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Energy Reform

Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

HydrogenEnergy StorageWindSolarOther
Founded 2011
Profile last updated: March 7, 2026

About

Founded in 2011, Energy Reform is a renewable energy company headquartered in Bray, Ireland specializing in Hydrogen, Energy Storage, Wind.

Energy Reform is a research and consultancy firm in the international energy sector, founded in 2011 out of the Electricity Research Centre at University College Dublin. It specialises in power and energy system modelling to support the energy transition, with expertise in variable renewables, long-term storage, hydrogen and Power to X. It develops and supports the open-source Spine energy system modelling framework.

Headquarters

Bray, Ireland

Founded

2011

Focus areas

energy system modellingvariable renewableshydrogenPower to Xlong-term storageopen sourceSpinegrid integrationnet-zero

Products & services

Business models

B2B

Value chain

ConsultingAdvisory

Service areas (1)

  • Power and Energy System Modelling

    Next-generation modelling methodologies and tools covering market modelling, co-optimised planning, operational modelling, reliability assessment and energy system modelling, plus specialist training and support for the open-source Spine framework.

Locations

Headquarters

Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Projects

4

Multi-timescale Market Modelling of CAES

Compressed air energy storage

Detailed revenue modelling of compressed air energy storage projects, capturing their role in managing variable renewable integration in the future power system.

EuropeClient: Corre Energy

Grid capacity assessment for PV in Ireland

Solar PV

Replicated the Transmission System Operator's grid capacity assessment using the Epiphron model to determine generation capacity at network nodes on the Irish grid.

Ireland

Combined Grid and Market Modelling

Combined grid and market model of the future Irish power system calculating oversupply, curtailment and constraint, validated against EirGrid ECP 2.1 constraint reports.

Ireland

Long-term Hydrogen Storage in the Irish Energy System

Hydrogen storage

Analysis of the role of hydrogen-based technologies and long-term energy storage in the Irish energy system under the Horizon 2020 Spine project.

Ireland

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

IEA Wind Task 25Global Power System Transformation Research Council

Partnerships

Corre Energy, University College Dublin, Electricity Research Centre, Horizon 2020 Spine project consortium

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