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Opportunities from Energy Efficiency – Invest NI

Hilton, Templepatrick 17th October 2013

Ian Wilkinson, Sustainable Development, Invest NI

www.investni.com

Invest NI focus

• Stimulate business growth• Encourage business start up (Boosting Business)• Attract Foreign Direct Investment

• Export• Innovation• Productivity

Energy Efficiency?

• Grant for R&D– Products– Processes

• Product certification / testing

• Renewables

• Sustainable Development programmes

Grant for R&D egs• Off site construction– MMC; reduced waste/damage; quick build; quality

• Geo-polymers– CO2 reduction v OPC

• Sunrooms– Cassette build

• Efficient engineering– Off shore wind tower base deployment system

Product certification / testing

• Advice and support for internationally recognised product standards egs– FSC– MCS (products only)– UL– CE marking, etc

• Funding - Innovation Vouchers & other mechanisms• Project examples – innovative heat exchangers; thermal

efficiency measurements; highly efficient heat pumps

Renewables

• Wind• Marine• Bio-energy– Eg Anaerobic Digestion – NI focus to develop a

centre of bio-energy excellence– Extensive trade visits– R&D (including collaboration)– Carrot & Stick (ROCs + 2020!)

Sustainable Development Programmes• Support to businesses with a total annual

expenditure of more than £30k on water, energy and waste

• Free Resource Effi ciency Audit

• Free Specialist Technical Consultancy on energy, materials, water, transport, environmental management and renewable energy

• Industrial Symbiosis

• Financial assistance

Financial Assistance

– Resource Efficiency Capital Grant

• Capital Grants of up to £40k are available to support InvestNI clients to purchase, install and commission new equipment to reduce water, materials and waste costs

• Grant up to 40% of costs for SMEs.

• It is not for projects which are designed mainly to save energy. Assistance for this is through the Energy Efficiency Loan fund

Financial Assistance - Energy Efficiency Interest-free Loans

• Loans from £3k to £400k are available through the Energy Efficiency Loan fund (Carbon Trust managed)

• Amount of Loan is determined by energy cost savings and Carbon Dioxide reduction (1.5T CO2 saving = £1k loan amount max)

• Details of how to apply and loan calculator are on the Carbon Trust Northern Ireland website

• Assistance is available in providing data for loan application

Energy Efficiency Interest-free Loan Fund (CT) case studiesArmagh Marble-Wind Turbine

Loan Amount £33,800 Annual cost savings £12,800

Mason’s Animal Feeds- new Hammer Mill Loan Amount £70,572 Annual cost savings £25,800

King Brothers Quarry-Crushing Plant Loan Amount £161,500 Annual cost savings £57,100

Creagh Concrete Products Limited-Wood-fired Boiler Loan Amount £106,220

Annual cost savings £ 54,750

Creagh Concrete Products example• Major UK/Irish manufacturer of concrete products• Sustainability? VFM; efficiency; quality• Project: Biomass boiler -600kW (v 3 x 250kW oil-fired boilers)

– Loan Amount £106,220 – Annual cost savings £54,750– Annual CO2 savings 243 tonnes

Creagh Concrete Products Limited Biomass Project Annual Cash Benefits

Contact for Invest NI Sustainable Development

• Ian Wilkinson 0044 28 9069 8802; 0044 7984 029816

• Team : David Bell, Fiona Walker, Peter Larmour, Trevor Kerr, John Batch, Gillian Stewart, Chris Bingham, Nuala Devlin, Ciaran O’Reilly, Frances Privilege, Colin Frazer, Claire O’Loughlin, Jojo Jacob

• sustainabledev@investni.com

Thank you !

• Ian Wilkinson 028 9069 8802; 07984 029816

• sustainabledev@investni.com