Ireland boosts energy research projects with 19.8m – Energy Live News – Energy Made Easy

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A total of 49 projects have been awarded 19.8 million (16.5m) in Irish government funding.

One of these projects aims to develop a tool for end-of-life wind turbines, examining lifetime extension, repurposing and sustainable decommissioning.

It is estimated by 2030 Ireland will have around 1,000 wind turbinesthat will reach their end-of-life.

Grants will also support a project that will provide e-bikes to explore the impact of e-mobility on peoples behaviour.

Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, said: With such diverse areas as green hydrogen, robotics for wind farm maintenance, biofuels and technologies for increasing energy efficiency in buildings, this investment sees Irelands researchers take exciting steps forward in our national efforts to meet our binding climate targets.

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