Irish research institutions and industry have so far secured more than €27m in energy-related research funding from the EU Horizon 2020 programme, according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).
Awards include a €12m grant to the Glen Dimplex-led RealValue consortium that is trialling energy storage projects in Ireland, Germany and Latvia, SEAI said.
SEAI head of low carbon technologies Eimear Cotter said: “It’s fantastic to see such support for Irish projects in the area of energy research and renewable energy technologies.
“It is particularly pleasing to see Irish SMEs perform well with companies such as NVP Energy and Exergyn successful in drawing down both national and EU funds to support the commercialisation of their products.”
SEAI added it will work with Irish participants to continue to identify large-scale funding opportunities for Ireland in the energy sphere.
The authority is the national delegate to Horizon 2020 and, together with Enterprise Ireland, helps identify opportunities for Irish research institutions and industry in the programme.
Horizon 2020 is the EU’s largest research and innovation programme with an energy research budget of €6bn for 2014 to 2020.
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Ireland reaps EU fund benefits
Energy research in country has received over €27m from Horizon 2020
By EBS