SEAI Research Grant Awards 2022

Grant awards

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2022	Trinity College Dublin	Electric shaRed mOBility hUbS Trial (ROBUST) · The ROBUST project will deliver shared electric mobility hubs, provide evidence on how these work and inform national and international transport decarbonisation policies · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€1,349,948
31 Dec 2022	MKO Planning and Environmental Consultants	RE:HARRIER - Adaptive or risk-based management of wind farm interactions with hen harriers · Facilitating sustainable repowering and maintaining the conservation status of hen harrier in Ireland · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€998,253
31 Dec 2022	University College Cork	IDEA-IRL (Integrated Design of floating wind Arrays Ireland) · Maximising the social, economic and environmental benefits of array scale deployments to ensure the long-term sustainability of floating wind energy · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€802,637
31 Dec 2022	University College Cork	Developing pathways for a sustainable shipping and maritime fuel value chain in Ireland (ShipFuel-IE) · Working with all stakeholders to identify promising pathways for the development of a low-carbon shipping sector in Ireland. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€744,419
31 Dec 2022	Munster Technological University	Investigation of PV Energy OptimiSation for self-consumpTion (InVEST) · The InVEST project will put the building occupier to the forefront of the research to understand their electricity use pattern, how they can maximise solar PV electricity use · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€689,423
31 Dec 2022	National University of Ireland Maynooth	Engineering the Next Generation of Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Production of Renewable Hydrogen: A Sustainable Approach using Electrolysis · Enabling competitive renewable hydrogen technology · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€689,324
31 Dec 2022	Dublin City University	Using Digital Financing for R&D Investment in Solar Hydrogen Production: A Case Study Approach · Accelerating the deployment of solar hydrogen production into the marketplace through a combination of digital financing and technology development. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€656,230
31 Dec 2022	Tyndall National Institute	FET-EV: 3C-SiC FET Revolution For Highly Efficient and Extreme Fast EV Charging Solutions · Developing technical advances that enable quicker, more efficient and more effective methods of charging EVs · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€617,815
31 Dec 2022	University College Dublin	De-risking Scour and Anchor Installation for Floating Offshore Wind through Numerical and Experimental Modelling (SCALE) · Developing innovative numerical modelling approaches to assess and mitigate geotechnical and physical processes that impact engineering infrastructure in Irish offshore conditions. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€606,924
31 Dec 2022	ORPC Ireland	LOGistical and Industrial Codesign for TIDal Energy (LOGIC-TIDE) · LOGIC-TIDE will assess key practical requirements for tidal energy devices in the priority areas critical for developing cost competitive and reliable projects. · Status: Complete	Grant	€589,816
31 Dec 2022	Marine Materials Ireland	MEGA4Wind – Maximing offshore wind Energy Generation capabilities and Application for megawatt-scale-scale floating vertical axis WIND turbines. · Developing floating offshore wind technologies to expand Irish wind energy capabilities · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€589,098
31 Dec 2022	Trinity College Dublin	C-Weed: Carbon Dots from Seaweed and Seaweed Derivatives · Examining the potential of seaweed and seaweed derivatives to meet demand for sustainable energy nanomaterials. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€570,130
31 Dec 2022	National University of Ireland Galway	ASHORE: Assessment of Sound Propagation from Offshore Wind Turbines · Developing a validated computational model to assess the acoustic impact and sound propagation from offshore wind turbines. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€461,258
31 Dec 2022	University College Dublin	Reducing Emissions through Compact Urban Growth in Ireland (RE-CUGI) · Actions to support compact urban growth in Ireland · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€457,327
31 Dec 2022	CTL Tástáil Teo	HAWK: Hibernian Airborne Wind Energy Kites · Investigating the use of industrial-grade composite materials in airborne wind energy (AWE) systems · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€455,873
31 Dec 2022	Heat Systems Ltd	Low-Cost Green Gas · Harnessing the full green power potential of digestate that emanates from AD units, via pyrolysis · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€452,400
31 Dec 2022	University College Dublin	ENABLE · Enabling interdisciplinary analysis for whole life-cycle residential renovation (ENABLE) · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€432,400
31 Dec 2022	Munster Technological University	AgReGen: Optimal pathways for the proliferation of renewable microgeneration in the Irish Agri-sector · On-farm renewable microgeneration, energy storage and demand response technologies · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€400,035
31 Dec 2022	International Energy Research Centre	Concurrent Energy and Flexibility Trading in Grid-aware Local Energy Community (EnerFlex) · Accelerating the implementation of clean energy technologies to decarbonise the electricity distribution network · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€398,398
31 Dec 2022	Aston Eco Management Ltd.	The app-supported Earning Local Support Academy (ELSA) for renewable energy projects in Ireland in support of Ireland’s ambitious renewable energy targets and local sustainable development goals (SDGs) · Developing an app-supported academy to provide learning, networking and deliberation for developers and host communities on effective collaboration methods for planning and implementing win-win renewable energy projects. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€385,358
31 Dec 2022	University College Cork	European Future Interconnected Transmission model (EuroFIT model) · Evaluating the benefits of a more deeply connected continental scale electric grid system for the future · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€317,380
31 Dec 2022	Trinity College Dublin	Conversion of ammonium (NH4+) to green hydrogen using electroactive anammox bacteria · Developing and optimising a cost-effective and efficient process for the conversion of NH4+ (present in wastewaters) to green hydrogen · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€316,511
31 Dec 2022	University College Dublin	Electromagnetic transient modelling and stability analysis of a wind and PV dominated Irish power system for 2030 and beyond · Maintaining stability in the Irish electricity grid while meeting decarbonisation targets. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€299,965
31 Dec 2022	University College Cork	Battery Energy STorage materials and interfaces rapid analysis test kit development. · Developing tools to assist in the rapid analysis of new battery materials · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€295,964
31 Dec 2022	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies	GRANNUS - Geothermal Resource Assessment Beneath Ireland Using Subsurface Imaging · Determining Ireland’s deep-geothermal potential · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€260,863
31 Dec 2022	Ultra High Vacuum Solutions Limited	WAMTEC- From Water to Module: Cost – Effective High- Efficiency Silicon Technologies · The project WaMTec aims to advance the development and competitiveness of European Photovoltaic technology manufacturing, by building upon the proven crystalline Si wafer based solar cells. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€248,696
31 Dec 2022	Technological University Dublin	Climate Change related Domestic retrofit Overheating Risk Mitigation (CC-DORM) · Assessing dwelling overheating risk in Ireland · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€228,835
31 Dec 2022	Dublin City University	The economic, environmental, and social feasibility of implementing gravitational energy storage systems in Ireland · Exploring the potential of gravity battery energy storage in Ireland · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€210,978
31 Dec 2022	Irish Green Building Council	Design for Performance - Moving to a design for performance-based approach to construction and renovation · Creating a Design for Performance Framework and guidance targets benchmarks for zero emmissions buildings in the Irish market that focus on energy and water in use and embodied carbon. · Status: Complete	Grant	€199,400
31 Dec 2022	Micro Electricity Generation Association Clg. (MEGA)	Geothermal Community Heat-technology and Transfer - GeoCoHorT · This project will focus on deploying a useful & replicable 4th generation district heating · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€198,700
31 Dec 2022	OpenSky Data Systems Ltd	A Business Model-Oriented Platform with Applications for Developing Local Electricity Markets and Accelerating Clean Energy Transition (SMART-LEM) · This project will develop and validate a business model-oriented platform with applications (SMART-LEM) to develop Local Electricity Markets (LEM) and accelerate the clean energy transition. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€198,085
31 Dec 2022	Trinity College Dublin	Emission Modelling of Light Into the Environment (EMILIE) · Assessing energy wastage through light pollution · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€197,620
31 Dec 2022	Irish Centre for High-End Computing, Galway University	OnStreet EV Charging - Analysis of household parking to determine public EV charge point requirements using AI and geospatial analysis · Developing geospatial datasets to identify potential public EV charger demand in Ireland · Status: Complete	Grant	€178,566
31 Dec 2022	Trinity College Dublin	Exploring the Elements of Private E-Cargo Bike Use: A Mixed-Methods Study · This project explores what various combination of elements (i.e., materials, competences, and meanings) are needed to make e-cargo bikes possible and attractive as a car substitute for cargo/passenger journeys among private users. · Status: Complete	Grant	€162,178
31 Dec 2022	Maynooth University	REDIE: Realising Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Energy sector transformation · Developing just interventions, as well as providing recommendations and resources for enhancing and harnessing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion measures to achieve Ireland’s climate targets · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€157,880
31 Dec 2022	Indecon Economic Consultants	RESS Community Impacts Research · Evaluating the impacts of community measures in the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€155,240
31 Dec 2022	Ocean Wave Venture	(SEASNAKE+) Industrial upscale of surface protection system & fibre optic-based condition monitoring for the SEASNAKE MVC (Medium Voltage Cables) · The goal of this project is to scale-up and demonstrate he protection system and monitoring system for a dynamic cable · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€135,014
31 Dec 2022	University College Dublin	Green Energy Production: A Novel Panel Based Solution · Demonstrating novel technology that exploits the potential of combining electro-responsive materials with photocatalysis to achieve beyond state-of-the-art green hydrogen production. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€108,563
31 Dec 2022	Trinity College Dublin	Auditing and Labelling the Environmental Impact of Multi-Energy National Scientific Infrastructure (short name: Infra-Audit) · Energy labelling for scientific, research and medical infrastructure · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€81,974
31 Dec 2022	CETO Wave Energy	Sustainable Concrete Materials Leading to Improved Substructures for Offshore Renewable Energy Technologies (WECHULL+) · This project will investigate the viability of climate-optimized concrete buoyant devices for wave energy converter technology. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€75,397

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