Research Profile

Paul Leahy

Biography

I am Lecturer in Wind Energy Engineering in the School of Engineering & Architecture and Funded Investigator in the SFI MaREI centre for Energy, Climate and Marine. I lead a multidisciplinary team of six PhD students and two research assistants who collaborate with multiple  disciplines with funding from the EPA, SFI, industry, EU, and SEAI.

 I am Senior Editor of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, a multidisciplinary journal published by Elsevier, and a Principal Investigator of the US-Ireland circular economy project Re-Wind which developed sustainable repurposed infrastructure from end-of-life wind turbine blades.

I was a national expert reviewer of the IPCC Special Report SR1.5 on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, have acted as grant reviewer for the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences and the Irish Research Council, and am a member of the UKRI Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council Peer Review College.

In 2022 I was appointed to the Climate Change & Environmental Sciences Multidisciplinary Committee of the Royal Irish Academy in 2022. I serve as Chair of the Energy Cork industry-public sector cluster and am a member of the Steering Group of the International Energy Agency Wind Task 45 on Recycling Wind Turbine Blades.

Research Interests

My research interests are sustainable applications for decommissioned wind turbine blades; wind energy forecasting; energy storage and hydrogen in supporting renewable electricity integration.
I am also interested in greenhouse gas flux measurements from peatlands and the impacts of extreme weather events on agriculture and infrastructure.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(2022)'Warming response of peatland CO2 sink is sensitive to seasonality in warming trends'
Helbig M; Živković T; Alekseychik P; Aurela M; El-Madany T; Euskirchen E; Flanagan L; Griffis T; Hanson P; Hattakka J; Helfter C; Hirano T; Humphreys E; Kiely G; Kolka R; Laurila T; Leahy P; Lohila A; Mammarella I; Nilsson M; Panov A; Parmentier F; Peichl M; Rinne J; Roman D; Sonnentag O; Tuittila E; Ueyama M; Vesala T; Vestin P; Weldon S; Weslien P; Zaehle S (2022) 'Warming response of peatland CO2 sink is sensitive to seasonality in warming trends'. Nature Climate Change,   [DOI] [Details]
(2022)'Life cycle assessment of the use of decommissioned wind blades in second life applications'
Nagle, Angela J.; Mullally, Gerard; Leahy, Paul G.; Dunphy, Niall P. (2022) 'Life cycle assessment of the use of decommissioned wind blades in second life applications'. Journal of Environmental Management, 302 (Part A):1-15 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021)'Optimising photovoltaic-centric hybrid power systems for energy autonomy'
Olówósejéjé, Samuel; Leahy, Paul G.; Morrison, Alan P. (2021) 'Optimising photovoltaic-centric hybrid power systems for energy autonomy'. Energy Reports, 7 :1943-1953   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021)'End-of-Life alternatives for wind turbine blades: Sustainability Indices based on the UN sustainable development goals'
Peter Deeney, Angela J. Nagle, Fergal Gough, Heloisa Lemmertz, Emma Delaney, Jennifer M. McKinley, Conor Graham, Paul G. Leahy, Niall P. Dunphy, Gerard Mullally (2021) 'End-of-Life alternatives for wind turbine blades: Sustainability Indices based on the UN sustainable development goals'. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 171   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Gaussian mixture models for site-specific wind turbine power curves'
Srbinovski B.;Temko A.;Leahy P.;Pakrashi V.;Popovici E. (2020) 'Gaussian mixture models for site-specific wind turbine power curves'. Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal Of Power And Energy, [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'Structural Analysis of a Roof Extracted from a Wind Turbine Blade'
T. Russell Gentry; Tristan Al-Haddad; Lawrence C. Bank; Franco R. Arias; Angela Nagle; Paul Leahy (2020) 'Structural Analysis of a Roof Extracted from a Wind Turbine Blade'. Journal Of Architectural Engineering, 26 (4) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Gaussian mixture models for site-specific wind turbine power curves'
Srbinovski, B;Temko, A;Leahy, P;Pakrashi, V;Popovici, E (2020) 'Gaussian mixture models for site-specific wind turbine power curves'. Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal Of Power And Energy, [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'Structural Analysis of a Roof Extracted from a Wind Turbine Blade'
Gentry, TR;Al-Haddad, T;Bank, LC;Arias, FR;Nagle, A;Leahy, P (2020) 'Structural Analysis of a Roof Extracted from a Wind Turbine Blade'. Journal Of Architectural Engineering, 26 [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'Development of a viability assessment model for hydrogen production from dedicated offshore wind farms'
Dinh V.N.;Leahy P.;McKeogh E.;Murphy J.;Cummins V. (2020) 'Development of a viability assessment model for hydrogen production from dedicated offshore wind farms'. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment between landfilling and Co-Processing of waste from decommissioned Irish wind turbine blades'
Nagle A.J.;Delaney E.L.;Bank L.C.;Leahy P.G. (2020) 'A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment between landfilling and Co-Processing of waste from decommissioned Irish wind turbine blades'. The Journal of Cleaner Production, 277 [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'Optimal investment timing and sizing for battery energy storage systems'
Kelly J.J.;Leahy P.G. (2020) 'Optimal investment timing and sizing for battery energy storage systems'. Journal Of Energy Storage, 28 [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'A practical approach for increased electrification, lower emissions and lower energy costs in Africa'
Olówósejéjé, Samuel; Leahy, Paul; Morrison, Alan P. (2020) 'A practical approach for increased electrification, lower emissions and lower energy costs in Africa'. Sustainable Futures, 2 :1-10 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019)'The economic cost of unreliable grid power in Nigeria'
Olowosejeje, Samuel; Leahy, Paul; Morrison, Alan (2019) 'The economic cost of unreliable grid power in Nigeria'. African Journal Of Science, Technology, Innovation And Development, :1-11   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019)'Sizing Battery Energy Storage Systems: Using Multi-Objective Optimisation to Overcome the Investment Scale Problem of Annual Worth'
Kelly, Joseph J.; Leahy, Paul G. (2019) 'Sizing Battery Energy Storage Systems: Using Multi-Objective Optimisation to Overcome the Investment Scale Problem of Annual Worth'. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019)'Offshore conversion of wind power to gaseous fuels: Feasibility study in a depleted gas field'
O'Kelly-Lynch, Patrick D.; Gallagher, Paul D.; Borthwick, Alistair G. L; McKeogh, Eamon J.; Leahy Paul G. (2019) 'Offshore conversion of wind power to gaseous fuels: Feasibility study in a depleted gas field'. Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal Of Power And Energy,   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2017)'A spatial and temporal correlation analysis of aggregate wind power in an ideally interconnected Europe'
Malvaldi, A.; Weiss, S.; Infield, D.; Browell, J.; Leahy, P.; Foley, A. M. (2017) 'A spatial and temporal correlation analysis of aggregate wind power in an ideally interconnected Europe'. Wind Energy, 20 (8):1315-1329 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2015)'Quantifying the value of improved wind energy forecasts in a pool-based electricity market'
McGarrigle, Edward V.; Leahy, Paul G. (2015) 'Quantifying the value of improved wind energy forecasts in a pool-based electricity market'. Renewable Energy, 80 (8):517-524 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2015)'Cost savings from relaxation of operational constraints on a power system with high wind penetration'
Mc Garrigle, E. V. and Leahy, P. G. (2015) 'Cost savings from relaxation of operational constraints on a power system with high wind penetration'. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 6 (3):881-888   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2015)'A long-term analysis of pumped hydro storage to firm wind power'
A.M. Foley, P.G. Leahy, K. Li, E.J. McKeogh, A.P. Morrison (2015) 'A long-term analysis of pumped hydro storage to firm wind power'. Applied Energy, 137 :638-648   [DOI] [Details]
(2014)'Estimating the impact of changing fertilizer application rate, land use, and climate on nitrous oxide emissions in Irish grasslands'
Kim, DG,Rafique, R,Leahy, P,Cochrane, M,Kiely, G (2014) 'Estimating the impact of changing fertilizer application rate, land use, and climate on nitrous oxide emissions in Irish grasslands'. Plant and Soil, 374 :55-71 [DOI] [Details]
(2014)'Power System Parameters Forecasting Using Hilbert-Huang Transform and Machine Learning'
Kurbatsky, V.; Spiryaev, V.; Tomin, N.; Leahy, P. & Sidorov, D. (2014) 'Power System Parameters Forecasting Using Hilbert-Huang Transform and Machine Learning'. Irkutsk State University Bulletin, 3 (4):1-17   [Full Text] [Details]
(2014)'Meteorological and functional response partitioning to explain interannual variability of CO2 exchange at an Irish Atlantic blanket bog'
McVeigh, P,Sottocornola, M,Foley, N,Leahy, P,Kiely, G (2014) 'Meteorological and functional response partitioning to explain interannual variability of CO2 exchange at an Irish Atlantic blanket bog'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 194 :8-19 [DOI] [Details]
(2014)'Spatial and Seasonal Variation of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Concentrations in Irish Streams: Importance of Soil and Topography Characteristics'
Liu, W;Xu, XL;McGoff, NM;Eaton, JM;Leahy, P;Foley, N;Kiely, G (2014) 'Spatial and Seasonal Variation of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Concentrations in Irish Streams: Importance of Soil and Topography Characteristics'. Journal of Environmental Management, 53 :959-967 [DOI] [Details]
(2014)'A powerful visualization technique for electricity supply and demand at industrial sites with combined heat and power and wind generation'
Brian Leif Hanrahan, Gordon Lightbody, Lawrence Staudt, Paul G. Leahy (2014) 'A powerful visualization technique for electricity supply and demand at industrial sites with combined heat and power and wind generation'. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 31 :860-869 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2013)'Seasonal exports of phosphorus from intensively fertilised nested grassland catchment'
Ciaran Lewis, Rashad Rafique, Nelius Foley, Paul Leahy, Gerard Morgan, John Albertson, Sandeep Kumar, Gerard Kiely (2013) 'Seasonal exports of phosphorus from intensively fertilised nested grassland catchment'. Journal of Environmental Sciences,   [DOI] [Details]
(2013)'Medieval Irish chronicles reveal persistent volcanic forcing of severe winter cold events, 431–1649 CE'
Francis Ludlow, Alexander R Stine, Paul Leahy, Enda Murphy, Paul A Mayewski, David Taylor, James Killen, Michael G L Baillie, Mark Hennessy and Gerard Kiely (2013) 'Medieval Irish chronicles reveal persistent volcanic forcing of severe winter cold events, 431–1649 CE'. Environmental Research Letters, 8 (2)   [DOI] [Details]
(2013)'How much wind energy will be curtailed on the 2020 Irish power system?'
McGarrigle, EV; Deane, JP; Leahy, PG (2013) 'How much wind energy will be curtailed on the 2020 Irish power system?'. Renewable Energy, 55 :544-553   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2013)'Seasonal exports of phosphorus from intensively fertilised nested grassland catchments'
Lewis, C.; Rafique, R.; Foley, N.; Leahy, P.; Morgan, G.; Albertson, J.; Kumar, S.; Kiely, G. (2013) 'Seasonal exports of phosphorus from intensively fertilised nested grassland catchments'. Journal Of Environmental Sciences-China, 25 (9):1847-1857 [DOI] [Details]
(2013)'Estimating the impact of changing fertilizer application rate, land use, and climate on nitrous oxide emissions in Irish grasslands'
Dong-Gill Kim & Rashad Rafique & Paul Leahy & Mark Cochrane & Gerard Kiely (2013) 'Estimating the impact of changing fertilizer application rate, land use, and climate on nitrous oxide emissions in Irish grasslands'. Plant and Soil, 369   [DOI] [Details]
(2013)'Addressing the Technical and Market Challenges to High Wind Power Integration in Ireland'
A.M. Foley, B. P. Ó Gallachóir, E.J. McKeogh, D. Milborrow and P.G. Leahy (2013) 'Addressing the Technical and Market Challenges to High Wind Power Integration in Ireland'. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 19 :692-703 [DOI] [Details]
(2012)'Persistence of low wind speed conditions and implications for wind power variability'
Leahy, P. and McKeogh, E. (2012) 'Persistence of low wind speed conditions and implications for wind power variability'. Wind Energy, 16 (4):575-586 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2012)'A GIS-based model to calculate the potential for transforming conventional hydropower schemes and non-hydro reservoirs to pumped hydropower schemes'
Fitzgerald, N. and Lacal Arantegui and McKeogh, E. and Leahy, P. (2012) 'A GIS-based model to calculate the potential for transforming conventional hydropower schemes and non-hydro reservoirs to pumped hydropower schemes'. Energy, 41 :483-490 [DOI] [Details]
(2012)'Effects of a winter forage crop rotation on CO2 fluxes at a managed grassland'
Leahy, P.; Kiely, G. (2012) 'Effects of a winter forage crop rotation on CO2 fluxes at a managed grassland'. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 156 :49-56 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2012)'Current methods and advances in forecasting of wind power generation'
Aoife M. Foley and Paul G. Leahy and Antonino Marvuglia and Eamon J. McKeogh; (2012) 'Current methods and advances in forecasting of wind power generation'. Renewable Energy, 37 (1):1-8   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2011)'Short duration rainfall extremes in Ireland: influence of climatic variability'
Leahy, P. and Kiely, G. (2011) 'Short duration rainfall extremes in Ireland: influence of climatic variability'. Unknown, 25 (3):987-1003 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2011)'Wind generation output during cold weather-driven electricity demand peaks in Ireland'
P.G. Leahy and A.M. Foley; (2011) 'Wind generation output during cold weather-driven electricity demand peaks in Ireland'. Energy, 39 (1):48-53 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2011)'Six-year Stable Annual Uptake of Carbon Dioxide in Intensively Managed Humid Temperate Grassland'
Peichl, M;Leahy, P;Kiely, G (2011) 'Six-year Stable Annual Uptake of Carbon Dioxide in Intensively Managed Humid Temperate Grassland'. Ecosystems, 14 :112-126 [DOI] [Details]
(2008)'Land cover change and soil organic carbon stocks in the Republic of Ireland 1851-2000'
Eaton, J. M.; McGoff, N. M.; Byrne, K. A.; Leahy, P.; Kiely, G.; (2008) 'Land cover change and soil organic carbon stocks in the Republic of Ireland 1851-2000'. Climatic Change, 91 (3-4):317-334 [DOI] [Details]
(2008)'Structural optimisation and input selection of an artificial neural network for river level prediction'
Leahy, P.; Kiely, G.; Corcoran, G. (2008) 'Structural optimisation and input selection of an artificial neural network for river level prediction'. Journal of Hydrology, 355 (1-4):192-201 [DOI] [Details]
(2007)'Carbon sequestration determined using farm scale carbon balance and eddy covariance'
K. A. Byrne; G. Kiely; P. Leahy (2007) 'Carbon sequestration determined using farm scale carbon balance and eddy covariance'. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 121 (4):357-364 [DOI] [Details]
(2006)'Modeling of Net Ecosystem Exchange and Its Components For A Humid Grassland Ecosystem'
Lawton, D, Leahy, P, Kiely, G, Byrne, KA, Calanca, P; (2006) 'Modeling of Net Ecosystem Exchange and Its Components For A Humid Grassland Ecosystem'. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, 111 (G4) [DOI] [Details]
(2006)'Net ecosystem exchange of grassland in contrasting wet and dry years'
Jaksic, V;Kiely, G;Albertson, J;Oren, R;Katul, G;Leahy, P;Byrne, KA (2006) 'Net ecosystem exchange of grassland in contrasting wet and dry years'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 139 :323-334 [DOI] [Details]
(2005)'The effect of future climate perturbations on N2O emissions from a fertilized humid grassland'
Hsieh, C.-I.; Leahy, P.; Kiely, G.; Li, CS (2005) 'The effect of future climate perturbations on N2O emissions from a fertilized humid grassland'. Nutrient Cycling In Agroecosystems, 73 (1):15-23 [DOI] [Details]
(2005)'CO2 fluxes in adjacent new and permanent temperate grasslands'
Byrne, K.A.; Kiely, G.; Leahy, P. (2005) 'CO2 fluxes in adjacent new and permanent temperate grasslands'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 135 (1-4):82-92 [DOI] [Details]
(2004)'Managed grasslands: a greenhouse gas sink or source?'
Leahy, P. and Kiely, G. and Scanlon, T. M.; (2004) 'Managed grasslands: a greenhouse gas sink or source?'. Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (L20507) [DOI] [Details]
(1999)'Fast charged-coupled device spectrometry using zoom-wavelength optics'
P. G. Carolan and N. J. Conway and C. A. Bunting and P. Leahy and R. O'Connell and R. Huxford and C. R. Negus and P. D. Wilcock; (1999) 'Fast charged-coupled device spectrometry using zoom-wavelength optics'. Review of Scientific Instruments, 68 (1):731-735 [DOI] [Details]
(1999)'Error field mode studies on JET'
R. J. Buttery and M. De Benedetti and D. A. Gates and Y. Gribova and T. C. Hender and R. J. La Haye and P. Leahy and J. A. Leuer and A. W. Morris and A. Santagiustina and J. T. Scoville and B. J. D. Tubbing and the JET Team and the COMPASS-D Team and the DIII-D Team; (1999) 'Error field mode studies on JET'. Nuclear Fusion, 39 (11Y) [Details]
(1999)'Error field penetration and plasma rotation in H mode and controlled ELM-free regimes in COMPASS-D'
A. L. Colton and R. J. Buttery and S. J. Fielding and T. C. Hender and P. Leahy and A. W. Morris; (1999) 'Error field penetration and plasma rotation in H mode and controlled ELM-free regimes in COMPASS-D'. Nuclear Fusion, 39 (4) [Details]
(1998)'H-modes on COMPASS-D with high-power ECRH'
S J Fielding, M Valovic, P G Carolan, D A Gates, C Hunt, P Leahy, A W Morris, the COMPASS-D Physics and ECRH Teams. (1998) 'H-modes on COMPASS-D with high-power ECRH'. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 40 (5) [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

 YearPublication
(2021)2021 32ND IRISH SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (ISSC 2021)
Calvert, S;Popovici, E;Leahy, P (2021) Using Environmental Data based Communication Protocol for improved Quality of Service in LoRaWAN Applications 2021 32ND IRISH SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (ISSC 2021) [DOI] [Details]
(2007)COST Action 639
Eaton, JM and McGoff, NM and Byrne, KA and Leahy, P and Kiely, G (2007) The impact of agricultural land cover change on soil organic carbon stocks in Ireland COST Action 639 , pp.75-80 [Details]
(2021)ITRN 2021
Leahy, Paul G.; Zhang, Zoe; Nagle, Angela J.; Ruane, Kieran; Delaney, Emma; McKinley, Jennifer; Bank, Lawrence; Gentry, T. Russell (2021) Greenway pedestrian and cycle bridges from repurposed wind turbine blades ITRN 2021 University of Limerick, , 26-AUG-21 - 27-AUG-21 , pp.1-8 [Full Text] [Details]
(2021)Proceedings of the 10th Engineering Education for Sustainable Development Conference
Rogan, F., Daly, H., Deane, P., Glynn, J., Leahy, P. and Byrne, E. (2021) Challenging energy engineering undergraduates with diverse perspectives on nuclear power . In: Byrne, E.P eds. Proceedings of the 10th Engineering Education for Sustainable Development Conference University College Cork, , 14-JUN-21 - 16-JUN-21 , pp.443-450   [Details]
(2017)Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology
Srbinovski B.;Conte G.;Morrison A.;Leahy P.;Popovici E. (2017) ECO: An IoT platform for wireless data collection, energy control and optimization of a miniaturized wind turbine cluster: Power analysis and battery life estimation of IoT platform Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology , pp.412-417 [DOI] [Details]
(2017)12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
A. Blavette and T. Kovaltchouk and F. Rongere and M. Jourdain de Thieulloy and P. Leahy and B. Multon and H. Ben Ahmed (2017) Influence of the Wave Dispersion Phenomenon on the Flicker Generated by a Wave Farm 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Cork, , 28-AUG-17 - 01-SEP-17   [Details]
(2014)2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY (POWERCON)
Tomin, N;Sidorov, D;Kurbatsky, V;Spiryaev, V;Zhukov, A;Leahy, P (2014) A Hybrid Wind Speed Forecasting Strategy based on Hilbert-Huang Transform and Machine Learning Algorithms 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY (POWERCON) , pp.2980-2986 [Details]
(2014)A Hybrid Wind Speed Forecasting Strategy based on Hilbert-Huang Transform and Machine Learning Algorithms
Tomin, N,Sidorov, D,Kurbatsky, V,Spiryaev, V,Zhukov, A,Leahy, P, (2014) 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY (POWERCON) A Hybrid Wind Speed Forecasting Strategy based on Hilbert-Huang Transform and Machine Learning Algorithms , pp.2980-2986 [Details]
(2014)POWERCON 2014 - 2014 International Conference on Power System Technology: Towards Green, Efficient and Smart Power System, Proceedings
Tomin N.;Sidorov D.;Kurbatsky V.;Spiryaev V.;Zhukov A.;Leahy P. (2014) A hybrid wind speed forecasting strategy based on Hilbert-Huang transform and machine learning algorithms POWERCON 2014 - 2014 International Conference on Power System Technology: Towards Green, Efficient and Smart Power System, Proceedings , pp.2980-2986 [DOI] [Details]
(2012)European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012, EWEC 2012
Doody D.;McGarrigle E.;Coffey K.;Leahy P. (2012) Comparison of wind speeds from QuikSCAT scatterometry and surface buoys for wind resource estimation in the Irish Sea European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012, EWEC 2012 , pp.1516-1522 [Details]
(2012)2012 11th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2012 - Conference Proceedings
Foley A.;Kerlin C.;Leahy P. (2012) Offshore wind resource estimation using wave buoy data 2012 11th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2012 - Conference Proceedings , pp.1114-1119 [DOI] [Details]
(2012)50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition
Watters C.;Leahy P. (2012) Influence of wind direction in the downscaling of wind speeds from numerical weather prediction 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition [DOI] [Details]
(2012)European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012, EWEC 2012
Mc Garrigle E.;Leahy P. (2012) Wind curtailment on the 2020 Irish power system under two proposed offshore/onshore development scenarios European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012, EWEC 2012 , pp.82-90 [Details]
(2010)2010 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2010
Foley A.;McKeogh E.;Leahy P.;Gallachóir B. (2010) Electric vehicles and displaced gaseous emissions 2010 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2010 [DOI] [Details]
(2010)2010 9th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2010
Foley A.;Leahy P.;McKeogh E. (2010) Wind power forecasting & prediction methods 2010 9th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2010 , pp.61-64 [DOI] [Details]
(2010)2010 9th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2010
Leahy P. (2010) Extreme weather events and power systems with high wind penetration: Case study on the Irish winter of 2009/10 2010 9th Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2010 , pp.415-418 [DOI] [Details]
(2009)5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC '09
Foley A.;Gallachóir B.;Leahy P.;Mckeogh E. (2009) Electric vehicles and energy storage - A case study on Ireland 5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC '09 , pp.524-530 [DOI] [Details]
(2009)2009 IEEE VEHICLE POWER AND PROPULSION CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3
Foley, A;Gallachoir, BO;Leahy, P;McKeogh, E (2009) Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage - a case study on Ireland 2009 IEEE VEHICLE POWER AND PROPULSION CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3 , pp.464-470 [Details]
(2009)1st IEEE-PES/IAS Conference on Sustainable Alternative Energy, SAE 2009 - Proceedings
Foley A.;Leahy P.;McKeogh E. (2009) Wind energy integration and the Ireland-Wales interconnector 1st IEEE-PES/IAS Conference on Sustainable Alternative Energy, SAE 2009 - Proceedings [DOI] [Details]
(1998)PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION
Fielding, SJ;Valovic, M;Carolan, PG;Gates, DA;Hunt, C;Leahy, P;Morris, AW (1998) H-modes on COMPASS-D with high-power ECRH PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION , pp.731-735 [Details]
(2017)2017 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (ICIT)
Srbinovski, B;Conte, G;Morrison, AP;Leahy, P;Popovici, E (2017) ECO: An IoT platform for wireless data collection, energy control and optimization of a miniaturized wind turbine cluster Power analysis and battery life estimation of IoT platform 2017 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (ICIT) , pp.412-417 [Details]
(2016)Proceedings of the WindEurope Summit
Cian Desmond and Jason McCorkell and Paul Leahy and Rachel Chester (2016) CFD analysis of a 5kW portable Marine Wind Turbine Proceedings of the WindEurope Summit Hamburg,   [Details]
(2016)27th Irish Signals & Systems Conference
Bruno Srbinovski, Paul Leahy , Vikram Pakrashi , Eoin Stack , Shane Dunne, Marco Taccetta, Emanuel Popovici (2016) An empirical estimation of power output of a miniaturized wind turbine cluster 27th Irish Signals & Systems Conference Derry, , 21-JUN-16 - 22-JUN-16   [Details]
(2016)International Conference on Ocean Energy
Rudden, F. and McEvoy, P. and Leahy, P. (2016) Novel polymer tether systems reduce peak loads on floating offshore wind turbine moorings International Conference on Ocean Energy Edinburgh, , 23-FEB-16 - 25-FEB-16 [Details]
(2014)25th IET Irish Signals & Systems Conference
Patrick Xie, George French, Seán O'Ríordáin, Niall Kennedy, Fiona Edwards-Murphy, Paul Leahy, Emanuel Popovici (2014) Sensing wind for environmental and energy applications 25th IET Irish Signals & Systems Conference Limerick, , 26-JUN-14 - 27-JUN-14 , pp.64-69   [DOI] [Details]
(2014)Power System Technology (POWERCON), 2014 International Conference on
Tomin, Nikita ; Sidorov, Denis ; Kurbatsky, Victor ; Spiryaev, Vadim ; Zhukov, Alexey ; Leahy, Paul (2014) A hybrid wind speed forecasting strategy based on Hilbert-Huang transform and machine learning algorithms Power System Technology (POWERCON), 2014 International Conference on , pp.2980-2986 [DOI] [Details]
(2014)Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Informatics, Environment, Energy and Applications
McGarrigle, Edward; Leahy, Paul G. (2014) System operational costs reduction with non-conventional reactive power sources Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Informatics, Environment, Energy and Applications Shanghai, , 26-MAR-14 - 28-MAR-14 , pp.116-119   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2013)2nd International Conference on Energy & Meteorology
Kevin Coffey, Eamon McKeogh, Alfredo Pena and Paul Leahy. (2013) Is there a value in including atmospheric stability in wind resource assessments in the marine environment? 2nd International Conference on Energy & Meteorology Toulouse, , 25-JUN-13 - 28-JUN-13   [Details]
(2013)Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Environment \& Electrical Engineering
Mc Garrigle, E. and Leahy, P. G. (2013) The value of accuracy in wind energy forecasts Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Environment \& Electrical Engineering Wroclaw, Poland, , 05-MAY-13 - 08-MAY-13   [DOI] [Details]
(2012)Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP)
Foley and Kerlin, C. and Leahy, P. (2012) Characteristics Of Offshore Wind Speeds Using Buoy Measurements Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (SEEP) Dublin, [Details]
(2012)International Water Association World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy
Waenn, A. and McKeogh, E. and Leahy, P. (2012) Environmental Performance of Existing Energy Storage Installations International Water Association World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy Dublin, [Details]
(2012)European Wind Energy Association Annual Event
E. V. Mc Garrigle and P. Leahy (2012) Wind curtailment on the 2020 Irish power system under two proposed offshore/onshore development scenarios European Wind Energy Association Annual Event Copenhagen, , 16-APR-12 - 19-APR-12 [Details]
(2012)European Wind Energy Annual Event
Deirdre Doody, Edward V. Mc Garrigle, Kevin B. Coffey and Paul G. Leahy (2012) Comparison of wind speeds from QuikSCAT scatterometry and surface buoys for wind resource estimation in the Irish Sea European Wind Energy Annual Event Copenhagen, , 16-APR-12 - 19-APR-12 [Details]
(2012)Proceedings of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Sibuet Watters, C. and Leahy, P.; (2012) Influence of wind direction in the downscaling of wind speeds from numerical weather prediction Proceedings of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nashville, [Details]
(2011)10th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC)
Sibuet Watters, C. and Leahy, P.; (2011) Comparison of linear, Kalman filter and neural network downscaling of wind speeds from numerical weather prediction 10th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) [DOI] [Details]
(2011)Proceedings of the 3rd International Youth Conference on Energetics
Mc Garrigle, E. and Leahy, P.; (2011) The effects of adding 1.8 GW of offshore wind to the 2020 Irish power system Proceedings of the 3rd International Youth Conference on Energetics Leiria, Portugal, [Details]
(2010)Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering
Leahy, P; (2010) Extreme weather events and power systems with high wind penetration: case study on the Irish winter of 2009/10 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering Prague, , pp.415-418 [Details]
(2010)Irish Transport Research Network 2010
Foley, A; Leahy, P; McKeogh E; Ó Gallachóir, BP; (2010) Quantifying Displaced Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Electric Vehicles in Ireland Irish Transport Research Network 2010 UCD Dublin, , 31-AUG-10 - 01-SEP-10 [Full Text] [Details]
(2010)Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection
Foley, A.M. and Connolly, D. and Leahy, P. and Vad Mathiesen (2010) Electrical Energy Storage and Smart Grid Technologies to integrate the next generation of Renewable Power Systems Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection Bari, Italy, [Details]
(2010)IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC'10)
Foley, A; Leahy, P; McKeogh E; Ó Gallachóir, BP; (2010) Electric Vehicles and Displaced Gaseous Emissions IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC'10) [Details]
(2010)Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium for Engineering Education
Foley, AM; Leahy, PG; (2010) The role of the professional engineer in the 21st century Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium for Engineering Education [Details]
(2010)Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering
Foley, AM; Leahy, PG; McKeogh, EJ; (2010) Wind Power Forecasting & Prediction Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering Prague, , pp.61-64 [Details]
(2009)Proceedings IEEE-PES/IAS Conference on Sustainable Alternative Energy
Foley, A. M. and Leahy, P. and McKeogh, E. J.; (2009) Wind Energy Integration and the Ireland-Wales Interconnector Proceedings IEEE-PES/IAS Conference on Sustainable Alternative Energy Valencia, Spain, [Details]
(2009)Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference
Aoife Foley and John Hayes and Paul Leahy and Eamon McKeogh; (2009) Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage - a case study on Ireland Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference Dearborn, MI, USA, [Details]
(2008)Workshop on Comparison of static chambers to measure N2O, CH4 and CO2 fluxes from soils
Rashid Rafique, Ger Kiely, Paul Leahy, Dong-Gill Kim, Michael Mishrov, Jimmy Casey (2008) Nitrous Oxide from Irish Agricultural Grasslands: Current Emissions and Future Trends Workshop on Comparison of static chambers to measure N2O, CH4 and CO2 fluxes from soils Nødebo, Denmark, , 15-DEC-08 - 17-DEC-08   [Details]
(2008)European Geophysical Union General Assembly
McGoff, N. and Eaton, J. M. and Leahy, P. and Byrne, K. and Kiely, G. (2008) Dissolved organic carbon in Irish streams European Geophysical Union General Assembly [Details]
(2008)Geophysical Research Abstracts
Leahy, P. and Kiely, G.; (2008) Effects of hydrological extremes of 2006 and 2007 on net ecosystem exchange of a temperate grassland Geophysical Research Abstracts Vienna, [Details]
(2008)European Geosciences Union General Assembly
M. Mishurov, P. Leahy and G. Kiely; (2008) Distinguishing peaks from background emissions of nitrous oxide in grassland ecosystem European Geosciences Union General Assembly Vienna,   [Details]
(2007)Greenhouse-gas budget of soils under changing climate and land use (BurnOut) - COST 639
J.M. Eaton and N.M.McGoff and K. A. Byrne and P. Leahy and G. Kiely; (2007) The impact of agricultural land cover change on soil organic carbon stocks in Ireland Greenhouse-gas budget of soils under changing climate and land use (BurnOut) - COST 639 [Details]
(2006)International Workshop on Development of Models and Forest Soil Surveys for Monitoring of Soil Carbon
Paul Leahy, Kenneth A. Byrne, Deirdre Fay, Chaosheng Zhang and Ger Kiely (2006) Measurement and Modelling of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Irish Soils International Workshop on Development of Models and Forest Soil Surveys for Monitoring of Soil Carbon Koli, Finland, , 05-APR-06 - 08-APR-06   [Details]
(2006)Proceedings of the Open Science Conference on the GHG Cycle in the Northern Hemisphere
Paul Leahy and Gerard Kiely; (2006) Micrometeorological observations of N2O uptake by fertilised grassland Proceedings of the Open Science Conference on the GHG Cycle in the Northern Hemisphere Sissi-Lathiki, Greece, [Details]
(1999)Proceedings of the 26th European Physical Society meeting on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Leahy, P. AND Carolan, P. G. AND Buttery, R. J.; (1999) The role of plasma rotation in error field scalings Proceedings of the 26th European Physical Society meeting on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Maastricht, The Netherlands, , pp.157-160 [Details]

Published Reports

 YearPublication
(2021)ClimAtt: Tools for Climate Change Attribution of Extreme Weather Events.
Leahy, P. and Hermida Gonzalez, L. and Hickey, K. and Kiely, G. and Allen, M. and Nowbakht, P. and A., Pasik (2021) ClimAtt: Tools for Climate Change Attribution of Extreme Weather Events. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford. [Details]
(2020)Eirwind D5.4 System Services Report.
Laguipo, Jochelle and Leahy, Paul and Dinh, Van Nguyen and McKeogh, Eamon (2020) Eirwind D5.4 System Services Report. University College Cork, Cork. [Details]
(2020)Blueprint for offshore wind in Ireland 2020-2050: A Research Synthesis.
Cummins, Val and McKeogh, Eamon and Murphy, Jimmy and Dinh, Van Nguyen and Jessopp, Mark and Leahy, Paul (2020) Blueprint for offshore wind in Ireland 2020-2050: A Research Synthesis. University College Cork, Cork. [Details]
(2017)SoilC - Feasibility of Grassland Soil Carbon Survey.
Gerard Kiely, Paul Leahy, Ciaran Lewis, Xianli Xu and Matteo Sottocornola (2017) SoilC - Feasibility of Grassland Soil Carbon Survey. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford. [Details]
(2014)Interactions of Soil Hydrology, Land Use and Climate Change and their Impact on Soil Quality (SoilH).
Kiely, G. and Leahy, P. and Zhang, C. and He, Y. and Zi, T. and Albertson, J. (2014) Interactions of Soil Hydrology, Land Use and Climate Change and their Impact on Soil Quality (SoilH). Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford. [Details]
(2014)AWRA-ONCE: Advanced wind resource assessments in offshore, nearshore and coastal environments.
Leahy, Paul G. and Coffey, Kevin (2014) AWRA-ONCE: Advanced wind resource assessments in offshore, nearshore and coastal environments. University College Cork, Cork. [DOI] [Details]
(2013)Recommendations for furthering the Sustainable Development of Bulk Energy Storage Facilities.
Annicka Wann and Leahy, P. and McKeogh, E. and Reidy, M. and Doyle, S. and Dalton, H. and Barry, P. (2013) Recommendations for furthering the Sustainable Development of Bulk Energy Storage Facilities. University College Cork, Cork. [Details]
(2013)Does Ireland Need More Storage?: Power System Overview and RES Integration.
Wei\ss (2013) Does Ireland Need More Storage?: Power System Overview and RES Integration. European Commission, Executive Agency for Competitiveness \& Innovation (EACI), Cork. [Details]
(2012)Environmental performance of existing energy storage installations.
W\"ann, Annicka and Leahy, P and Reidy, M and Doyle, S and Dalton, H and Barry, P (2012) Environmental performance of existing energy storage installations. University College Cork, Cork. [Details]
(2010)Extreme weather, climate and natural disasters in Ireland.
Kiely, Gerard and Leahy, Paul and Ludlow, Francis and Stefanini, Bettina and Reilly, Eileen and Monk, Michael and Harris, Jason and others (2010) Extreme weather, climate and natural disasters in Ireland. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford. [Details]
(2009)Celticflux: measurement and modelling of greenhouse gas fluxes from grasslands and a peatland in Ireland. Report from EPA ERTDI-funded project 2001-CD-C2-M1.
Kiely, Gerard and Leahy, P and Sottocornola, M and Laine, A and Mishurov, M and Albertson, J and Carton, O and others (2009) Celticflux: measurement and modelling of greenhouse gas fluxes from grasslands and a peatland in Ireland. Report from EPA ERTDI-funded project 2001-CD-C2-M1. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford. [Details]
(2008)Flood Studies Update Programme Work Group 3. Flood Hydrograph Analysis, Work Package 3.2 Flood Event Analysis, Final Report.
Kiely, Gerard and Leahy, Paul and Fenton, Michael and Donovan, Joe (2008) Flood Studies Update Programme Work Group 3. Flood Hydrograph Analysis, Work Package 3.2 Flood Event Analysis, Final Report. Office of Public Works, Dublin. [Details]
(2012)Environmental performance of existing energy storage installations.
Annicka Waenn and Paul Leahy and Monica Reidy and Sean Doyle and Helen Dalton and Peter Barry (2012) Environmental performance of existing energy storage installations. WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany.   [Details]
(2012)Pumped-hydro energy storage: potential for transformation from single dams.
Fitzgerald, N. and Lacal Arantegui, R. and Leahy, P. (2012) Pumped-hydro energy storage: potential for transformation from single dams. Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy & Transport, Petten, the Netherlands.   [Details]
(2010)Extreme Weather, Climate and Natural Disasters in Ireland.
G. Kiely and P. Leahy and F. Ludlow and B. Stefanini and E. Reilly and M. Monk and J. Harris; (2010) Extreme Weather, Climate and Natural Disasters in Ireland. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford. [Details]
(2010)SoilC - Measurement and Modelling of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Irish Soils.
Gerard Kiely, Ms Nicola M. McGoff, James M. Eaton, Xianli Xu, Paul Leahy, Owen Carton (2010) SoilC - Measurement and Modelling of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Irish Soils. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford.   [Details]
(2009)Celticflux: Measurement and modelling of Greenhouse gas fluxes from Grasslands and a Peatland in Ireland.
Gerard Kiely, Paul Leahy, Matteo Sottocornola, Anna Laine, Michael Mishurov, John Albertson, Owen Carton (2009) Celticflux: Measurement and modelling of Greenhouse gas fluxes from Grasslands and a Peatland in Ireland. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford.   [Details]
(2007)Flood Studies Update -- Flood Event Analysis.
Gerard Kiely and Paul Leahy and Eamon McKeogh; (2007) Flood Studies Update -- Flood Event Analysis. Office of Public Works, Dublin. [Details]

Editorship

 YearPublication
(2018)Sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems 2016.
Puksec, T;Leahy, P;Foley, A;Markovska, N;Duic, N (2018) Sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems 2016. OXFORD: Editorship [DOI] [Details]

Professional Activities

Honours and Awards

 YearTitleAwarding Body
2014Environmental Research Letters' Highlights of 2013 Environmental Research Letters

Professional Associations

 AssociationFunctionFrom / To
IEEE Member01-JAN-09 /
American Geophysical Union Member01-JAN-09 /
International Association of Hydrological Sciences Member/

Committees

 CommitteeFunctionFrom / To
Royal Irish Academy Multidisciplinary Committee - Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Member2022 / 2027
Energy Cork Cluster Steering Group Chair2022 / 2023
Programme Committee SDEWES 2017 Member2017 / 2017

Education

 YearInstitutionQualificationSubject
2018University College Cork Postgraduate CertificateTeaching & Learning for Higher Education
2022University College Cork Digital BadgeAutism Friendly University
2020University College Cork Postgraduate DiplomaTeaching & Learning in Higher Education
2021University College Cork Digital BadgeDigital Inclusion

Outreach Activities

 Description

University College Cork Public Lecture Series 2013, "Keeping the Lights On: Delivering a Reliable Electricity Supply with Renewables".
Presentation available online.

Journal Activities

 JournalRoleTo / From
Journal Of Environmental Management Referee-
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Editor01-JAN-20 -
Plos One Member of Editorial Board01-AUG-18 -
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Editor01-JUL-18 - 30-JUN-19
Journal Of Hydrology Referee-
Energy Referee-
Ieee Transactions On Power Systems Referee-
European Transactions On Electrical Power Referee-
Global And Planetary Change Referee-
Wind Energy Referee-
Ecological Modelling Referee-
Global Change Biology Referee-
Plant And Soil Referee-
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Referee-
International Journal Of Climatology Referee-

Other Activities

 Description

MSc to PhD transfer assessor, Cork Institute of Technology, 2009.

External PhD Examiner, Loughborough University, 2014

External PhD examiner, University of Auckland (New Zealand), 2011.


External PhD examiner, Queens University Belfast, 2012.


External MSc examiner, Limerick Institute of Technology, June 2012.


External PhD Examiner, University of Limerick, 2011.

Teaching Activities

Teaching Interests

I teach students across a diverse range of topics and levels in the University, ranging from first year undergraduates (typically 140 students) to taught Master's and research postgraduates.

Undergraduate Modules as Module Co-ordinator and Lecturer
  • NE4002 Wind Energy Engineering (5 credits; dual coded with NE6003)
  • CE6040 Sustainable Systems Engineering: (5 credits)
  • NE4020 Energy Engineering Capstone Project: (10 credits)
Undergraduate Modules as Contributing Lecturer
  • NE1001 Introduction to Energy Engineering (I contribute the Wind Energy section and run the Wind Turbine Maker practical workshops)
  • Primary Energy Engineering: NE1001, NE2001 (I contribute the Nuclear Energy lectures) 
Postgraduate and ME Modules as Module Co-ordinator and Lecturer
  • NE6003 Wind Energy Engineering (5 credits; dual coded with NEE4002)
  • NE6017 Energy Engineering Dissertation Project (20 credits)
  • NE6010 Offshore Wind Energy (5 credits)
ME Dissertation and Minor Thesis Supervision:
  • MEngSc Sustainable Energy,
  • MEngSc Mechanical Engineering
  • ME Civil Engineering;
  • ME Energy Engineering
Other Project and Dissertation Supervisions 
  • BE Civil Engineering, BE Energy Engineering,
  • BE Electrical Engineering
  • MSc University of Padua
  • MSc Trinity College Dublin












Recent Postgraduates

 Graduation YearStudent NameInstitutionDegree TypeThesis Title
2013Michael Lenihan University College CorkMEngScForecasting for Industrial Wind Energy Autoproduction
2018Patrick O'Kelly Lynch University College CorkMEngScOffshore power-to-gas platform: system design and wave-structure interactions
2014Edward McGarrigle University College CorkPHDInvestigation of factors driving the costs of operating the 2020 Irish power system with large-scale wind generation
2014Laura Kokkala University College CorkMEngScLoad scheduling and optimisation for wind energy autoproduction
2013Kevin Coffey University College CorkMEngScAtmospheric Stability and Coastal Effects on Nearshore and Offshore Wind Energy Resources

Current Postgraduate Students

 StudentDegree Type
Martinez Diaz Abel Doctoral Degree
Rutherford Justin Thomas Doctoral Degree
Vu Dinh Quang Doctoral Degree

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