Dundalk Institute of Technology/Centre for Renewable Energy – Ireland In 2002 the Dundalk Institute of Technology established The Centre for Renewable Energy, a research unit within the college campus. The manager of the centre, Mr Lawrence Staudt has been involved with renewable energy since 1978 in both Europe and the USA. The aim of the centre is to assist with Ireland’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, through research, academic programmes and information dissemination. The centre awarded a contract to Vestas Celtic Wind Technology to erect a wind turbine on the campus and the project was completed in August 2005.
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It will pay for itself in five years, through reduced electricity bills. It will reduce national CO2 emissions by over one thousand tonnes annually. The total cost was €1m.
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