A Donegal based-business has secured €730,000 to pilot innovative smart energy solutions for the North-West City region.
The proposal was developed by ERNACT’s experienced project development team located in Letterkenny.
Colm Mc Colgan, ERNACT General Manager, said the team had built up excellent skills in digital transformation, knowledge of EU innovation and research funding, financial and operational management of European projects and trans-European communications.
The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020 announced on Saturday that they would fund the innovative ‘Smart Energy Management in Remote Northern, Peripheral and Arctic Regions’ (SMARCTIC) project proposal.
Furthermore, Donegal County Council will develop a smart pilot that monitors the indoor environment in all public buildings as part of the project.
ERNACT EEIG Chairperson, Councillor Gus Hastings, said the project was the outcome of a cross-border relationship.
He said: “This another example of what can be achieved by the North West Ireland city-region, working together on a cross border basis in the context of European Union Funding.”
The approach proposed by SMARCTIC to improve energy efficiency will be led by public authorities but work with universities and businesses to create flexible demonstration test-beds based on applying technologies first used in a smart city setting.
Welcoming the approval of the project, Brian Boyle, Chairperson of the European-wide ERNACT network, said: “The success has demonstrated the continuing value to local, regional and city authorities regions working together in the vastly experienced ERNACT network to accelerate the digital transformation of their areas”.
The approach proposed by SMARCTIC to improve energy efficiency will be led by public authorities but work with universities and businesses to create flexible demonstration test-beds based on applying technologies first used in a smart city setting.
Starting in May 2019, this project will last for three years and will involve 11 partners from across Europe’s Northern Periphery and Arctic zone, including Ireland.