Twenty-seven local companies and organisations including a number of further education colleges are visiting Europe’s biggest exhibition for green energy and energy efficiency with Invest Northern Ireland.

The companies have signed up for an Invest NI sectoral mission to Energiesparmesse/expo Energy at Wels in Austria.

The three-day show begins today and focuses on sustainable energy generation and energy efficiency, covering solar installations, photovoltaics, biomass heating systems, wood-chip fired heating plant, Combined Heat and Power systems, biogas installations and heating control systems.

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Tracy Meharg, Invest NI Managing Director of Innovation and Capability Development, commenting on the mission to Wels in Austria, said: "The focus of the visit is to help local companies to identify the latest technologies, meet potential partners and/or distribution channels and explore opportunities for licensing in new technologies for distribution through their existing channels.

"The colleges will benefit from identifying the latest technology to enhance the content of their courses in the area of sustainable energy technologies, an important contributor to the development of the sector in Northern Ireland."

(NS/GK)