Civil and Environmental Engineering

Biography

• B.Sc. (Civil), QUB, 1974.
• Ph.D., QUB, 1978.
• M.B.A., UCC, 1987.

Current Post

• Senior Lecturer
• Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCC.
• Date of Appointment : February 1990.
• Director, Hydraulic & Maritime Research Centre, UCC.

Previous Posts

• College Lecturer, Civil Engineering, UCC. October 1981 to February 1990.
• Lecturer, Civil Engineering, Edinburgh University, 1979 to 1981.
• Research Fellow, Fluid Mechanics, Strathclyde University, 1978 to 1979.
• Assistant Lecturer, Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Belfast, 1976 to 1978.

Professional Affiliations

•  Chartered Engineer, Member of Institution of Engineers of Ireland.
• National & International Activities
• National Director, Renewable Energy Office of the Irish Energy Centre, 1996-2001.
• Chairman, Working Group for ESB Grid Connections, Department of Public Enterprise, 1996-2000.
• Vice-Chairman, Wind Energy Strategy Group, Department of Public Enterprise, 2000.
• Vice-Chairman, Energy Panel, Technology Foresight Ireland, Department of Public Enterprise, 1999.
• Evaluator, EU DGXVII Altener 1 Programme, 1997-1998.

Recent Research Contracts

• European Union, Fifth framework, Wind energy producing hydrogen for fuel cells, 2001-2004, €339,000.
• European Union, Fifth framework, A high resolution Numerical wind energy model for on and off-shore forecasting using ensemble predictions, 2001-2003, co-ordinated by UCC, seven international partners, €1,174,000.
• Sustainable Energy Ireland, Energy Storage options to accommodate the intermittency of Wind Energy In Ireland, 2003,  €54,000.  
• Sustainable Energy Ireland, Development of a short range ensemble prediction system for wind energy forecasting in Ireland, 2003,  €210,000.  
• Environmental Protection Agency, Conflicts between energy policy objectives and climate change strategy, 2003, one international partner, €146,000.  
• Sustainable Energy Ireland, Energy Policy statistical support unit strategic direction, 2003,  €162,000.  
• Eltra, Energy Storage options to accommodate the intermittency of Wind Energy In Ireland, 2002, €77,000.

Recent Publications

JD Murphy, E McKeogh, G Kiely (2004) “Technical/economic/environmental analysis of biogas utilisation,” Applied Energy, Volume 77, Issue 4, pp. 407-427, April 2004.

JD Murphy, E McKeogh (2004) “Technical, economic and environmental analysis of energy production from municipal solid waste,” Renewable Energy, Volume 9 pp. 1043-1057, 2004.

D. A. Bechrakis, J. P. Deane, E. J. McKeogh (2004) "Wind resource assessment of an area using short term data correlated to a long term data set", Solar Energy 76, pp. 725-732  (2004).

D. A. Bechrakis, J. P. Deane, E. J. McKeogh (2004) "Wind resource assessment of an area using short term data correlated to a long term data set", Solar Energy Vol. 76, No 6, pp. 725-732, 2004.

D. A. Bechrakis, P. D. Gallagher, E. J. McKeogh (2004) "Simulation and Techno-Economic Assessment of an Autonomous Hybrid Wind-Hydrogen Energy System for an Isolated Hotel Unit of Small Capacity", 15th Annual U.S. Hydrogen Conference, Los Angeles, California U.S.A., April 27-30, 2004.

Ó Gallachóir B. P., Gardner P., McKeogh E. J. & Snodin H. (2004) The Grid Connection Moratorium in Ireland Proc. European Wind Energy Conference 2004, November 22 - 25 2004, London.

Guidi G., Ó Gallachóir B. P. & McKeogh E. J. (2004) Supporting Wind Energy in the Mandatory Centralized Pool in Ireland. Proc. European Wind Energy Conference 2004, November 22 - 25 2004, London.

Gonzalez A, Ó Gallachóir B., McKeogh E. & Lynch K. (2004) Study of Electricity Storage Technologies and Their Potential to Address Wind Energy Intermittency. Report published by Sustainable Energy Ireland  

Gonzalez, E. McKeogh, B. Ó Gallachóir (2003) ‘ The role of hydrogen in high wind energy penetration electricity systems: The Irish case’. Renewable Energy, vol 29, pp471-489,  2003.

D. A. Bechrakis, E. J. McKeogh (2003) “An autonomous hybrid wind-hydrogen fuel cell power plant, for an isolated hotel unit of small capacity: A case study”, EREC RES for Islands, Tourism & Water Desalination, 26-28 May 2003 Crete, Greece.

D. A. Bechrakis, E. J. McKeogh (2003) “A method for wind energy assessment of an area using a correlation model”, EWEA European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 16 - 19 June 2003 Madrid, Spain.

Gonzalez A, McKeogh E. & Ó Gallachóir B. (2003) Hydrogen production from wind energy in the Irish scenario. Proceedings of the 1st European Hydrogen Energy Conference, Grenoble, September 2 – 5, 2003.

Daly R. P., Ó Gallachóir B. P. & McKeogh E. J. (2003) Meeting the electricity needs of an Irish Local Authority with wind power Proc. European Wind Energy Conference 2003, June 16 - 19 2003, Madrid.  

Ó Gallachóir B. P., Haas R., Huber C & McKeogh, E. J. (2003) Conflicts Between Energy Policy Objectives and the NCCS in Ireland. Proc. EPA Pathways to a sustainable future conference May 15 - 16 2003, Dublin.

Ó Gallachóir B. P., Chiorean C. V. & McKeogh, E. J. (2002) Conflicts Between Electricity Market Liberalisation and Wind Energy Policies Proc. Energy Ireland 2002 Conference, June 17 - 18 2002, Dublin.

Uddin S. N., Ó Gallachóir B. P. & McKeogh E. J. (2002) Wind Energy Strategies for Central and Eastern European Countries in a european Union Context Proc. Global Wind Power 2002 Conference, April 2 - 5 2002 Paris, France.

JD Murphy, E McKeogh, T Sakkas, S O’Neill (2001) “Potential energy from waste in the Republic of Ireland,” In: Proceedings Renewable Energy in Maritime Island Climates, Conference C76 of the Solar Energy society, Odyssey Centre Belfast, 10-11 September 2001, pp. 59-66.