct a field trial for a domestic-scale Combined Heat and Power (CHP) prototype, developed by Irish company Fingleton White · Status: Complete	Grant	€148,884
31 Dec 2019	National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)	A roadmap for the deployment of electrofuels for the decarbonisation of heat and transport in Ireland · This roadmap will outline the financial costs and benefits of gaseous electrofuels (chemical fuels derived from electricity) in suppport of deep decarbonisation of the Irish and heat and transport sectors · Status: Complete	Grant	€130,200
31 Dec 2019	Impact9 Energy & Marine Ltd	Offshore Aquaculture Renewable Power Solutions (OARPS) · This project address the integration of renewable energy solutions with large offshore aquaculture fish pen structures · Status: Complete	Grant	€129,466
31 Dec 2019	University of Limerick (UL)	Testing and classification of high-performance materials to protect wind turbine blades from leading-edge erosion by droplet impingement · Wind turbine blades are exposed to harsh environments which affect the long term durability of the blades · Status: Complete	Grant	€118,959
31 Dec 2019	University College Cork (UCC)	Charging strategies and infrastructure design for transition to electrified fleets · This project investigates what type of non-residential charging infrastructure and charging strategies are required to support Electric Vehicle (EV) fleets in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€117,539
31 Dec 2019	Technical University Dublin (TU Dublin)	Droplet Impact Erosion Mill (DIEM) · The DIEM project proposes to test and benchmark commercially available coatings for Irish wind turbine blades · Status: Complete	Grant	€103,193
31 Dec 2019	Astoneco Management Ltd	Earning local support for energy projects in Ireland · Creating a state-of-the-art partnership between wind energy developers and local communities · Status: Complete	Grant	€94,888
31 Dec 2019	University College Dublin (UCD)	Building upon Copernicus Earth Observation services to augment wind measurement coverage of the OREDP offshore renewable energy assessment areas · This project aims to design and implement a pilot service that provides regular generation of Irish offshore wind speed, direction, and power density estimates · Status: Complete	Grant	€92,633
31 Dec 2019	EC Charging	EV Charge · This project investigates suitable non-residential charging infrastructure and charging strategies to support Electric Vehicle (EV) fleets in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€79,835
31 Dec 2019	University College Cork (UCC)	OPFLOW - Options on a Pilot Project for Floating Offshore Wind · This project examines the potential for a pre-commercial pilot Floating Offhsore Wind (FLOW) project off the south or west coast of Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€69,853
31 Dec 2019	National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)	High value sustainable renewable fuels and bio-products from forest residues in Ireland · This project will investigate forest biorefinery technologies that are suited for the scale, dispersion, feedstock availability and energy use patterns of Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€65,650
31 Dec 2019	GeoServ Solutions	ShallowTHERM · Shallow geothermal energy could play an important role in supporting and contributing to the decarbonisation of the heating sector in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€61,584
31 Dec 2019	Sustainability Works	Financing Energy Efficiency in Ireland · Solving the residential retrofit financial puzzle is key to unlocking home retrofit activity in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€49,900
31 Dec 2019	GKinetic Energy Ltd	GKinetic Submersible Testing · This project will involve tank testing of the GKinetic ocean energy device, to support validation of previous Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies and optimised turbine design · Status: Complete	Grant	€47,618
31 Dec 2019	Construction Support Services	Offshore wind farm projects community acceptance and stakeholder engagement - best practice handbook · This project aims to produce best practice guidelines for offshore wind farm projects in relation to community acceptance and stakeholder engagement · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€32,900
31 Dec 2019	ESRI	Electric vehicle potential within existing technical standards and commuting patterns · This project aims to map potential electric vehicle (EV) hotspots in Ireland, identifying predominant socio-demographic attributes of these areas, both to aid development of EV policy measures, and to support the design of targeted marketing campaigns · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€32,516

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