Press Release: State aid: Commission approves measures for Waste-to-Energy project in Dublin, Ireland

On 7 May 2014, the European Commission found that a series of measures by the Dublin local authorities to participate in the Waste-to-Energy project in Poolbeg, Dublin, were in line with the EU state aid rules. Since the project would be carried out on market terms, it did not involve any state aid within the meaning of the EU rules.

The Dublin authorities would participate in the project through a series of measures, such as a waste revenue guarantee, a waste and electricity revenue sharing mechanism and a profit sharing schedule.