Energy Research Projects.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2007

Thursday, 6 December 2007

Ceisteanna (268)

Simon Coveney

Ceist:

268 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the results of the inventory compiled by his Department and SEI of energy research projects under way in 2004, including the amount that was funded by the Exchequer in that year; the amount spent by the Exchequer on energy research projects in any subsequent years for which he has figures; and the locations where annual reports for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 in terms of outputs and outcomes of expenditure under the energy RTDI subhead of his Department’s Vote and the research and related programme expenditure of SEI can be found. [33055/07]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Eamon Ryan)

The 2004 Energy Research and Demonstration Inventory Report (summary and project files) is available as a downloadable PDF from the following location www.sei.ie/index.asp?locID=1030&docID=1. The 2005 report is available as an interactive website comprising the summary report as well as all of the individual project summaries, searchable by category, at http://inventory.sei.ie. Outputs for those years are contained within the respective reports.

The extensive exercise of collation of the 2006 report is under way, with publication expected in early 2008. Sustainable Energy Ireland's (SEI) Research and Demonstration expenditure for the period is available in SEI's 2006 Annual Report at www.sei.ie.

The following is a summary of the expenditure for the years for which the full inventory exists:

Year	Total Energy R&D Expenditure, €m	Exchequer Funding, €m (incl. in Total)
2004	24.6	8.0
2005	12.8	8.7