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Opportunities for Ireland in a low carbon economy – Our 2050
This project has focused on the business opportunities in Ireland in the transition towards a low carbon economy.
Prof. Brian Ó Gallachóir – Centre Director
Prof. Jerry Murphy – Centre Director
Dr. Gillian Bruton – Centre Manager
Featured Research Area
Our Bioenergy and Biofuels Research Group focus on renewable gaseous biofuel production
Featured Blog
New research shows that the current plans for vehicle electrification in Ireland may reduce transport emissions by up to 70%, but could result in losses to the exchequer as high as €340m per year by 2030
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UK-Ireland joint initiative to invest €38.6m in training students
EPSRC-SFI Centres for Doctoral Training to link world-leading SFI Research Centres and UK Higher Education Institutions
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Royal Cork Claims the Inaugural Sustainability Award at the Volvo Irish Sailing Awards
At Volvo Cork Week 2018 the Club attained the Gold Certification from the International ‘Sailors for the Sea’ Clean Regatta programme with the event sustainability partners MaREI and An Taisce’s Clean Coasts programme
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Wind Energy Science Conference 2019
Would you like the opportunity to discuss your wind energy research with a multidisciplinary audience?
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Learn all about the potential for growth by utilising Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) within the marine sector 🌊 @OceanBusiness #Southampton #marine #BlueGrowth #OceanBusiness19 twitter.com/MaREIcentre/st… Retweeted by MaREI 1 day ago
As many as 700,000 microfibers could be released in a single standard washing machine load. By far the biggest factor is the type of fiber: a poly-cotton blend releases about 137,000, polyester about 500,000 and acrylic more than 700,000.
#Plasticfree: how to handle the scary plastic threat on our own backs
theguardian.com
Decades of washing synthetic clothes has contributed to vast, irreversible pollution, with microfibers found in our drinking water, beer and table salt. So what can we do?