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PLAYING TO OUR

STRENGTHSThe Green Party’s plans for sustainable

recovery and job creation.

vote.greenparty.ie

RENEWING

IRELAND

ON FEB 25TH VOTE GREEN



“We cannot afford the politics of irresponsible profligacy or mindless austerity. We need

‘pay as you go progressives’ who combine fiscal prudence with growth initiatives tomake their country great again”

– Thomas Friedman

THE RECOVERY WILL BE GREEN

As oil increases in price and the world edges closer to a binding agreement on climate

change, one thing is certain – the drive towards alternative and clean sources of power will define the 21st century.

Another certainty for the future is the role the evolving internet will play in reimagining

our economy and society.

Ireland needs to adapt to thrive. The country that recognises that the growth and tradingopportunities will come from green and digital technologies will be the country with

sustainable economic growth. Both are high-tech and low-carbon making them the idealsectors for Ireland’s new economy.

The new world order will involve a competitive race between East and West for jobs indigital and clean technology. Ireland, ideally located between East and West, has a

comparative advantage in renewable resources and a young educated population adeptand comfortable with new technologies. Years of investment in R&D is now beginning tobear fruit as our universities commercialise their innovations. The Green Party had

identified the global trends and Ireland’s opportunity therein upon entering Government

and began the implementation.

IN GOVERNMENTOver the past 3 years in Government the Green Party led Ireland’s move towardsrenewable energy and energy efficiency. Doubling the wind on our system, initiating a

national insulation programme, prioritising ocean energy and initiating smart meter andelectric vehicles programmes have transformed energy policy and brought thousands of jobs.

On the digital front, 99% of the country now has access to broadband. Since entering

Government 1 million new people are broadband subscribers. Speeds have doubled andcosts reduced. Project Kelvin connected Ireland via subsea cables to the USA. The

Government invested in Irish technology to break the bottlenecks in the transfer of internet data and overall we are 3 years ahead of EU targets.

Green Party policies in Government have directly led to the creation of over 20,000 jobs

in Ireland

*verified by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland



THE FUTURE – PLAYING TO OUR STRENGTHS

Like any country, the productive base of our economy will be founded on our natural

resources. TK Whitaker’s first plan for Economic Expansion identified our climate andour soil as providing excellent growing conditions and organised much of our economy

around that natural resource. What are today’s equivalents?

We have two great resources – our land and our people. Our land based natural

resources are renewable energy, our forests and our fields and our landscape. Our human resources mean we have a competitive advantage in traded creative industries,high-tech manufacturing and international financial services. We will play to our

strengths, selling to ourselves and the rest of the world what we do best. The GreenParty’s vision is to harness these resources in a co-ordinated national plan to stimulate

domestic demand and increase our international exports.

Playing to our strengths will kick-start the domestic economy and grow our exportcapability generating the new jobs in our new sustainable economy. This is a carefully

directed stimulus; we direct investment where we know there will be the greatest rate of

return.

We have a proven track record having delivered of 20,000 jobs in the past 3 years in themidst of a recession. There are green shoots and we can help them grow.

ACTION POINTS FOR FUTURE GROWTH

Green energy1. Invest an additional €500 million from the National Pension Reserve Fund

in the new model National Retrofit Scheme, which would upgrade 100,000buildings a year until 2020

- Direct jobs: 25,000

2. Build 2 gigawatts of electricity interconnection to the UK and Franceconnecting our wind and marine resources to a European grid, allowingIreland to become an energy exporter

3. Plant 15,000 hectares of forestry per annum- Direct jobs: 5,000

Food4. Task Bord Bia with the creation of “Ireland – the Green Island” brand

Tourism5. Introduce Green Star rating system for eco-tourism in Ireland



Digital

6. Expand the ultra-fast laser broadband network – the Exemplar networkfrom Park West, to a metropolitan ring around Dublin and subsequentlyusing the HEA network to a national network.

- Direct jobs 5,000

7. €70 million investment in the Web Activate programme, which providestraining for the unemployed in digital skills who then work with smallbusiness to get them trading online


8. Open access to public data to private sector

9. Transfer all Government and public services to the cloud, develop Irelandas the cloud computing capital of Europe and devise a national greenstandard for data centres

– Direct jobs: 28,000

10. Establish an International Content Services Centre for the trading of digitalcontent


Manufacturing11. Abolish Forfás and redirect the savings into EI and IDA grants

Financial services12. Create the Green IFSC for green financial services


Implementing the Green Party’s economic vision would see employment of over 100,000people over the next 10 years.

Note: Jobs estimates are only used where the figure has been provided by a reputable

source. These can be found throughout the document. Where no verifiable figure could

be found, estimates were omitted. We use only direct jobs though most will havesignificant downstream employment. Equally, where job estimates were higher fromother sources we used the lower.



“For business this is a no-brainer. There is no point in trying to build a recovery andthen trying to build a low carbon economy afterwards. We need to build a low carbonrecovery because if it is not low carbon, it won’t last very long”

- John Ashton

We must never again return to the short-term speculative bubble that has caused somuch damage to our economy and our society – that has been the critical lesson of the current economic crisis. We must now make a rapid and permanent transition toa productive, sustainable economy.

Building the new economy needs to focus on two distinct tasks:1. stimulating domestic demand in the sectors based on our indigenous

resources2. growing international exports in the sectors based on our human resources

Tapping in to the wealth of Ireland’s natural resources is our best opportunity to

generate large-scale domestic employment and to kick-start the domestic economyonce again. Our natural resources are at the core of the three sectors that will be thechampions of our new domestic economy – Green Energy, Sustainable Food andGreen Tourism.

As an open, trading economy Ireland has long relied on exports to grow its economy.We currently export €150 billion of goods each year and exports are one of the fewareas of the economy that are successfully weathering the recession. By focussingon select industries where we have a competitive advantage, we can build on thisbase and grow our trading capability in high-value, low-carbon products and services.That competitive advantage presents itself most compellingly in 3 sectors – TradedCreative Services, High-Tech Manufacturing and Financial Services.

1. Green Energy

In Government, the Green Party facilitated the creation of over 20,000 Green Sector jobs through a range of policy initiatives. One of the most successful schemesinitiated by Eamon Ryan as Minister for Energy was Ireland’s first National RetrofitProgramme. €100 million has been invested in retrofitting some 50,000 houses ayear and 5,000 construction jobs have been created in the process.

The Green Party as part of the next Government wants to go further. By drawing anadditional €500 million from the National Pension Reserve Fund, we intend to scale

up the Retrofit Programme so that we double that figure to 100,000 premisesretrofitted every year. This will mean that 1 million of the 1.8 million homes in Irelandwill be insulated by 2020, making it the most innovative, ambitious, energy-relatedinitiative ever introduced in Ireland. 25,000 new jobs in construction and energyservice companies will be created under the Programme.

The Green Party has a vision for Ireland as a net exporter of clean renewable power that will transform local, rural economies and create tens of thousands of sustainable,local jobs. We have some of the best wind resources in the world and thanks to the Greens we have already begun tapping into them. During our time in Government wedoubled the generation of electricity from wind power and put Ireland on track tomeet our 40% target by 2020. By meeting and exceeding that target, the Green Party

will create some 11,000 new jobl in the planning, construction and development of wind



2. Sustainable Food & Forestry

Irish farming currently boasts an €8 billion export market based on the richness of our land and the talent of our people. The sector employs around 110,000 both directlyand indirectly. Farming remains the lifeblood of our rural economy.

We can expand this sector by harnessing and growing our international reputation as‘the Green Island’. By positioning ourselves as the home of premium quality produce,we can in fact create more jobs and more value through lower intensity farmingmethods.

As part of the next government the Green Party will ensure that organic agricultureaccounts for 5% of our land. We will declare Ireland a GM-Free Zone and introduce avoluntary GM-Free logo for use in all relevant product labelling and advertising,thereby optimising Ireland’s competitive advantage as a GM-Free country.

We will introduce new public procurement guidelines that give greater weight to local

produce and we will promote a network of farmers' markets at Local Authority level toencourage more direct selling from producers to consumers. These two initiatives willboost both local demand and local employment.

Forestry

With the best tree-growing conditions in Europe, forestry in Ireland has the potentialto make a very significant contribution to local enterprise, local employment andIreland’s energy security. Although only in its infancy, the sector already generatesover 1% of GDP and employs over 16,000 people, mostly in rural areas. InGovernment, the Green Party will plant 15,000 ha per annum, which will generatealmost 500 new jobs directly. Significant downstream employment will also be

created

In addition, we will also achieve the 2020 target for bioenergy production set out inthe SEAI Bioenergy Roadmap.3 This will create 8,000 new jobs in the forestryindustry, while at the same time avoiding in excess of 11 million tonnes of CO2 eachyear.

3. Green Tourism

Tourism in Ireland is a €5 billion industry and helps support 119,000 jobs. While the

sector has undergone contraction over the past few years, the Green Party believestourism remains one of our most important sources of local employment and wealthcreation. We are committed to making it strong once more. Our unrivalled reputationas the ‘Green Island of the thousand welcomes’ puts us in prime position to establishIreland as a world-leading Green holiday destination. Doing so will reinvigorate localeconomies and stimulate job growth.

If returned to office, the Green Party will take a number of steps to kick-start theindustry. We will introduce a Green Star rating system for eco tourism in Ireland andestablish an Eco Tourism unit within Fáilte Ireland to coordinate, certify and promotethe Green Star initiative. In order to tap in to the growing market in activity holidays,

3 http://www.seai.ie/Renewables/Bioenergy_Roadmap.pdf



we will also introduce an All-Ireland Walkways Plan and develop former railwayinfrastructure as recreational trails for walking and cycling.

4. Traded Creative Services

Despite a crushing recession, employment in ICT grew by 6% in 2009 so that over 73,000 people are currently employed in the sector. Our creative services hold hugepromise and potential for jobs and economic growth. Not only do we already have allof the top digital companies based here, such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn,Paypal etc, but we have developed an ecosystem of nearly 700 indigenouscompanies around them. This is only the beginning. Ireland has the opportunity toestablish itself as the digital trading hub of Europe. That will require two keyingredients – high-speed broadband and human capital.

Significant progress has already been made in the availability and quality of

broadband. Since the Green Party entered Government, the number of broadband

connections has almost trebled and in the last two years speeds have doubled. The National Broadband Scheme established by Eamon Ryan has extended coverage to

99% of the country.

Our aim is to achieve 100% coverage across the country so that no citizen is leftbehind in the online revolution. We have already secured European funding to roll outa Rural Broadband Scheme, which will deliver subsidised access to the last 1% of unserved premises around the country. We will start rolling out this Scheme withinthe first months of being returned to office. In addition, the Green Party will enshrinebroadband access as a universal right by 2012.

Next Generation Broadband Network is increasingly a critical piece of our enterpriseinfrastructure. While private telecommunications companies have made significantinvestment in NGN rollout, it is clear that this needs to be intensified and acceleratedif Ireland is to emerge as a global digital player. To achieve this, the Green Party willadapt the regulatory regime to incentivise investment and encourage bothcompetition and collaboration. We will also undertake a major digitisation of government and public services, using cloud computing to generate major savings.This will be driven by the appointment of a Chief Information Officer and will see theavailability of all government services through the internet. This not only brings hugeefficiencies and savings for the Exchequer but also stimulates demand for digitalservices, thereby enhancing the case for NGN investment. In addition, we willintroduce a new open access policy for public service data, which will create

innovative opportunities for the private sector.

The Green Party will equip Ireland with the world’s first ultra-fast, laser network.Having already set up the Exemplar Network Test Bed in City West, we will expandthis firstly into a metropolitan ring around Dublin that will service our universities,businesses and Government services. Using the HEA network we will then developthe Dublin ring into a national network putting Ireland at the cutting edge of connectivity. It is estimated that 5,000 direct jobs and a further 5,000 indirect jobs could be established over a 5 to10 year period as a result of the Exemplar Network.4

4 http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Communications/Knowledge+Society/



In parallel to a high-speed ubiquitous infrastructure, we need to foster the creativetalent that can manipulate, commodify and trade the bits and bytes that run over it.Enhancing digital skills and getting Irish businesses online is at the heart of developing a digital economy. The Digital Hub, under Eamon Ryan’s watch, hasalready launched its highly successful WebActivate programme, which providestraining for young unemployed people to assist small businesses to go digital. The

Green Party intends to turn Web Activate into a national programme. Over the next 5years in Government, we will provide €70 million for the training of some 20,000unemployed people who will then work with 100,000 businesses to make their products and services available online.5 Not only will this have a very significanteffect on unemployment but it also helps our local businesses make the transition tothe new digital era.

Ireland has shown itself to be rich in music, story-telling and the creative arts that arethe lifeblood of the new digital economy. Our international reputation in gaming,animation and education software is already established. The Green Party is fullycommitted to establishing the International Content Services Centre in Dublin.Modelled on the IFSC, the centre will provide a global hub for the trading,

commodifying and storing of digital content. The ICSC could create up to 10,000 new jobs and establish Ireland as the Digital Island of Europe.6

Just as content will be the lifeblood of the ISCS, so it is the driver behind the move tocloud computing and data centres. Cloud computing is Internet-based computing,whereby shared resources, software and data are provided to computers and other devices on-demand. This allows for huge efficiencies in both energy consumptionand cost and is driving the next generation of digital services. It is crucial that Irelandis at the forefront of this development. The Greens in Government will put in placethe right fiscal and regulatory conditions to ensure that Ireland emerges as theEuropean capital of cloud computing. Goodbody Economic Consultants estimate

5 http://www.thedigitalhub.com/article.php?id=372

6 http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Communications/Knowledge+Society/



that, by seizing this opportunity, we have the potential to generate €9.5 billion and8,600 jobs by 2014. Equally, they foresee that the efficiencies gained by thetransition to cloud computing will result in the creation of an additional 2,000 newnon-ICT SMEs employing 11,000 people and overall savings of €0.5 billion eachyear for Irish businesses.

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In addition, we will ensure that all public and governmentservices are transferred to a cloud-based system. Not only will this allow for hugesavings in servers and devices but will revolutionise how Government does itsbusiness and delivers its services.

Data centres are one of the key components of this new cloud computing landscape.Given the very high energy consumption of data centres, there is a major globalmarket emerging in the greening of data centres. Ireland is ideally positioned tobecome a world leader in this area – we have a cool climate, a growing availability of cheap renewably energy as well as an existing base of some of the world’s mostefficient centres. The Greens in Government will leverage these advantages toestablish a national green standard for data centres and attract more and more FDIinto this area. Over 10,000 high-value jobs will be created.8

5. High Tech Manufacturing

High Tech Manufacturing in chemicals, pharma and medical devices account for nearly half of Ireland’s €150 billion annual export performance. Having grown at anannual rate of 13.2% in the third quarter of 2010, it is clear that export-intensivesectors remain a critical component of our economy.

These companies are a combination of world leading international players attractedto Ireland - for example 8 of the top 10 pharma companies are here - and indigenous

Irish businesses often led by former Irish employees of MNCs. We continue to attracta disproportionate share of top quality foreign direct investment (FDI) into thesesectors. IDA secured 126 investments in 2010 and IDA Ireland companies created10,897 new jobs in 2010. The Green Party believes that with increasedcompetitiveness we can double that figure this year, and can create the 100,000 new

jobs targeted by the IDA over the next four years.9 The recommitment of $500 byIntel last month to refurbish its existing laboratory facilities is just the beginning.

Our strength in research and development remains one of the key attraction pointsfor foreign companies. Investment in science, research, development and innovationcame to over €500 million in 2010 and real momentum has developed behind thegoal of making Ireland a Global Innovation Hub. If returned to office, the Green Party

will build on that momentum and ensure 3% of GDP is invested in R&D. We willincrease the funding to Science Foundation Ireland to protect and grow the researchbase in our three priority areas.

Indigenous Irish companies are the other key part of our high-tech manufacturingbase. We must consolidate and grow this base. Enterprise Ireland client companiesare responsible for over 250,000 jobs and spend an estimated €19 billion per annumin the Irish economy. They have estimated that some 60,000 additional new jobs

7 http://www.idaireland.com/news-media/publications/library-publications/external-

publications/Cloud%20Computing.pdf 8 http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Communications/Knowledge+Society/



can be generated by Irish companies by 2015.10 The Green Party in Government willensure that this target is exceeded. We will achieve that by reforming EnterpriseIreland’s assessment and grant system so that a much greater emphasis is placedon commercialisation and job creation. In addition, we will abolish Forfas as aseparate entity and reincorporate its policy expertise into the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. Its €60 million budget will then be redirectedtowards increasing the size and number of industrial and enterprise grants. We willalso build on recent reforms of the Business Expansion Scheme (BES Scheme), bybroadening the type of company that can benefit. A proper functioning BES Schemewill lead to a boom in jobs.

6. International Financial Services

In spite of the unprecedented crisis in our retail and commercial banks, theInternational Financial Services is one of the real success stories of the Celtic Tiger.

The IFSC continues to employ 25,000 people in well paid jobs and exports €15billion. Ireland has become a world leader in certain sectors of fund administration,custodial services, insurance and leasing.

The Green Party believes that green financial services will be the next generation of Financial Services. If returned to office, we will establish and grow the “The GreenIFSC”, which we have championed in Government for the past two years. We willcreate an international standard for voluntary carbon credits, which will give Dublinthe competitive advantage over other rival financial districts such as Toronto andSingapore. By making Ireland the go-to capital for green financial services, fundmanagement, energy project finance and carbon management, we will create 7,000new jobs by 2020 as well as protecting existing IFSC jobs.

10 http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/News/PressReleases/2010/Irish-Companies-to-Create-60,000-

New-Jobs-by-End-of-2015-Minister-O'Keeffe.html



Total Green Jobs since March 2008: 20,503

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Solar Print (80)

Solar Print is to open a new headquarters in Dublin to house its first high volume photovoltaicmanufacturing line, creating 80 jobs in the process. The 80 jobs will be in the fields of chemistry, electrical engineering, physics and material sciences and also commercial and

financial roles.

Exemplar Network (110)

As part of the establishment of the Exemplar network test-bed, 50 research positions will becreated under the EU Framework Programme in UCC Tyndall; NUI Galway; UCD, DCU. Theremainder will be created by the following companies as they test and trial their products on

the network: EMC; Imagine; BT; IBM; Imagine; eNet; Firecomms; Opennet andCeltixConnect;

PFH Technologies (80)

Following its recent acquisition of the Irish division of Siemens Enterprise Communications,PFH will create eighty new roles across the group. The company specialises in energyefficient data management and cloud computing services. The jobs will be created in Cork

and Dublin.

Home Energy Saving Scheme / Warmer Homes Scheme (5000)

According to SEAI there are 5000 full time equivalents working on Government grant aidedinsulation schemes.

June 2010

Enercon (30)

Enercon announced it will create 30 jobs in Tralee over the next two years, at its wind turbinemanufacture plant. The German company is to open a technical services operation in TraleeTechnology Park.

May 2010

Airtricity (200)

Airtricity, a green energy utilities company, announced its expansion into the domestic gasmarket, creating 200 jobs in the process. The company said there will be 100 new full-time

jobs at its headquarters in Sandyford in Dublin, while the other 100 jobs will be outsourced.

Airtricity (75)

With its expansion into the Northern Irish market of its supply of electricity from renewables,Airtricity will create 75 jobs.

April 2010



International Energy Research Centre (37)

United Technologies Corporation is to establish a unique energy and security research centrein Ireland creating 37 new jobs over the next four years through a €15 million investment. The

investment is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.

Eirgrid (300)

EirGrid plans to create up to 300 jobs over the next five years as part of its strategy for Ireland’s future electricity transmission network, to facilitate vastly increased amounts of renewable energy on the grid. Approximately 10 per cent of the jobs will be directly created by

the transmissions operator with the remainder generated through sub-contracting work

Biotech Alternatives Ltd (80)

Biotech Alternatives (Green Energy) Ltd has announced it plans to set up a factory at Nenaghin a joint venture with German company Biowert AG. Subject to planning permission, itintends to establish a biorefinery and research & development facility to produce a range of

products from grass.

March 2010

IBM (200)

IBM announced the creation of up to 200 jobs in Dublin over the next three years at a newresearch centre. The €66 million development in its Smarter Cities Technology Centre, will belocated at IBM's Mulhuddart site. The centre aims to design systems that will help citiesmanage and connect transport links, communications infrastructure and water and energy

networks.

Ecocampus (42)

Ecocampus will be established in Headford, Co. Galway as an energy-efficient site for newbusinesses, including green business. It is expected that up to 42 jobs will be created.

Planning permission has been granted.

February 2010

Foametix (40)

Foametix announced plans to expand their business and manufacture a new insulation

product in Portlaoise, creating 40 jobs in the process.

Bell Labs / Alcatel Lucent (70)

Bell Labs announced the expansion of its Dublin base, adding technology experts that willenable them to support its contribution to the recently announced Green Touch Initiative – anopen consortium of academic and commercial research institutions from around the worldwho are creating the technologies needed to reinvent communications networks and make

them 1000 times more energy efficient than they are today.

January 2010

Shamrock Renewable Fuels (140)



Shamrock Renewable Fuels Ltd is currently seeking planning permission for a renewable fuelplant where willow and other wood is converted into carbon neutral fuels, including wood

briquettes and wood pellets creating 140 jobs.

Panda Waste (40)

Panda Waste's new €21 million plant at Beauparc, Navan will convert waste into high gradecompost and a coal substitute, while also producing electricity. The company announced that

this plant is expected to employ 40 people.

December 2009

Interxion (90)

Interxion, a European leader in carrier neutral data centres announced it is investing €12million in a new data centre in Dublin. It will focus on energy efficient high power density co-

location infrastructure and will employ 90 people in the construction phase.

November 2009

Microsoft (35)

Microsoft Ireland has opened a new data centre in West Dublin, with the aim of creating 35 jobs. It is an energy efficient cloud computing data centre focusing on the Live, Cloud and

Azure platforms

October 2009

Bord Gáis Eireann (250)

BGE is investing €2.5 billion in six major projects including €1.2 billion in wind energy and

energy efficiency. Up to 250 jobs will be created.

Tonn Energy (82)

As part of its energy R&D and collaboration on the Wavebob project, Tonn Energy has

informed the Department that at least 82 jobs will be created over the next 3 years.

September 2009

OMC Engineering (150)

Having benefited from an Enterprise Ireland grant, OMC Engineering has been contracted todevelop and manufacture a new heat and power system that generates a clean alternativesource of energy while eliminating the necessity for landfill and other forms of organic waste.

The project is expected to yield up to 150 jobs in construction.

Arlo Group / Acorn Recycling (30)

Thurles Waste management company, Acorn Recycling Ltd has opened a €7 millioncomposting facility will create over 30 jobs and will “provide opportunities for local tradesmen,

farmers, transport businesses and logistics providers”.

August 2009

Lumcloon Energy (550)



Lumcloon energy has applied to build a renewable energy plant in Ferbane, Co. Offaly.Planning permission has been granted. Subject to connection, approximately 550 jobs would

be created.

July 2009

Bord na Móna (300)

Bord na Mona has announced at the launch of its annual report that it is branching into theareas of renewable and sustainable energy. The company said 300 jobs can be created in

green energy, resource recovery and environmental solutions.

InTune Technology (300)

InTune, with their energy efficient burst packet switching technology will lead the

Government’s plans to upgrade to smart networks. They will create 300 jobs in the process.

Airtricity (200)

With its entrance into the domestic electricity market, Airtricity has announced it will create

200 jobs.

O’Kane Plumbing (70)

O’Kane Plumbing and Electrics Limited is expanding its operations into the Republic of

Ireland and has announced that it will create 70 jobs in the process.

June 2009

Enersol (30)

Enersol, based in Duleek which provides energy efficiency advice to customers, has

announced plans to create 30 jobs in the next three years.

Energy Recovery (80)

The Energy Recovery Limerick plant will dispose of 200,000 tonnes of waste and the

company announced they would create 80 jobs in the process.

Powervation (150)

A University of Limerick spin-out company that is making semiconductors has the scope toincrease its headcount to 150 people, as it moves into markets such as consumer electronics.Powervation has derived a new chip that has allowed manufacturers to achieve energy-

efficiency gains of up to 30pc.

GaleTech (1650)

GaleTech energy is investing €740 million in developing wind farms in the counties of themidlands. Subject to permissions, it estimates that 1500 jobs could be created in construction

as well as 150 jobs in wind farm maintenance.

May 2009

Nualight (60)



Nualight has been granted €5 million in the ESB Novus fund and plans to expand in its LED

lighting, creating 60 jobs.

Moffett Wind Power (100)

Moffett Wind Power was established in Co. Monaghan in June, to supply 10 kV wind turbines

to the domestic and small business market. They announced 100 jobs in production andsales.

C&F Engineering (250)

In its expansion into wind energy, Galway-based industrial equipment company C&FManufacturing announced it would create 250 jobs in the manufacture of wind turbines in

Athenry. The expansion is part of a €20 million investment over a four year period.

Biospark (180)

Biospark, a venture between Imperative Energy and Sustainable Polymers Ltd announced the

creation of 180 jobs in Claremorris, Co. Mayo at its bio-processing research centre. It is partof a €40 million investment.

Cronin Homes (44)

Cork-based Cronin Homes announced its expansion into retrofitting and energy efficiency,

creating 44 jobs in the process.

April 2009

Kerry Die Products (50)

Kerry Biomass, a division of Kerry Die Products has announced plans to manufacture a new

wood-pellet machine, creating up to 50 new jobs in Fossa.

ESB (3700)

As part of its €22 billion investment in renewable and sustainable energy, the ESB announcedthe creation of up to 3700 jobs. These jobs would be in areas such as electric vehicle

infrastructure, network upgrades, insulation and energy efficiency.

Energy Detective (40)

Energy Detective announced that 40 new full time positions would be created in energyassessment in Mayo and nationwide through its parent company Energy Rating Assessors

Ireland.

March 2009

ABB (100)

ABB has been contracted in the construction of the East-West electricity interconnector, with100 people employed in the construction phase. The interconnector will be fully constructed

by 2012.

Durkan Ecofix (150)



In a €2 million contract with Sustainable Energy Ireland to manage elements of the BER

scheme, Abtran announced the creation of 20 jobs at its headquarters in Bishopstown.

May 2008

PowerPlan (60)

Powerplan, based in Waterford announced it would create 15 full time and 45 contractpositions in its expansion into the renewable energy market. Powerplan will focus onsupplying energy efficient district heating technologies.

March 2008

IBM (21)

IBM’s initial Cloud Computing Centre, at the IBM Innovation Campus at Mulhuddart

employing 21 people, of which 9 will be focused on research in the area of cloud computing

November 2007

Advanced Modular Solutions (25)

Advanced Modular, based in Annacotty, Co. Limerick announced 25 new jobs in research and

development in the area of energy efficient power conversion technologies.

Water infrastructure and conservation (5,000)

Investment of €1.85 billion has brought over 5000 jobs in water infrastructure and

conservation

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