SEI offers fund for green projects

SEI has a €20,000 grant-aid scheme for start-up companies specializing in green energy systems.  SEI is looking to fund up to ten high potential ventures. The SEI Incubator Programme allows for the funding of annual incubation fees and some supplementary business-support activities for a number of business ventures operating in areas directly related to sustainable energy and climate change.

Areas would include:

• Bioenergy
• Ocean and wind energy
• Microgeneration
• Energy efficiency and demand reduction
• Fuel cells and Hydrogen

Further information on the 2008 Sustainable Energy Incubator Programme is available from the SEI website, www.sei.ie.