Government to invest €35m in energy fund

The Government is to invest €35m as seed capital in a new energy efficiency fund (EEF) it hopes will help finance start-up projects in the energy efficiency sector.

Thu, 06 Dec, 2012 - 00:00

Claire O'Sullivan

It will also spend another €9m improving the energy efficiency of Government buildings in the next three years.

The EEF is being created with the private sector and it’s hoped it will eventually be worth €70m.

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