Main Areas for Research and Developments

March 4, 2010 by admin

The Zero Carbon Society - Where do we want to be in 2050?

Main Areas for Research and Developments

Some of the following topics were discussed as potential Research and Development areas for Ireland as well as Job creation in the wider Energy Sectors

1. Supergrid for Wind, Wave and Hydro

2. Change Ireland’s dependence on 60% gas

3. Floating Wind Farms

4. ICT Facilities fro Energy

5. Condition Monitoring

6. Maintenance

7. Smart Meters

8. Digester Waste

9. Energy Crops

10. Balance Supply and Demand

11. Interconnections

12. Cheaper Clean Energy

13. Seaweed as a fuel

14. Bio Methane

15. Carbon Tax

16. Ocean Energy

17. Energy in Buildings

18. Wean off Fossil fuels

19. District Heating

20. Anerobic Digester

21. Pyrolisis

22. Bio-char

23. CO₂ Capture

24. Economic Policy

25. Phosphorous

26. Gassification

27. Chemical Fuel

28. Carbon Neutral Cities

29. Investment Opportunities

30. Storage

31. Costings

32. CHP

33. Biomass

34. Education

35. Small Scale Productions

36. House of the Future

37. System Designs

38. Phase Change Materials

39. Import Substitutions

40. Enterprise LED Economy

41. Insulations

42. Marine Spatial Planning

43. Grid around Ireland

44. Legislation

45. Fishing Channels.