Muireann Lynch's guest appearances

Muireann Lynch

At The Margin

Five Degrees of Change

David Zetland

Chris Carey

Tim Harford

Anja Shortland

Brian Lucey

John Fitzgerald

michelle barrett

Robert H. Frank

Seamus Coffey

Edgar Morgenroth

Michael McMahon

Robbie Butler

Stephen Kinsella

Graham Brownlow

Nathan Cunningham

OwlTail

Muireann Lynch is an energy researcher with the Economic and Social Research Institute who has an incredibly detailed understanding of the irish energy system. During her interview she displayed both a professional and a personal interest in the challenges of decarbonisation.    For her policy changes, she propsed testing all behavioural change policies, thinking about systems instead of technologies, and reviewing the planning system.   For her personal changes she discussed breastfeeding for longer and buying a cargo bike.

Muireann Lynch is an energy researcher with the Economic and Social Research Institute who has an incredibly detailed understanding of the irish energy system. During her interview she displayed both a professional and a personal interest in the challenges of decarbonisation.  For her policy changes, she propsed testing all behavioural change policies, thinking about systems instead of technologies, and reviewing the planning system. For her personal changes she discussed breastfeeding for longer and buying a cargo bike.

Muireann Lynch, Energy Researcher at the ESRI

Jacquelyn Pless

This episode provides an overview of energy economics.I take a slightly different format this week. I offer some insight into the Irish electricity market, inspired by some requests from Twitter followers (@IrishEconPod). Alongside this, Dr. Jacquelyn Pless of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and Dr. Muireann Lynch of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) offer their expert insight into various aspects of energy economics.This episode begins with a discussion of the Irish electricity market, its development and how a liberalised electricity market operates. Dr. Muireann Lynch then offers some insight into recent changes to the market structure.The operation of the electricity market as we approach full renewable penetration is something that can be very confusing. I give some insight into how new technologies will be required to achieve renewables targets. Dr. Jacquelyn Pless offers her expertise on the various policy options that can be used to incentivise more R&amp;D to develop these technologies.Finally, we discuss the operation of electricity markets once smart technologies and household-level generation takes off. Are we all going to become electricity traders? What should policymakers do to avoid very real pitfalls and ensure that these development benefit consumers?If you'd like to learn more about the topics discussed, further information is available on IrishEconPod.com under the 'contributors' section.Please remember to follow @IrishEconPod on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for updates. If you like the podcast, tell your friends! An apple podcast review will be very important in helping us secure a second series so a 5-star rating would help a lot. Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode provides an overview of energy economics.I take a slightly different format this week. I offer some insight into the Irish electricity market, inspired by some requests from Twitter followers (@IrishEconPod). Alongside this, Dr. Jacquelyn Pless of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and Dr. Muireann Lynch of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) offer their expert insight into various aspects of energy economics.This episode begins with a discussion of the Irish electricity market, its development and how a liberalised electricity market operates. Dr. Muireann Lynch then offers some insight into recent changes to the market structure.The operation of the electricity market as we approach full renewable penetration is something that can be very confusing. I give some insight into how new technologies will be required to achieve renewables targets. Dr. Jacquelyn Pless offers her expertise on the various policy options that can be used to incentivise more R&amp;D to develop these technologies.Finally, we discuss the operation of electricity markets once smart technologies and household-level generation takes off. Are we all going to become electricity traders? What should policymakers do to avoid very real pitfalls and ensure that these development benefit consumers?If you'd like to learn more about the topics discussed, further information is available on <a href="http://IrishEconPod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IrishEconPod.com</a> under the 'contributors' section.Please remember to follow @IrishEconPod on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for updates. If you like the podcast, tell your friends! An apple podcast review will be very important in helping us secure a second series so a 5-star rating would help a lot. Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

#5: Energy  Economics- Dr. Jacquelyn Pless (MIT) & Dr. Muireann Lynch (ESRI)

Dr. Muireann Lynch joins to discuss why economists love carbon taxes so much. We go through the economic reasoning behind a carbon tax, we discuss why a carbon tax is better than a subsidy and we debate the various ways carbon tax revenues can be redistributed to householders.Practice often differs to theory and we discuss some of the peculiarities surrounding carbon taxation in Ireland and the EU. We explain the waterbed effect and why renewable energy subsidies do not necessarily reduce emissions. We also discuss the pitfalls of renewable energy promotion as a means of industrial strategy and Ireland's close call with wave energy.Links to some of Muireann's papers on this topic are available on IrishEconPod.comPlease subscribe and spread the word. This is an independent podcast so all comments you can offer will help us to keep going for series two! Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Muireann Lynch joins to discuss why economists love carbon taxes so much. We go through the economic reasoning behind a carbon tax, we discuss why a carbon tax is better than a subsidy and we debate the various ways carbon tax revenues can be redistributed to householders.Practice often differs to theory and we discuss some of the peculiarities surrounding carbon taxation in Ireland and the EU. We explain the waterbed effect and why renewable energy subsidies do not necessarily reduce emissions. We also discuss the pitfalls of renewable energy promotion as a means of industrial strategy and Ireland's close call with wave energy.Links to some of Muireann's papers on this topic are available on <a href="http://IrishEconPod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IrishEconPod.com</a>Please subscribe and spread the word. This is an independent podcast so all comments you can offer will help us to keep going for series two! Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

#3: Why carbon taxes? Dr. Muireann Lynch (ESRI)