SEAI Research Grant Awards 2025

Grant awards

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2025	Maynooth University	Photoelectrochemical generation of green hydrogen coupled with the upcycling of waste plastics (H2PECUP) · Renewable hydrogen from water electrolysis can help Ireland meet climate goals, but the oxygen evolution is energy intensive. In this project, this reaction is replaced with plastic-waste upcycling, to conserve energy and generate valuable chemicals. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€1,199,794
31 Dec 2025	University College Dublin	Underground Thermal Energy Storage for Decarbonizing District Heating Systems (ThermStore-DH) · This project will assess how underground thermal energy storge can support low-carbon district heating in Ireland by identifying suitable geological settings, optimizing system design, and evaluating technical, economic, and environmental performance. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€1,101,041
31 Dec 2025	Technological University Dublin	STREAM- Sustainable Transport Through Renewable Energy And Maritime Transfer Services · The aim of Project STREAM is to develop renewable-powered off-grid shore charging solutions for ports, using smart energy management, energy storage, and sustainable financing to support affordable and resilient maritime decarbonisation. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€1,040,671
31 Dec 2025	Trinity College Dublin	CIRCUIT: Causal Inference for Resilient Cities and Urban Integrated Transport · AI and data analytics reveal how transport, energy use, and urban growth interact to support sustainable Irish cities. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€1,026,125
31 Dec 2025	Dublin City University	Participatory Outcomes for Well-being and Energy Resilience: Empowering Citizens for a Just Transition (SHINE) · SHINE is an interdisciplinary project utilising citizen science to empower social housing residents, tracking real-time indoor air quality and energy use to design inclusive public policies for a just climate transition in Ireland. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€992,000
31 Dec 2025	University of Galway	EMPOWER: Empower AD deployment through zero-waste valorisation of digestate and biogenic CO2 for commercial fertilizers and high-value bioproducts production · This project aims to develop a zero-waste, integrated process that converts digestate and CO₂ into fertilizers and high-value bioproducts, thereby supporting anaerobic digestion deployment. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€951,773
31 Dec 2025	University of Limerick	Marine Robotic Inspection and Exploration System for Offshore Wind (MARINEX) · MARINEX builds on earlier work in robotic inspection of offshore wind turbines to develop a more advanced, autonomous, and cost-effective system for inspecting both offshore and bottom-fixed floating wind turbines. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€874,310
31 Dec 2025	University College Cork	REGARD - Regional Strategies for Collaborative Anaerobic Digestion and Biorefinery Development in Ireland · REGARD project (Regional Strategies for Collaborative Anaerobic Digestion and Biorefinery Development in Ireland) adopts a place-based, multi-actor approach to create regionally tailored, collaborative AD and biorefinery models. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€709,932
31 Dec 2025	University College Cork	Alternative Indigenous fuels produced in circular economy systems for use in island Ferry services in Ireland (AI-Ferry) · Enhance sustainability of island communities through assessment of battery powered ferries, and community run renewable energy grids to power the batteries, and to provide resilient green energy to the island communities. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€666,829
31 Dec 2025	International Energy Research Centre (IERC) Tyndall National Institute	EPCO - A co-designed framework to address groups most vulnerable to energy poverty · EPCO unites researchers, NGOs, policymakers, and vulnerable communities in a co-designed framework to tackle energy poverty in Ireland — building national capacity and setting new standards for inclusive, evidence-based policymaking. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€646,880
31 Dec 2025	University of Galway	RECAST: Forecasting Renewable Energy Potential in Ireland’s Changing Climate · The RECAST project aims to forecast the impact of future climate change (up to 2100) on Ireland’s renewable energy (RE) resources - wind, solar, and wave - using high-resolution climate, wave and energy model simulations and datasets. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€644,849
31 Dec 2025	University College Dublin	Spatial mapping and AI-based renewable technology framework for utilising emissions and low-carbon fuel integration in Ireland (SMART-IE) · SMART-IE will identify and optimise where and how Ireland can convert biogenic and process CO₂ with renewable electricity into green hydrogen and e-methanol. It combines spatial mapping, AI, and energy-system modelling to support low-carbon fuel deploymen · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€265,808
31 Dec 2025	University College Dublin	Community-based Programmes for Sustainable Energy (COPSE): a qualitative, multi-methods analysis of community energy programmes in Ireland · The COPSE project will use multiple qualitative methods to assess how and why different SEAI community energy programmes enable citizens to participate in the energy transition at scales ranging from the local to the national level. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€241,045
31 Dec 2025	Maynooth University	Enhancing carbon dioxide capture and its electrochemical reduction with the development of MOFs/COFs and 2D borophene-based supercapacitors (COMET) · In COMET, our vision is to develop supercapacitor-like materials for the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) and, aiming for an even brighter future, the captured CO2 will be electrochemically reduced and converted to high value-added products. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€240,447
31 Dec 2025	HeatGrid Ireland	Industrial Waste Heat and Hydrogen: A Pathway to Decarbonising through District Heating · This project will assess how waste heat from industry, hydrogen production, sawmills and data centres can supply low-carbon district heating, creating practical evidence and national mapping to accelerate heat decarbonisation across Ireland. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€238,491
31 Dec 2025	Maynooth University	DeepLEAP: Deep-reinforcement-Learning-based control for Energy harvesting And Platform stabilization of wave energy converters integrated to floating offshore wind turbines · This project aims to develop a novel control framework for wave energy converters that are integrated on floating offshore wind turbines, in order to improve wave energy capture and simultaneously stabilize platform motion under wind and wave loads. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€232,145
31 Dec 2025	Technological University of the Shannon	Development of Breathable Bio-Based Polyurethane Foam from Indigenous Irish Biomass for Energy-Efficient Building Insulation · The project aims to develop breathable, bio-based polyurethane insulation foams from Irish seaweed and wheat straw, offering a low-carbon, CE-ready alternative to conventional materials for energy-efficient buildings. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€220,860
31 Dec 2025	University of Limerick	Lignin4BioGas: 3D-Printed Lignin Electrodes for Enhanced Biomethane Production in Microbial Electrolysis Cell-Integrated Anaerobic Digestion · Developing 3D-printed lignin-based electrodes to enhance biomethane production by integrating microbial electrolysis cells with anaerobic digestion, improving methane yield, CO2 conversion, and system stability. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€218,582
31 Dec 2025	University of Galway	Retrofitting Ireland’s homes: An examination of existing retrofit programmes and supports, the householder retrofit journey and opportunities for success in Ireland’s retrofit industry · This research explores homeowners’ experiences with SEAI residential retrofit supports, and examines the retrofit journey, the retrofit barriers and drivers faced, and the role of Sustainable Energy Communities in facilitating retrofit progress. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€167,797
31 Dec 2025	Unknown organisation	SPARK IT Supporting Participatory Action for Renewable Kommunities – Implementation and Transition · Helping communities develop renewable energy cooperatives for a cleaner future. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€160,000
31 Dec 2025	Atlantic Technological University	Power Where It’s Needed the Most: A Geo-Targeted Strategy for Clean Energy in County Sligo · This project will deliver a practical tool to help SEAI, local authorities, and communities identify where clean energy and retrofit supports can alleviate energy poverty—starting in County Sligo. · Status: Ongoing	Grant	€154,475

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