German-Irish Business – Review 2013 - Business & Investment
boilers. The ACA is a tax incentive for companies paying corporation tax and aims to encourage investment in energy efficient equipment. The ACA offers an attractive incentive whereby it allows companies to write off 100% of the purchase value of qualifying energy efficient equipment against their profit in the year of purchase. In addition, grants for the production of certain types of biomass can be availed of.
In the medium to long term, significant bioenergy investments are needed in the public sector. However, due to the current austerity programmes, only a couple of projects can be expected in the coming years. Another factor inhibiting stronger growth in bioenergy investments is the ongoing recapitalisation of the Irish banks, which will be resolved once this process has successfully finished. This leads to a
situation where many planned projects have to be postponed due to a lack of available financing options. New impulses for the future development of the Irish bioenergy sector are expected from the “National Bioenergy Strategy”, which is currently being worked on by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
GERMAN PARTICIPANTS IN THE BIOENERGY TRADE MISSION TO IRELAND BIOLAK Technology GmbH Markus Ochsenhirt, Udo Wilisch Killistrasse 3 Phone: 0049 (0) 8093 90240-87 h.baank@biolak.de www.biolak.de/en
Planungsbüro Rossow Gesellschaft für Versorgungstechnik mbH Dipl.-Ing. Norbert Rossow Lindenhof 2c D-17033 Neubrandenburg Phone: 0049 (0) 395 7074709 nr@rossow.de / biogas@rossow.de www.rossow.de
Dreyer & Bosse Kraftwerke GmbH Jacob de Mol Stresselfeld 1 D-29475 Gorleben Phone: 0049 (0) 5882 9872-144 j.demol@dreyer-bosse.de www.dreyer-bosse.de/en/
Schmack Biogas GmbH Oliver Vigano Bayernwerk 8 D-92421 Schwandorf Phone: 0049 (0) 9431 751-346 oliver.vigano@schmack-biogas.de www.schmack-biogas.com
Lambion Energy Solutions GmbH Ralf Baues Auf der Walme 1 D-34454 Bad Arolsen Phone: 0049 (0) 5691 807-135 rb@lambion.de www.lambion.de/en/
Schnell Motoren AG Wolfgang Jörger Hugo-Schrott-Straße 6 D-88279 Amtzell/Germany Phone: 0049 (0) 7520 9661-807 w.joerger@schnellmotor.de www.schnellmotor.de
MWM GmbH Pedro Gil Vodermayer Carl-Benz-Straße 1 D-68167 Mannheim Phone: 0049 (0) 621 384-8677 pedro-gil.vodermayer@mwm.net www.mwm.net/en/
Schwarting Biosystem GmbH Sven Krafft Lise-Meitner-Str. 2 D-24941 Flensburg Phone: 0049 (0) 461 707169-180 s.krafft@schwarting-biosystem.de www.schwarting-biosystem.de
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