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Project Code [2019-RE-PhD-4]
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Project title
Economics of Renewable Energy: Modelling the uptake of low-carbon energy technology in the residential sector
Primary Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
Environmental Protection Agency
Lead Organisation
University College Dublin (UCD)
Lead Applicant
Sanghamitra Chattopadhyay Mukherjee
Project Abstract
Ireland has had relatively slow progress in consumer uptake of low-carbon energy technology. There is a need for not only better policy design to encourage adoption, but also an estimation of potential adoption trajectories and their implications for network planning following the implementation of policies that improve uptake. This research will address this gap by developing a methodology to estimate residential adoption of three main electricity consuming and -generating technologies entering the Irish market - electric vehicles, solar PVs and heat pumps. It will develop a novel technology adoption model based on an existing model developed for the Australian electric vehicle market. It will use inputs from a large-scale Irish survey and discrete choice experiment to do this. Although applied to the case study of Ireland, the model will be applicable to other countries that want to understand their own future energy technology adoption patterns.
Grant Approved
�24,000.00
Research Hub
Green and Circular Economy
Research Theme
Resource efficiency
Initial Projected Completion Date
30/09/2020