UCC graduate scoops Eirgrid prize

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Noel Lafferty has won this year’s Eirgrid Prize for UCC’s top Master’s in Sustainable Energy student.

Lafferty, a graduate civil engineer from Donegal, achieved a final overall mark of 82% in the MEngSc in Sustainable Energy, the highest in a graduating class of 20. His minor thesis focused on how Ireland can meet its ambitious renewable energy heating target by the year 2020. He now works in the energy sector with ESB International.

UCC’s Faculty of Engineering taught Masters (MEngSc) Programme in Sustainable Energy is now in its sixth year and continues to attract considerable interest, both from applicants wishing to participate and from employers looking for suitably trained staff.

A core element of the programme is industry involvement, both in terms of guest lectures to the programme (including Eirgrid, Bord G

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