Development of an Energy Plan for County Kildare, Ireland

Author

Winstanley, Paul ; Collins, Tom

Author_Institution

Energy Initiatives, Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

14-15 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper outlines a study that was undertaken recently in County Kildare, Ireland where the cost of energy is impacting negatively on industrial competiveness. Further concerns exist regarding the high level of green house gas emissions. Based on geographical "clusters" with energy cooperation a phased development roadmap has been developed. This includes implementing passive energy efficiency; implementing active energy efficiency; networking active efficiency management systems to enable demand response; integrating alternative energies. Based on preliminary data considerable energy and emissions savings can be achieved.

Keywords

air pollution control; energy conservation; County Kildare; Ireland; active efficiency management systems; active energy efficiency; demand response; energy plan; geographical clusters; green house gas emissions; industrial competiveness; passive energy efficiency; Cogeneration; Electricity; Energy efficiency; Europe; Green products; Lighting; Load management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Technologies Conference (IEEE-Green), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-713-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-714-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GREEN.2011.5754861

Filename

5754861