Paul Deane

UCC

Dr Paul Deane is a research fellow at the MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy and the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at UCC

Reducing energy use is the most immediate measure we can do to reduce our exposure to high energy bills

We may not see gas shortages, but we would feel the impact of any interruption in supply via higher energy costs

The task is well underway, but there are some significant challenges to overcome first

We have over two million vehicles, one and a half million houses and a quarter of a million businesses that use fossil fuels

If the Government is serious about its hugely ambitious Climate Action Plan, it will have to try things that have not been tried before

We have the collective human skills today to understand the choices we have to make for the future we want

The root cause is not one single issue but rather a series of events that have tended to reinforce and amplify a problem of demand …

The technical and scientific jargon around climate change may have evolved, but the problems and challenges remain

The Climate Action Bill is correctly praised for its ambition, but of all the options available to Ireland, waiting is not one of them and …

The current blast of cold weather has a strong influence on how much we pay for gas and electricity