NUI Galway has today announced the first project under its Global Challenges Programme – a targeted research initiative to tackle six of the world’s most pressing issues.
The Tidal Energy project will focus on solutions to secure transition to affordable and clean energy that also enhance the health and resilience of communities, wildlife and environment.
Professor Jamie Goggins, who will lead the project, said it will engage with multiple stakeholders – including the people living in the coastal communities – to unlock the potential benefits for them in our drive to decarbonise the economy.
“The just transition is crucial in the work towards decarbonisation. So too is the importance placed on biodiversity and how we enhance the health and resilience of our ocean & coastal communities,” said Professor Goggins.
“Our aim in the Tidal Energy project is to create a blueprint to simultaneously achieve these ambitions.”
The NUI Galway Global Challenges fund was unveiled as part of the University’s new Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-26.
There are six areas of focus in the Global Challenges programme – Antimicrobial Resistance, Decarbonisation, Democracy, Food Security, Human-centred Data, and Ocean and Coastal Health.
The Tidal Energy project is being supported under the theme of Decarbonisation.
