Market Reports
Within First Stop Shop, a series of sectoral market intelligence reports will be published through the year. These reports will help companies to take informed decisions and develop sound strategies.
Market Report on the Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Sectors
May 2009
The report shows the issues and challenges in the sectors, but also the opportunities to develop cross-border trading of compost and technologies.
The report highlights that if every household and business on the island were provided with a brown bin, up to 1.5 to 2 million tonnes of organic waste could be diverted from landfill and approximately 12,000 jobs could be created.
March 2010
Market Report on the Microgeneration of Renewable Energy Sector
The microgeneration of renewable energy industry on island of Ireland is composed of a variety of business types, each of varying size, and dealing with different technologies and applications of renewable energy such as solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, ground source heat pumps, or wood pellet stoves.
According to the report, this niche sector has a real potential to become a large growth industry in the future, particularly as measures are taken to deal with higher energy costs, energy security and carbon emissions.
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