Green enterprise ‘jobs potential’

THOUSANDS of jobs could be created out of a partnership between Ireland’s first Green Economic Zone and the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA).

An tSlí Ghlas — The Green Way — has been accepted as the Irish representative of the GCCA, a non-profit association that creates conduits for companies to benefit from international cleantech cluster collaboration. Cleantech companies use new technology and related business models to provide resource efficient solutions to global challenges.

An tSlí Ghlas combines existing businesses, academic institutions and local authorities in a partnership along an economic corridor in north Dublin, and intends to expand nationally and cross-border.

Chairman of An tSlí Ghlas, Ronan King, said: “Joining the GCCA enhances Ireland’s potential to create thousands of jobs, attract investment and establish a lead in these hugely exciting new sectors.”

Ten Irish companies were also selected by An tSlí Ghlas to represent Ireland in the Best in Class GCCA Later Stage awards. The winners will be promoted to a selected group of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs from the global cleantech investment community.

The selected companies include Cork-based company Treemetrics, Kildare-based company Imperative Energy and Ikonsemi Ltd, a Dublin company focused on developing efficient solutions for the LED lighting industry.