Multi-million grant package for energy microgeneration (Ireland)

An €11m grants package was launched today to encourage industry and commercial users to generate their own electricity and heat.

Natural resources minister Noel Dempsey confirmed the new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) programme would aid businesses in building small-scale fossil-fired and biomass systems.
The biomass systems developed under the programme will displace the equivalent of 36 million litres of heating oil a year, and in conjunction with the recently launched bioheat programme would help contribute to savings of €100 million litres in total.

“This is a significant achievement,” Mr Dempsey said. “It paves the way for a new renewable electricity and heating sector in Ireland, which will dramatically reduce our dependence on imported, polluting fossil fuels.”

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