The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has been supporting many of the organisations in their Horizon 2020 bids, as well as providing additional research funding.
Horizon 2020 is the EU's largest research and innovation programme with an energy research budget of €6 billion for the period 2014 to 2020. SEAI, with Enterprise Ireland, helps identify opportunities for Irish research institutions and industry in the programme.
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Dr Eimear Cotter, Head of Low Carbon Technologies, SEAI said: "It's fantastic to see such support for Irish projects in the area of energy research and renewable energy technologies. SEAI is helping to build national energy research capacity through itsResearch, Development and Demonstration Programmefrom which many researchers proceed to European funding. 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."
