2. The development of the Green Economy is at the heart of the
Irish Government’s industrial policy, and the cleantech sector
is recognised in Ireland as a global growth industry that will
spearhead the future competitiveness of the nation.
With US$260bn invested in the clean energy sector in 2011 alone,
higher than any previous year and in the face of major economic
headwinds, the private sector is responding to this global cleantech
opportunity, with strong investments in cleantech-related
infrastructure and innovation.
We believe Ireland is well positioned to excel in cleantech given
the abundant wind and ocean energy resources, the strong and
vibrant ICT, engineering and financial services sectors and the
comparatively young and highly educated population. For example
Ireland, having already achieved 20% wind energy penetration
and striving for 40% by 2020, is well positioned to use domestic
demand as a catalyst for generating global leadership in the
cleantech sector.
A number of cleantech clusters and centres of excellence are
Richard Bruton TD
already developing in major cities around the world to drive Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation
regional and national competitiveness, in response to and in order
Pat Rabbitte TD
to benefit from the growing pressures for resource efficiency and Minister for Communications Energy
emission management being felt by governments and consumers & Natural Resources
world-wide. Dr. Brian Motherway
CEO, Sustainable Energy Authority
Frank Ryan
CEO, Enterprise Ireland
Barry O’Leary
CEO, IDA Ireland
3. 3
The Green Way is a collaborative venture established by industry,
academic institutions and public/semi state players in the Dublin
region, whose vision is to create jobs and trade opportunities by
activating and developing an internationally recognised cleantech
cluster.
The Green Way has been formed in order to drive our productivity
and innovation using the cluster’s ’triple helix’ of competencies in
the areas of Industry capability, Academic research, development
and innovation (RD&I), and Government engagement to develop,
promote and attract businesses in the cleantech sector and to
stimulate job creation. Within The Green Way, Irish cleantech
companies benefit from access to cleantech R&D capabilities
provided by the academic institutions, access to potential procurers
of cleantech products and services, as well as access to test beds
and a talent pool provided by all cluster members.
Ireland is actively encouraging the development of commercial
and research-driven cleantech clusters such as The Green Way to
attract inward investment and to nurture indigenous companies
in the sector. According to recent studies by Ernst & Young, this Ronan King
support will in turn lead to a boost in Irish GDP of between 2% Chairman, Ballymun Regeneration Ltd
and 4.6% by 2020, as well as growth in cleantech jobs by 2020 up Prof. Brian MacCraith
to 80,000. This is the prize that The Green Way has its sights set President, Dublin City University
on, and all stakeholders in the cluster look forward to working on Prof. Brian Norton
these opportunities with indigenous and multinational companies President, Dublin Institute of Technology
alike, in order to position ourselves at the forefront of the global John Tierney
cleantech revolution. Dublin City Manager
David O’Connor
The Dublin city region, as the largest economic area, having Fingal County Manager
access to an international airport serving 200 global destinations,
Oliver Cussen
leading academic institutions and large local authorities alongside CEO, Dublin Airport Authority
a number of established cleantech initiatives and capabilities, can
Mark Kellett
drive the growth of cleantech in Ireland. President, North Dublin Chamber
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
4. 4
The Cleantech Sector Global cleantech market size by sub-sector, US$ billion 2010
Sub-sector Market size, US$ Billion
“A range of innovative products, services
Alternative fuels 828
and solutions that optimise the use of finite
and renewable natural resources for long- Building technologies 651
term commercial, social and environmental Wind 597
sustainability.” Alternative fuel vehicle 533
(Ernst & Young)
Geothermal 462
Globally, the cleantech sector in 2010 was Water supply and waste water treatment 392
valued at US$5 trillion and estimated to Recovery and recycling 312
employ in excess of 30 million people. The Photovoltaic 240
most significant sub-sectors of cleantech,
Biomass 236
accounting for more than 50% of total
employment, are alternative fuels; building Waste management 235
technologies; wind energy; and alternative Nuclear power 149
fuel vehicles. Energy management 123
Additional energy sources 72
Carbon finance 56
Air pollution 46
Contaminated land reclamation and remediation 44
Environmental consultancy and related services 39
Renewable consulting 28
Carbon capture and storage 22
Hydro 22
Noise and vibration control 11
Environmental monitoring, instrumentation and analysis 7
‘Globally, the cleantech sector Marine pollution control 6
Wave and tidal 3
in 2009/10 was valued at US$5
Total 5,114
trillion and estimated to employ in Source: Innovas Solutions and Kmatrix
excess of 30 million people. ’
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
5. 5
Academic
research
Business Investment
innovation community
The Green Way
Business
Collaborative
products
networks
and services
The Green Way Cleantech Cluster
Global
The Green Way is a collaborative cleantech and Biopharma. The advent of the Green ee
een companies
initiative established by industry, academic Way as a globally recognised cleantech h
institutions and public/semi-state players cluster, is a key foundation block in
(‘triple helix’) in the Dublin region, Ireland’s national cleantech strategy, The Green Way Cluster Network
whose vision is to create jobs and trade providing evidence to the domestic and ndd
opportunities by activating and developing global community that the opportunity
an internationally recognised cleantech and the support is real and that the long-
cluster. The Green Way initiative consists of term commitment to the sector is clear.
major Dublin-based organisations that can In light of this, the Green Way’s mission is
jointly and uniquely combine the strengths firstly, to support existing green economy
of the academic, government and companies and eco-innovation in the
enterprise sectors to create a strong global region, secondly, to foster and accelerate
competency in the cleantech area. new job creation in green economy start-
ups and thirdly, to facilitate multinational
The Green Way was launched in November corporations capable of bringing
2010 by EU Commissioner for Research, transformative green economy jobs and
Innovation and Science Maire Geoghegan- investment to the region.
Quinn, when a number of key regional
stakeholders decided to collaborate in This mandate and activity can be seen
order to encourage green economic in action across a number of cleantech
growth through the stimulation of the activities ongoing in the region, such as the
cleantech sector in Dublin. Dublin ‘Sustainable Energy Community’
programme, the ‘Dublinked’ open data
The cleantech sector is similar to other project, the DCU Cleantech Innovation
innovation sectors from which Ireland has Campus and the Dublin Airport carbon
derived major success through clustering, accreditation initiative. (See pages 16/17
namely Financial Services, ICT, Medtech for more details).
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
6. “Dublin City Council shares, and will play an active role
in the realisation of, the vision for The Green Way — the
creation of an internationally recognised green economic
zone, leading innovation in the green economy and
supporting economic development in the region.”
Dr. John Tierney
City Manager, Dublin City Council
7. 7
The Green Way Cluster Benefits
‘EirGrid are spending €4bn upgrading the electricity
transmission system in Ireland to tap into renewable
energy resources. ’
Education: Test, demonstration and deployment:
> DIT has specialised degree programmes in Forensic The Green Way represents a unique ‘deployment platform’ for
& Environmental Analysis, Planning & Environmental global cleantech companies seeking to trial and commercialise
Management, Transport Operations & Technology as well their technologies on a municipal scale. By virtue of incorporating
as masters programmes in Sustainable Development and two of the largest local authorities in Ireland, an international
Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems. Other courses include airport campus, two major academic institutions and two
urban planning, energy systems, electrical engineering and significant residential communities in Swords and Ballymun, The
solar PV. Green Way can offer indigenous and multinational companies
opportunities to deploy technologies ranging from LED street
> DCU, for its part, has a coordinated and extensive range lighting to electric vehicles and from thermal storage technology
of masters and Executive educational programmes in to water management.
Sustainability – under the 3 pillars of Energy, Waste
and Water. Recently launched programmes include a
Post Graduate Certificate and Masters in Sustainable Incubation and entrepreneurship:
Energy Finance and masters programmes in sustainability Cleantech start-ups receive customised help with business
management and cleantech management. models and financing through incubation programmes in Invent
(DCU) and Hothouse (DIT). Invent and Hothouse both provide
commercialisation support and facilities for emerging cleantech
Research and development: companies. Their suite of services include expert coaching and
Between DCU and DIT, The Green Way is home to multiple centres strategic advice, focussed educational and networking programs,
of excellence and national research centres including: targeted access to investors, strategic partners and industry
networks, office space, equipment, conference rooms and training
> National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology facilities. These incubators will be supported by the development
of the new DCU/Green Way ‘Cleantech Innovation Campus’.
> National Centre for Sensor Research
> The RINCE Institute: Researching Innovative Engineering International outreach:
Technologies Through our membership of the Global Cleantech Cluster
Association (GCCA) we have established strong connections
> The Energy & Design Lab (DCU) with other cleantech clusters throughout the world allowing
us to exchange knowledge, find partners for local companies,
> The Dublin Energy Lab (DIT) develop academic and municipal level linkages. Through Dublin
City Council and Fingal County Council ‘twinning’ agreements,
> National Institute for Transport & Logistics The Green Way is actively forging relationships with peer
organisations. These include the Environmental Business Cluster
> The Irish Centre for Cloud Computing & Commerce in San Jose/Silicon Valley and the China Greentech Initiative in
Beijing.
> Energy Product Innovation Centre
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
8. “With The Green Way, Dublin now has a focussed and
coordinated cleantech industry initiative that can
build on the city and county infrastructure, assets and
capabilities and allow us to compete on an international
cleantech stage.”
David O’Connor
Fingal County Manager
9. 9
Founding Partners
The founding partners of The Green Way represent a ‘Triple
Helix’ of collaborative partners focussed on a common goal of
developing Dublin’s green economic advantage.
Government Academia Industry
DCC is the largest local authority in Ireland, DCU is firmly positioned as Ireland’s DAA is Ireland’s national airport
serving the people of Dublin and delivering ‘University of Enterprise’. A key objective management company. DAA, within The
the major work programmes necessary for for DCU within The Green Way is the Green Way, is focussed on reducing the
the smooth running and sustainable delivery a new Cleantech Innovation carbon footprint of its operations through
development of a European capital city. Campus, adjacent to the university, that the Airport Carbon Accreditation
DCC, within The Green Way, has an will be a centre of excellence for research programme as well as positioning the
ambitious vision which, within the next by emerging and existing cleantech Dublin Airport commercial land-bank as
25-30 years, will see Dublin with an companies. the location of choice for cleantech inward
established international reputation as one investment and renewable energy projects.
of the most sustainable, dynamic and
resourceful city regions in Europe.
FCC is the fastest growing local authority DIT is recognised as a pioneer in NDCC is made up of businesses that are all
in the state with the youngest population technological higher education and located in the Green Way area; including
of any county and the highest rate of specialises in focussed research, notably in SME’s, Academic Institutions, Semi State
labour force participation. Fingal, within the areas of energy and sustainability. organisations and large private companies,
The Green Way, is focussed on the Teaching and research is underpinned by a both domestic and international. North
promotion of Eco Food innovation and full range of tailored support and Dublin Chamber, within The Green Way, is
related cleantech initiatives in line with its development services to entrepreneurs and actively focussed on promoting energy
position as the horticultural hub of Ireland. new business start-ups, supported by efficiency and eco-innovation within its
research and scholarship in areas reflective company network.
of the Institute’s technological mission.
BRL is a Dublin City Council company, set
up to plan and implement the regeneration ‘Cleantech has the potential to significantly boost
of Ballymun within an environmentally,
socially and economically sustainable Irish GDP by between €2.4bn and €3.9bn by 2020,
framework. Twice awarded Green
Community of the Year, BRL is a key sustaining up to 80,000 jobs in the process. ’
location for green building technologies,
cleantech translational research and
innovation in waste management. It is also
host to the Green Start Entrepreneurial
Programme.
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
10. “There’s a significant amount of activity and investment
taking place in the cleantech space in Ireland and
we have already seen some of the world’s biggest
corporations like IBM and United Technologies make
cleantech investments here.”
Barry O’Leary
CEO, IDA Ireland
11. 11
Why Ireland for Cleantech?
Industry
Dublin Airport Authority
With its natural resources, talent and government North Dublin Chamber
of Commerce
commitment to the green economy, Ireland is well Global Cleantech Cluster Assoc.
positioned to become a global hub for green
Including
enterprise. The cleantech/green economy sector Glen Dimplex, IBM, ESB,
Bord na Móna
in Ireland already provides strong levels of
employment and exports. Ireland has the ability
to attract further investment from the leading
overseas cleantech companies, further grow
its indigenous base, and ensure that the
sector becomes an engine for future green
job creation and economic growth.
The Green Way
Ireland is well placed to thrive in a number
of key areas of cleantech. A brief overview
of our key capabilities and strengths include: Government Academia/RD&I
Ballymun Regeneration Ltd Dublin City University
Fingal City Council Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin City Council
Including
Including Invent, Hothouse
SEAI, Enterprise Ireland Dublin Energy Lab
IDA Ireland
Ryan Academy
DJEI
DCENR Enterprise Boards
The Green Way Triple Helix
> Attractive investment > Good wind and ocean energy > A strong and mature financial
environment: A low corporation tax natural resources: Ireland has one services sector: In 2011, the Irish
rate helps Ireland attract international of the best wind energy resources in Government announced its support
investors and has spurred the influx the world, and Ireland‘s ocean energy for the ‘Green’ International Financial
of many global hi-tech companies industry could eventually be worth as Services Centre (IFSC), a new initiative
such as eBay, Google, IBM, Intel, much as €120bn. that aims to position Ireland as a
Microsoft, and Wyeth. The 2010 IMD specialist in the management of
World Competitiveness Yearbook > ICT presence: There are many carbon and green finance.
ranked Ireland 1st for corporate taxes. major global software and
hardware companies with their EU > A number of Irish owned but
> A young and skilled workforce: headquarter operations in Ireland. globally-focussed cleantech
In 2009, Ireland’s graduates were The concentration of high profile businesses: There are a number
ranked 1st in terms of ‘employability’ “born-on-the-internet” companies of large players in Ireland involved
by the OECD (OECD Economic survey with European HQ’s in Dublin in the cleantech sector including
of Ireland 2009). The 2010 IMD (including Twitter, Facebook, Google Mainstream Renewable Power, NTR,
World competitiveness yearbook and LinkedIn) is a globally unique Glen Dimplex and Kingspan.
ranked Ireland 4th for the availability attribute.
of skilled labour. The share of the
population aged 25-34 with a ‘third
level’ qualification is higher than both
the US and the UK.
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
12. Dublin – fostering innovation across the cleantech spectrum
All of the following Dublin companies have been successfully nominated
to the 2011 and 2012 GCCA Global Cleantech Awards. In 2011 OpenHydro
and Imperative Energy were winners in the Renewable Energy and Biofuels In Great Cleantech Company
categories respectively:
Google
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS Ecocem Blackrock
Intel
AVIATION FUEL EFFICIENCY Liberator.Aero
NTR
NEXT GENERATION PV ENERGY Solarprint Wyeth
Mainstream Renewable Power
ALGAE BIOFUEL ENZYME TECHNOLOGY AER Sustainable Energy
Citi
REMOTE ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEMS Climote Airtricity/SSE
Siemens
PV SOLAR CELL ENGINEERING Nines Photovoltaic’s
ESB International
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY SYSTEMS Crowley Carbon GE
Honeywell
TIDAL ENERGY TURBINES Openhydro
Bosch
BIO ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Imperative Energy Glen Dimplex
ABB
WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION Wavebob
Bord na Mona
BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Cylon IBM
Keelings
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Enverian
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION Stream Bioenergy
REAL-TIME RIDESHARING SOFTWARE Avego
ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY RedT
LED LIGHTING ELECTRONICS Ikon Semiconductor
WASTE MANAGEMENT INNOVATION Rediscovery Centre
“The Green Way is an ideal test and commercialisation
location for our portfolio of export-focussed cleantech
companies. It provides an excellent trade-focussed
platform for indigenous cleantech companies looking to
access new markets and is an important part of Ireland’s
response to the cleantech opportunity. It should be
applauded and encouraged.”
Frank Ryan
CEO, Enterprise Ireland
13. 13
Dublin’s Cleantech Ecosystem
Dublin is well placed to capitalise on the from cleantech multinational Dublin is home to a number of large
continued growth of the cleantech sector corporations in areas such as waste, data centres including those hosted
both domestically and internationally. The water, transport, energy and green for companies such as Amazon.
Dublin region, as the largest economic ICT. com, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Digital
area, is the main hub of cleantech growth Realty Trust and SunGard. Dublin is
in Ireland. Dublin already has a large number of consequently becoming a key hub
established cleantech initiatives and for the growth of cloud computing.
Two main differential levers exist for Dublin capabilities, some of which are detailed Demand for remote data centres
when compared to many other cleantech below: is increasing, boosted by the rising
centres around the world: trend of cloud computing. Dublin’s
> IBM Smart Cities: IBM’s Smarter temperate climate suits the centres,
> Dublin can leverage the existing ICT Cities Technology Centre, currently which require significant amounts
base of major companies and R&D the only one of its kind, is based of power to run and to prevent from
centres in the region to develop the in Dublin and consists of a highly overheating.
city as a centre of excellence for clean skilled and cross-disciplinary team
technology and data management which will help other major cities > Indigenous players: Given the
including green data centres, cloud better understand, interconnect and ambitious domestic targets and
computing, sensor and monitoring manage their operational systems entrepreneurial nature of the
technologies, smart cities applications (e.g. transport, communication, city, Dublin and the surrounding
and smart grid technologies. water and energy). The Dublin regions are the home of a number
region is collaborating with IBM as of indigenous innovative growth
> Dublin can also leverage the an international ‘test bed’ for this companies in the cleantech space,
involvement of some of Ireland’s purpose. including OpenHydro (Tidal power),
largest local authorities, the large Ecocem (Green Cement), Mainstream
research driven academic institutions, > Data Centre/Cloud Computing Renewable Power (Wind Developer),
and a major international airport capabilities: Given the physical and Glen Dimplex (Electric Heating
to promote the city as a major communication infrastructure in place technology).
‘deployment platform’ for investment and experienced ICT talent pool,
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
14. 14
The Green Way is a network of partners, projects
and capabilities, all linked together to form a
strong cleantech cluster
The Green Way
Research and
Development
Facilities
National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology
National Centre for Sensor Research
The RINCE Institute: Researching Innovative Engineering Technologies
The Energy & Design Lab (DCU) Cleantech Innovation Campus
Municipal Housing Stock
The Dublin Energy Lab (DIT)
Grangegorman Sustainable Campus
National Institute for Transport & Logistics
Airport Campus
The Irish Centre for Cloud Computing & Commerce FoodCentral
Energy Product Innovation Centre Invent Innovation Centre
Hothouse Technology Transfer Centre
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
15. 15
International
Outreach
GCCA
EcoClup
San Jose – Environmental Business Cluster
Beijing
Partners
s
Dublin City Council
Fingal County Council
Test,
Demonstration Ballymun Regeneration Ltd
and Dublin Airport Authority
Deployment North Dublin Chamber
Dublin City University
Dublin Institute of Technology
Airport Carbon Accreditation
Dublin Sustainable Energy Community
Dublinked
Thermal Storage Technology Trial
E3 Initiatives
“Ireland is producing world class innovative
Regional
Cleantech companies in the energy sector and The
Initiatives
Green Way is giving these companies a
platform from which to deliver export led
Green IFSC growth and job creation.”
IBM Smart Cities Technology Centre
Cloud Computing Prof. Brian Norton
Intel Sustainable Energy Lab President, Dublin Institute of Technology
ESB eCars
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
16. 16
Sample Green Way Initiatives
Quantum Demonstration Project Ireland. This offers a very substantial grid SEAI Sustainable Energy Community
Glen Dimplex is a privately owned company management resource, with the potential Dublin City is in the process of establishing
with global interests, a turnover of €1.5bn to facilitate the dispatch of large quantities a “Sustainable Energy Community” (SEC)
and approximately 10,000 employees. It of renewable electricity in Ireland which in partnership with the Sustainable Energy
is the world leader in electric heating and would otherwise be curtailed. Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The project
distributed thermal energy storage systems aims to develop ‘living laboratories’ to
using off-peak electricity. The Green Way establish a culture of innovation and
is facilitating the pilot deployment of the Grangegorman Sustainable Campus facilitate the emergence of new sustainable
Glen Dimplex ‘Quantum’ space and water DIT and related institutions are in the energy technologies and practices that
heating system as an aggregated demand process of relocating to a single new city deliver ‘energy smart’ towns and cities.
side management tool on the national centre campus which will also include the This involves everyone in the community,
grid. The Green Way is in the process of Environmental Health Sciences Institute. across all sectors, working together to
identifying and making available up to The new campus will showcase the best enhance sustainability by being as energy
1,000 demonstration properties, with in low energy sustainable development efficient as possible, using renewable
the key objective of demonstrating how and is designed to be carbon neutral. It is energy where feasible and developing
a distributed population of energy stores intended that it will become a test bed or indigenous energy supplies. As a
can be switched on and off remotely in ‘living lab’ with a focus on building design, Sustainable Energy Community within the
response to an operational command energy management and sustainability. Green Way, Dublin City will be working
from the grid operator. 1,000 properties The Grangegorman Campus will serve as closely with all stakeholders to deliver on
would provide a nominal connected an anchor for cleantech initiatives across these objectives.
load of around 10MW while there is a The Green Way.
total connected off peak electric storage
heating load in the region of 1GW in
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
17. 17
“Ireland is currently rated 4th in the world for
commercialised Cleantech innovation. The Green
Way, with its strong collaboration between industry,
government and academia will continue to drive
Ireland’s cleantech capabilities forward and will position
the country as a leading provider of ground-breaking ‘Research by Vattenfall shows
innovation in the sector.” Ireland to be at the centre of
Prof. Brian MacCraith an “ocean energy hotspot” in the
President, Dublin City University
North Atlantic and Ireland‘s ocean
energy industry could eventually
be worth as much as €120bn
according to Bord Gais. ’
Airport carbon accreditation Cleantech Innovation Campus Dublinked
During 2010, Dublin Airport was The Green Way Cleantech Innovation The Dublinked project is a unique initiative
among the first International Airports to Campus is a DCU initiative to support by the four Dublin local authorities. It
achieve accreditation under the Airport green economic development in the consists of a network for sharing public
Council International (ACI) – Airport Dublin region. The project involves the data relating to Dublin, including water,
Carbon Accreditation programme. The provision of a dedicated campus for air quality, energy usage, planning and
programme enables airports to implement cleantech firms which will be characterised traffic data. It is intended that companies
carbon management processes and by university-industry engagement with of all sizes will join the network to develop
attain accreditation at different scheme client companies leveraging the research, solutions that address regional cleantech
levels. Dublin Airport has committed to education and collective resources of DCU challenges. Dublinked is designed to drive
continually ‘mapping’ all of the carbon and Green Way partners. innovation and economic activity, devise
emissions under its direct control. This will solutions for common problems affecting
further assist in identifying opportunities It will also help attract new cleantech city life, and help position Dublin as a
and measures to reduce overall carbon interest to the Dublin area by providing world-leader in the field of ‘Smart City’
emissions into the future. Airport Carbon incubation facilities for corporate and technology solutions that can be applied to
Accreditation is the only independently SMEs looking to relocate. The Campus all cities of the future.
verified and institutionally endorsed will be a key piece of infrastructure within
accreditation programme designed for The Green Way, and it will support, both
airports and DAA involvement in the directly on-site and within the broader
scheme presents exciting opportunities region, high value employment in
for measurement and reduction of Dublin indigenous and multinational companies
Airport’s carbon footprint within The focussed on eco-innovation.
Green Way initiative.
The Green Way | Dublin’s Cleantech Cluster
18. “The Green Way aims to attract innovative global
cleantech companies seeking a large-scale test bed and
deployment platform through which they can validate
and commercialise their technologies and use Dublin as a
corporate base from which to access other markets.”
Oliver Cussen
CEO Dublin Airport Authority
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Terminal 2, Dublin Airport
Conclusion
Ireland, given its significant talent pool “In the context of the ‘clean and green’ revolution
and natural resources, is well placed to
capitalise on the continued growth of that is spreading across the globe, Ireland enjoys an
the cleantech sector both domestically
and internationally. Ireland’s reputation abundance of natural renewable resources and human
as a successful location for Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) is well established. innovation, coupled with an enviable brand. The Green
It provides a pro-business, stable
environment with the appropriate support Way, anchored in the Dublin region and conceived by key
and regulatory environment.
stakeholders in both the private and public sectors, is the
The Dublin region is already globally
established as a centre of excellence ideal base in which to cultivate and nurture innovations
in the ICT and Biopharma sectors. The
opportunity exists to build a cleantech in the management of energy, water, waste, food and
sector on a par within the Dublin region.
The Green Way acts as a catalyst to transportation. We invite you to join us as we seek to
support the development of the cleantech
sector at scale and to facilitate its growth capitalise on the huge opportunity that cleantech offers
across Ireland.
Ireland for green jobs, wealth creation, and improved
The Green Way, structured as a
collaboration between industry, academic competitiveness.”
research centres and government / public
sector organisations, provides an ideal Mr. Ronan King
platform in which start-ups, capital Chairman, The Green Way
providers, researchers and established
companies can come together to help Mr. Tony Boyle
create and develop businesses in the CEO, The Green Way
cleantech sector.
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