Funded Research Publications
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2024-01-25T18:58:18ZNew Connections IV: Exploring Ireland’s International Marine Research Partnerships
http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1756
New Connections IV: Exploring Ireland’s International Marine Research Partnerships
Marine Institute
This report presents the Irish participation in European Union (EU) funded and co-funded collaborative marine-related projects from 2014–2020. For the purpose of this report, the following programmes were analysed: Horizon 2020, Interreg V, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Erasmus+, LIFE and European Maritime and Fisheries Fund3 (EMFF).
Over the 2014–2020 period, Irish organisations (see Annex 2) participated in 314 marine-focused collaborative projects resulting in over €158 million total grant-aid for Irish organisations4.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZDemystify - A collection of Artworks produced for the BlueFish Project
http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1752
Demystify - A collection of Artworks produced for the BlueFish Project
Donnelly, Felicity
The BLUEFISH project (2017 to 2021) focused on the Irish Sea and Celtic Sea region and set out to provide region wide adaptation strategies for the benefit of coastal communities, with a focus on fisheries and aquaculture. BLUEFISH assessed and disseminated knowledge on the risks and opportunities for commercial fish and shellfish under climate change scenarios. It has provided options that will help coastal communities adapt to climate change in the area of food security and the Blue Economy.
BLUEFISH developed a series of targeted work-packages (WP) with stakeholders.
WP2 focused on developing our understanding of the Irish Sea and Celtic Sea ecosystem in order to provide a framework for forward looking climate adaptation guidelines. Linking art and science to portray and explain these ecosystem goods
and services and to depict plausible climate change impacts was an integral part of WP2. This compendium presents the various forms of artwork that were produced for the Marine Institute as part of the outputs from WP2. The climate change issue demands considerable public investment to reverse. This investment will only arise if the general public is supportive and this support is only likely if climate change issues are widely understood. The use of art to connect with people may be an effective way to change attitudes and win support for the societal actions required to reverse the impacts of climate change. The art forms presented in this compendium portray the importance of the ocean to the economies of coastal communities. This art also shows the potential impacts of climate change on these communities in a powerful way.
The images can create anxiety about the future but the intent is to provide a deeper understanding of climate change and that the solutions presented for our coastal communities, expressed through the medium of art, will stimulate a long overdue debate and provide hope and inspiration for the future. The art outputs from WP2 also include the “Demystify animation” which can also make a valuable contribution to the debate in Ireland and in Wales. While the oceans are in a parlous state they also provide hope. If the ocean is managed more sustainably, species and ecosystems could revive, and could become better sources of sustainable food, energy, materials, livelihoods and, ultimately, planetary well-being.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZJoined up Thinking from Joined up Data.
http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1665
Joined up Thinking from Joined up Data.
Currie, D.; Gault., J.
The primary aim of this project was to develop and implement a strategy which would integrate and enable data interrogation across all data sources used by the Marine Institute's Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory Services (FEAS) group.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZIndustry-Led Awards 2018, Floating Solar Hybrid Energy Project
http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1662
Industry-Led Awards 2018, Floating Solar Hybrid Energy Project
Howlin, E.
SolarMarine Energy Ltd (SME) applied under the Marine Institute’s Industry-Led Awards Call 2018 and was awarded grant-aid funding to research the design of a floating solar energy (FSPV) structure and evaluate how hydrogen could be produced using power from the floating solar plant.
This was essentially a ‘Power to Gas’ (PtG) project model where we designed a floating solar plant, specified the H2 electrolyser and designed the interface between the two. Our engineers’ extensive experience across the marine industry from the initial design stage to final installation enabled us to take on this challenging marine renewable energy project. We believe that a floating solar/wind/hydrogen hybrid energy plant has the potential to be a disruptive innovative technology as it leverages the technical advantages of photovoltaics and energy storage without the environmental and cost disadvantages of competitor technologies.
This project (Grant-Aid Agreement No. IND/18/02) is carried out with the support of the Marine Institute under the Marine Research Programme funded by the Irish Government.
Lead Partner: SolarMarine Energy Ltd
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