ESB Networks Trial
Ambassador Programme (2018-2021)
To assess the impact of various energy efficient technologies on home energy usage, ESB networks retrofitted the homes and businesses of five “ambassadors” on the Dingle Peninsula. These five were selected from a pool of over 70 interested people and businesses, and part of their role was to inform the larger community on how they could reduce energy usage and costs.
The renewable and clean energy technologies installed at trial participants’ properties included:
- Solar PV systems
- Residential-scale batteries
- Air source heat pumps
- Electric vehicles, smart EV chargers and bi-directional (V2G) chargers
- Home energy monitoring systems
- Smart devices
Read:
- ESBN Networks’ Dingle Project Ambassador Programme (December 2021) [PDF]
- ESB Networks Dingle Project EV Trial (December 2021) [PDF]
- A Report on Active Energy Citizenship & Community Engagement [ESB website]
- The Dingle Electrification Project: Customer Flexibility Trial [ESB website]
- The Dingle Electrification Project: Sharing Learnings from Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Objective [ESB website]
View:
ESB Networks’ Dingle Project Infographic [PDF]
Listen:
ESB Networks Dingle Project Podcast on Radio Kerry (2021)
Watch on YouTube:
- Introduction to the project and meeting the ambassadors (2019)
- Community networking event at McCarthy’s pub (2019)
- End of project webinar series (2022)
Electric Vehicle Trial (2021)
ESB Networks launched a one-year electric vehicle (EV) trial in January 2021. The objective of the trial was to understand how electric vehicle charging affects the local electricity network and see how any effect could be minimized by using smart EV charging technologies.
Following an extensive local engagement campaign, the project selected 10 new EV Ambassadors from hundreds of applications. The existing five Dingle Project Ambassadors also received an EV; and two cars were made available, on a managed basis, to the wider community. Smart chargers were installed at the homes of all 15 participants on the trial.
Read:
ESB Networks’ Dingle Project EV Trial Learning Brief, December 2021 [PDF]
