Our Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Activities
The German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce has been involved in promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy in Ireland for over five years. The results of our activities have had a very positive influence on Ireland’s push towards sustainable development:
- Our company matchmaking activities have established over 25 solid partnerships between German & Irish renewable and energy efficiency companies, and directly resulted in the introduction of over €100 million worth of high quality technology into Ireland
- Co-ordination of 4 successful fact-finding missions to Germany in field of renewables with a focus on know-how transfer, partnership building and project development in Ireland
- Over 25 seminars and meetings in the above-mentioned fields with a view to information dissemination and awareness building among industry stakeholders in Ireland
- Provision of consultancy to 6 County Councils resulting in renewable energy becoming a standard feature in many affordable housing schemes in Wexford, Dublin & now countrywide
- Development of a sizable database of companies, consultants & decision-makers in the field of renewable energy, energy efficiency and biofuels worldwide
Fact-Finding Mission to Germany 2010
Do you wish to reduce your energy use in manufacturing processes as well as in industrial buildings using innovative energy efficiency technology and solutions?
Could hands-on experience of best practise energy efficiency projects help your business?
Do you want to meet energy efficiency experts first-hand?
Then the German-Irish Chamber’s three-day Energy Efficiency Fact-Finding Mission to Germany is for you.
Benefits for you:
- Experience best practice technology and solutions for energy efficiency in the manufacturing industry first-hand and on-site in German companies/reference projects
- Meet German manufacturers and consultants
- Hold initial talks with German experts – your potential business partners
- Gain competitive edge by learning about energy efficiency market innovations
- Free of charge – participants pay only for their flights, accommodation and meal expenses
- Action-packed itinerary designed for maximum benefit
- Exclusive project for the private and public sectors in Ireland
- We open doors - Take advantage of Chamber’s links to business and Government in Germany.
- Chamber has over 7 year’s experience and extensive contacts in energy efficiency and renewables
- Interact with a contact network of innovative manufacturers and experts. Germany is a recognised hub for construction technologies – especially energy efficiency
- Network with your own peers in the Irish market - exchange ideas and opportunities
Project description
Participants will travel from Dublin Airport on Sun. 21nd November to Frankfurt/Main. The following days will see company and site visits followed by an expert networking event with all German and Irish participants in the project. The return flight to Dublin from Zurich Airport is on Wed. 24th November.
Price
The Fact Finding Itinerary is free of charge to all participants, but numbers are limited. Participants pay only for their flights, accommodation and meal expenses, as the project is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). A refundable security deposit of €500 per participant is required to guarantee your place. This will be refunded in full upon completion of the project. All participants must submit their flight confirmations prior to the trip.
Interested in participating?
Holger Erdmann from the German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce will hold in-depth information meetings for interested companies / organisations from Ireland.
You can submit details on your interest in the project with the feedback form you have received. Upon receipt of your feedback form, Holger will contact you to arrange a meeting.
Contact
For more information or to apply for a place, contact Mr. Holger Erdmann, German-Irish Chamber, 46 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2. Tel: 00353-(0)1-6424312; Mobile 00353-87-3168343; holger.erdmann(at)german-irish.ie; www.german-irish.ie
Completed Projects
The following projects have successfully been completed:
- Study Tour to the Passive House Conference in Nuremberg in Association with SEI (April 2008)
- Energy Efficiency. Save Energy. Gain Value. Energy Efficiency Conference and Trade Mission (November 2007)
- Solar & Biomass Conference and Trade Mission (September 2007)
- Heat Pump, Biomass and CHP Conference & Trade Mission Ireland (February 2006)
- Fact-finding missions to Germany with Irish delegates to examine renewable energy technology (2005 and 2006)
- Heat Pump & Biomass Conference & Trade Mission "Kick Off Ireland" (April 2005)
- Chair of six Renewable Energy Working Groups in Europe (January 2004, June 2005, May
- 2006, March 2007, April 2008)
- RE Consultancy for key decision-makers in Ireland, e.g. councils, energy agencies etc (2004)
- German-language market study on the potential of renewable energy in Ireland (June, 2003)
Click >>here for a list of German renewable energy and energy efficiency companies that are looking for trading partners in Ireland.
Germany's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Industries
Germany’s renewable energy and energy efficiency industries are mature, well-developed and high-tech. It is also home to both world class technology and a high level of expertise.
- Germany’s goal for its renewable energy industry is the generation of over a quarter of its power from environmentally friendly sources by 2020.
- In 2007, Germany announced its intention to become the most energy efficient country in the world and has pledged an investment of €3 billion euros over the next three years.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative
The Renewable Energy Export Initiative has been running since 2003 with the aim of increasing competitiveness in the area of renewable energy in Ireland. The German-Irish Chamber of Commerce has been responsible for introducing state-of-the-art German renewable energy technology into Ireland. During the four years of the Initiative, the German Chamber has brought many German companies together with solid Irish trading partners, and has seen over €100m worth of technology introduced to Ireland.
We are delighted to announce that Energy Efficiency has been part of the programme in 2007. The German-Irish Chamber is one of the twenty pilot Chambers worldwide that has been chosen to carry out research into the potential for energy efficiency technology in Ireland.
The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Export Initiatives are funded by the German Ministry for Economics and Technology in Germany.
The main fields of interest for Ireland are:
- Energy Efficiency
- Biomass & Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
- Biogas
- Solar
- Geothermal Heat Pumps
- Wind
