{"id":48931,"date":"2018-01-10T07:29:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T06:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=48931"},"modified":"2018-01-08T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T13:20:51","slug":"irish-bioeconomy-foundation-receives-enterprise-ireland-funding-to-develop-a-new-bioeconomy-innovation-and-piloting-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/irish-bioeconomy-foundation-receives-enterprise-ireland-funding-to-develop-a-new-bioeconomy-innovation-and-piloting-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Bioeconomy Foundation Receives Enterprise Ireland Funding to Develop a New Bioeconomy Innovation and Piloting Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Facility one of <a href=\"https:\/\/dbei.gov.ie\/en\/News-And-Events\/Department-News\/2017\/December\/11122017a.html\" target=\"_blank\">21 projects<\/a> to secure Regional Enterprise Development funding<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Facility will be located at site of former Lisheen mine, Co. Tipperary<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>University College Dublin founding member of foundation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48933\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48933 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bioeconomy_Lisheen_1.jpg\" alt=\"Bioeconomy_Lisheen_1\" width=\"250\" height=\"160\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Bioeconomy Campus, Lisheen, Co. Tipperary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, has announced substantial funding of \u20ac4.6 million to support the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation CLG to develop a new Bioeconomy Innovation and Piloting Facility at Lisheen, Co. Tipperary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The facility will enable industry, entrepreneurs and researchers to scale technologies that convert Ireland\u2019s natural resources to products of high value for use in a wide variety of sectors including food ingredients, feed ingredients, pharmaceuticals, natural chemicals and biodegradable plastics.<\/p>\n<p>The facility is one of 21 regional projects to receive funding through the first round of Enterprise Ireland\u2019s new \u20ac60 million competitive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enterprise-ireland.com\/REDF\" target=\"_blank\">Regional Enterprise Development Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 21 successful applicants, representing all regions of the country, have secured up to \u20ac30.5 million in the first competitive call. The Fund, which is an open national competitive call to support regional projects, is provided by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, as a key action to support the Regional Action Plan for Jobs and the Action Plan for Rural Development.<\/p>\n<p>The Bioeconomy Innovation and Piloting Facility is a Stream 1, or major change project, and will receive \u20ac4.6 million in funding towards capital and current costs.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Bioeconomy Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation set up in 2016 by Tipperary County Council, Commercial Mushroom Producers, Glanbia, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, and Limerick Institute of Technology to promote the conversion of Ireland\u2019s natural land and sea resources to high value products for the development of a globally competitive sustainable bioeconomy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 a taskforce, fully supported by Tipperary County Council, was established to seek alternative uses of the Lisheen mine site which finally closed in November 2015. One of the outputs of this taskforce, currently chaired by Alan Buckley, a former general manager at the mine, was the establishment of the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The taskforce, together with Professor Kevin O\u2019Connor, a leading green technologies research and innovator at UCD\u2019s School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science and the UCD Earth Institute and Director of BEACON, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Bioeconomy Research Centre, recommended redevelopment of the Lisheen site as a National Bioeconomy Campus with the aim of creating significant employment opportunities presented by the bioeconomy.<\/p>\n<p>Professor O\u2019Connor is currently shaping the European Bioeconomy Strategy through his chairmanship of the Scientific Committee for the Biobased Industries Joint Undertaking (BBIJU), a \u20ac4 billion European public-private partnership.<\/p>\n<p>At today\u2019s announcement Minister Humphreys said, \u201cIn this year\u2019s Action Plan for Jobs, we made the decision to place a specific focus on strengthening the rural and regional economy. To stimulate regional growth as we move towards 2020, we announced a \u20ac60 million competitive Regional Enterprise Development Fund over two calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim was to provide financial support for organisations set up specifically to bring together stakeholders on projects that will benefit the local community, the region or nationally. The successful applicants include an exciting range of projects which will develop strong entrepreneurial or innovation ecosystems, encourage clusters of similar businesses, or develop specific sectors where there is the potential for competitive advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Sinnamon, CEO, Enterprise Ireland said, \u201cSupporting regional enterprise development and working with businesses to achieve their global ambition is a key focus of Enterprise Ireland. This competitive fund was launched at the end of May and attracted very strong interest. The winners were selected through a stringent evaluation process based on criteria which included impacts and value for money, collaboration and participation, viability and sustainability, building regional strengths and significance for innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the funding for the Bioeconomy Innovation and Piloting Facility, UCD\u2019s Professor Kevin O Connor, said, \u201cThe announcement by Minister Humphreys of funding to establish the National Bioeconomy Innovation and Pilot facility is a huge step forward for Ireland\u2019s ambitions to be a world leader in the sustainable use of our natural resources and rural redevelopment through innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis investment complements that made by the Irish government through SFI in BEACON Bioeconomy research centre led by UCD. We are very excited and look forward to bringing projects from BEACON on to the next stage of development at Lisheen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Orla Feely, UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact said, \u201cIreland must find new ways to address challenges associated with food security, climate change and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. The bioeconomy provides us with the opportunity to lead on these issues which are critical to the attainment of the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals in related areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cToday\u2019s announcement by Minister Humphreys is another significant investment by the Irish\u00a0government in stimulating\u00a0the development of the bioeconomy and UCD\u2019s strategy is to bring\u00a0our world-class scientific excellence and knowledge in this area to address these global challenges which impact the economy,\u00a0environment and\u00a0society.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48934\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48934 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bioeconomy_Lisheen_2_F.jpg\" alt=\"Bioeconomy_Lisheen_2_F\" width=\"250\" height=\"133\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Architectural impression of the proposed new facility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She concluded, \u201cThe Bioeconomy Pilot and Innovation Facility at Lisheen is a result of a concerted and collaborative effort by academia, including UCD as a founding member of the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation, industry and local government and I would like to congratulate everyone involved, including UCD\u2019s Professor Kevin O\u2019Connor who was a key driver for the development of the campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement will support the development of a bioeconomy facility within the existing administration building at Lisheen with a further addition of 8,000 sq.ft. of space for pilot processing facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The facility aims to be the location of choice for companies to scale up their technologies and produce prototype products for market testing in a location with state of the art infrastructure which is home to one of the largest wind farms in the country operated by Brookfield Energy.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Buckley, Chairperson of the Lisheen Task Force extended his \u201cwarmest congratulations to all the members of the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation who put the successful grant application together and acknowledged the vision and hard work of the Lisheen Task Force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Gorman of Commercial Mushroom Producers and Chairperson, Irish Bioeconomy Foundation said his organisation was \u201cdelighted by the news and eager to progress the project in 2018 to address critical challenges for the scale up and commercialisation of new technologies and natural products which will support existing jobs, create new jobs, help the biobased industries to diversify and it will be a key facility nationally to drive innovation in rural Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>Mic\u00e9al Whelan<br \/>\nUCD Research and Innovation<br \/>\nemail: <a href=\"mailto:miceal.whelan@ucd.ie\" target=\"_blank\">miceal.whelan@ucd.ie<\/a><br \/>\nphone: +353 1 716 4003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facility one of 21 projects to secure Regional Enterprise Development funding Facility will be located at site of former Lisheen mine, Co. 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