Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Chair's indulgence. Earlier, I was discussing electric vehicles and that change involved. There is certainly potential with electric vehicles with regard to energy systems. The vehicle parked outside, which may be getting charged from solar on the roof, can then operate in the opposite way, in that there is an 80 kW battery sitting in the garden that a person may not be going to use for a day or two. Are there research papers on that? It is an area that I am very interested in. That is real sustainability. That combines transport, energy systems, and a real circular type of economy.

I was at the Wind Energy Ireland conference. I generally go to it each year. It has an opportunity for three third level students to possibly present some sort of innovation paper that they are working on. Is anything like that proposed? I know we have some excellent third level sustainable transport courses at the moment.