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Dr. Lee Carroll

Programme Manager - Energy Statistics Team

Dr. Lee Carroll is the programme manager for the Energy Statistics Team at SEAI, which acts as the definitive source of energy statistics for Ireland, and satisfies many of Ireland’s international reporting obligations on energy. Lee holds a PhD (TCD) and BSc (DCU) in experimental and applied physics, and a diploma in project management (IBAT). Before joining SEAI, Lee was a programme manager at Science Foundation Ireland, having previously postdoc’ed in Cork, Italy, and Switzerland. Lee is passionate about the effective visualisation and communication of data to help explain energy challenges, draw-out insights, and suggest solutions.

Articles by Dr Lee Carroll

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'Stat Chat' on A Tale of Two Datasets

SEAI takes a closer look at the datasets highlighting data centre demand and renewable energy generation in Ireland.

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'Stat Chat' on COVID, Cars and Carbon

Using data visualisation, we take a closer look at the impacts that Covid-19 has had on fossil fuel use among cars, vans, trucks and motorbikes in Ireland.

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“Stat Chat” – Ireland’s energy prices

What can we learn from Ireland’s latest energy price data? We look at Ireland’s January to June 2022 electricity and gas prices to understand the price increases and how government supports are helping to moderate them

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Stat Chat - Mixing Things Up

The biofuel mix in forecourt petrol will soon increase from 5% to 10% - what impact will this have on Ireland’s transport emissions?

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Stat Chat – “Solar’s Time to Shine”

The Leaving Cert exams have just finished, ending a period that's traditionally associated with great weather, so what better time to look at how solar farms are helping provide Ireland with renewable electricity

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Stat Chat - Credit Where Credit is Due

Statisticians in SEAI show how electricity account credits and VAT reductions have stopped the effective price of electricity into Irish homes from doubling

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“Stat Chat” - Getting Animated about Energy

If you get as ‘animated’ about sustainable energy as we do in SEAI, then you’ll enjoy watching our new series of ‘micro-videos’ that help secondary school students understand key questions on climate change

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"Stat Chat" - Ireland's 2023 Halftime Scorecard

See how Ireland’s supply and demand of electricity, gas, and oil stood in the first half of 2023, how that compares to the same period in previous years, and what it can tell us about current energy and emission trends.

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