Ulster’s energy research Large Scale Energy System Analysis Eclipse developed by the University of Ulster is a techno-economic software tool utilising a mass-energy balance to determine capital costs and operating costs based on energy outputs, fuel costs and component costs. Electricity market modelling and simulation software that use for example stochastic optimisation techniques to integrate generation dispatch, unit commitment, optimal power flow and pricing simulations is utilised. Other...

TARANIS (Terawatt Apparatus for Relativistic and Non-linear Interdisciplinary Science) is a Nd:glass laser system, which delivers 30 Joule/1.5 nanosecond pulses in each of two beamlines , which are compressible (via Chirped Pulse Amplification techniques) to ~ 20Joule/0.5 picosecond, for a complessive power of 80 TW. The laser pulses can be delivered delivered to two fully equipped target areas, complete of interaction chambers and an extensive set of diagnostics: optical (16 bits, large-chip...