1. CORE-Business Project Dr Patrick Hartigan Moher Technologies (IRL)

2. Shannon Region

3. Renewable Energy - barriers Lack of knowledge Little public acceptance Concern for tourism Perceive little opportunity for employment Weak government support

4. CORE-Business (Feb03 – Jan 05) EU Altener funding Regional SMEs & industrial development agency Business incubator partners Employment and enterprise creation focus EU role models: DK, D, I, E, H, GR, A

5. Methodology Study resource Survey attitudes Bench- mark Set targets Choose pilots Comm- unicate results Optimise benefits

6. Study Resource 8 m/s Wind Wave Wood Solar Geothermal Hydro

7. Industrial resource Wave Energy Wind & wave Software

8. Attitudes survey Fig. "What form of RE would be of interest for you?" Which RE is most interesting ?

9. Benchmarking ResourceTargetsActions Shannon (IRL) Sardegna Crete Samsoe (DK) SZSB County (H) Amstetten (A) Castilla y Leon (E)

10. Set Targets Wind290 MW Offshore Wind150 MW Biomass10MW Solar20 MW Biogas10 MW Geothermal2 MW Wave10 MW Hydro5 MW

11. Choose Pilots Wood biomass community heating project. Community owned wind projects. RE technology enterprise incubator Solar thermal demonstrator. 1 MW wave project

12. Criteria for Pilots Job creation Landscape Tourism Local raw materials Ownership Enterprise/intellectual property (IP) creation Skills development

13. Optimising benefits €10 m manufacturer instal- lation plan- ning financeother IP labour materials % % % % % % EU % IRL % Region

14. €10 million Wind energy project, Ireland €10 million Wind energy project, Denmark €10 m Cap ex €0.5 m Annual exp Turbines Civil engineering Electrical engineering Project Mgt Feasibility Study Authorisations O&M Finance Insurance 92% exported 90% kept in DK, >10% in Region Where is all the cash going?

15. Conclusion Community involvement Industrial actvity RE Deployment %

16. Contact Dr Patrick Hartigan Co-ordinator, CORE-Business Project hartigan@moher.ie www.core-business.org