⚡️🔌 Dynamic electricity pricing will be offered to customers in 🇮🇪 from next year, but how can we make this upcoming change work? Check out my op-ed in 📰 The Irish Sun: www.thesun.ie/news/1598292... #DynamicPricing #Electricity #Energy #EnergyTransition #Ireland #Economics #Climate

⚡️Dynamic electricity pricing is coming to Ireland 🇮🇪 But how can we make it effective and fair? Our NexSys Policy Paper looks at the potential benefits and the policy actions needed to make it work. 📘 Read here: publicpolicy.ie/environment/... #DynamicPricing #Electricity #EnergyTransition

France opened a flurry of nuclear power plants in the 1980s and 1990s, giving it low-carbon electricity ever since—

👚 Clothing sales doubled between 2000 and 2015, while utilisation – the number of times we wear an item before discarding it – fell. This #LondonFashionWeek has seen the return of fast fashion giant H&M. 🔎 Read Elaine Ritch on the true costs of fast fashion buff.ly/16GlEkC 👈

⚡️Is the UK falling behind on renewable energy? In 2023, only 14.9% of UK energy consumption came from renewables. Today’s #ChartOfTheDay looks at how EU nations are faring in the renewables transition. While Scandinavian countries surge ahead, Belgium, Luxembourg and the UK lag behind.

💡Check out our new policy paper that explores how Ireland could unlock the potential of peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity trading, empowering communities and households to directly exchange electricity #EnergyTransition #NexSys #P2PEnergy @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social publicpolicy.ie/environment/...

One-third of cars on the road in Norway are now electric

⚡️👨‍🏫 Great to present on the Irish wholesale electricity market at the @eaere.bsky.social annual conference in Bergen today. Grateful for the engaged audience and insightful discussion! #EAERE2025 #EnergyEconomics

🚢🇪🇺🇬🇧 My paper on the effects of Brexit on shipping has been published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics! I find a 21% drop in EU-UK Ro-Ro cargo volumes, and an 88% increase in Ireland-France volumes. Full paper at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #economics #Brexit #emissions

New #OpenAccess article in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics: "All at Sea? Externalities and Cargo Diversion in the Wake of Brexit" (by @ciaranmacdomhnaill.bsky.social) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

READ: Saving the oceans can sometimes feel like an overwhelming task, but if we all pitch in, we can make a big difference. While there are countless ways you can make a difference, here are our top 10 ways you can help save the oceans 👉 oceana.ly/45JLS6p #WorldOceansDay

Progress can sometimes be slow, but with persistence it is possible. Take the case of leaded gasoline.

Had a brilliant time speaking at Pint of Science in Dublin! 🍺🔬 Thanks to @pintofscienceie.bsky.social and to everyone who came out to explore Brexit, energy and transport emissions over a pint. Looking forward to more conversations like this! #Pint25 #Brexit #emissions #NexSys

🍺🔬 I’m speaking at @pintofscienceie.bsky.social 2025! Join me on Monday 19 May for a look at how Brexit affected shipping routes and what this means for carbon emissions 🌎🚢 📍 The Storyteller, Dublin 🎟️ Free tickets: pintofscience.ie/event/greene... #pint25 @ucddublin.bsky.social

Data centres tend to cluster together, often around cities. This can lead to bottlenecks in local grids. They’re also growing in size. The largest data centre under construction will use 20X more electricity as a typical hyperscale data centre today 👉 iea.li/4j2r9P3

Presented at #SES25 in Glasgow this week! My paper with Radek Stefanski explores the Environmental Kuznets Curve through the lens of structural transformation. Great conversations and insights on global energy transitions, thanks @scoteconsociety.bsky.social for having me!