Download Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

INNOVATION CLUSTER RENEWABLE ENERGY AND
CLIMATE CHANGES
SHORT CONCEPT NOTE
OUR SERVICES
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
BOOST Global Innovation supports a range of stakeholders in this ever-growing field, whose importance,
complexity and scope expand almost on daily basis. Our consultants have helped SMEs, investors,
governments, universities and other energy stakeholders to learn about upcoming demands and adjust
their strategies to meet near- and long-term objectives for renewable energy and energy efficiency. It goes
through entire value chain, from strategic level, over planning, implementation, and operation to asset
management. Our particular focus is on innovation with our leading technology sourcing partners, like NCE
Smart Energy Markets and Gjovik University College, where we conduct research, model openings, reveal
innovation prospects, and design new green energy/industry innovations. Our currently running HERD
financed project NORMAK enables study programme and technology transfer from Norway to universities
in Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.
With Sintef (the largest R&D institution in Norway) we jointly prepare the plans for a Centre of Clean Energy
and Climate Expertise in Tunisia in cooperation with local partners to facilitate cost-efficient cooperation
and technology transfer from Norway to Tunisia.
Since 2013 we are engaged in the Green Industry Innovation Program within the EEA & Norway Grants
program in Romania. We provide consulting services in bioenergy, waste management and recycling, green
data centres, and clean water.
CLIMATE CHANGES
Dares and chances related to changing climate and evolving energy realities are habitually interlinked. Modifying
business practices to snatch opportunities resulting from climate changes also make the same businesses less
susceptible to long term climate swings. We also work with our public-sector clients, such as Environmental Protection
Agency, to provide answers that amplify the usefulness of information management efforts. Our partners have broadspectrum expertise in key fields related to climate science, such as air quality modeling, toxicology, chemistry,
microbiology and chemical engineering.
We outclass at delivering solutions that amalgamate science and IT to help customers understand, mitigate and adapt
to the impact of climate change.
BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Establish or strengthen Innovation Cluster based on renewable energy to encourage the innovative activity
through the promotion of the common use of equipment and specialized knowledge and through effective
contributions towards knowledge transfer, contact setting, information dissemination and collaboration
between enterprises and the other organizations within the cluster.
GOAL AT THIS STAGE
Analyze, discuss and find partners for strengthening or establishing an innovation cluster on renewable
energy.
OUR NETWORK AND SOME RELEVANT REFERENCES
Athene’s “Energy, Climate & Green Industry" network in Norway covers a broad range of prominent
companies, organizations and associations in sectors of energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate
change, waste treatment, bioenergy and so on. We have a network of over 100 potential clients that might
strive toward foreign markets.
BGI has over the last two years built up a National Network of Climate Expertise TM in Norway ready to
join, invest and share knowledge abroad.
Knowing Norwegian key players well, we are able to perform thorough market and technology search
analyses among them, identifying good matches whether your organization needs a new technology, an
R&D or outsourcing production partner, or joint venture to go to foreign markets.
FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES
BGI can help you to identify and establish the right financing scheme for the project, whether it is comes
from non-reimbursable grants, banks and other lending institutions, public or private investments funds or
combination of those sources. Based on anticipated project cash flows and risks, we can involve Norwegian
matching partners or other project equity.
NCE SMART ENERGY MARKETS
The fastest growing and most internationally oriented energy and ICT industry cluster in Norway.
NCE Smart Energy Markets is an accelerator for start-ups and growth among cluster and industry partners,
and is a catalyst for commerce-directed higher education and R&D. Leading companies within energy
trading and transport have deep roots in Halden. The systematic investment in energy technology and ICT
systems and products targeting the international energy market over many years has resulted in a unique
international network. In 2009, Smart Energy Markets became a Norwegian Centre of Expertise, securing
long-term governmental funding and support. Innovation Norway, the Norwegian Research Council and
SIVA support NCE Smart Energy Markets through the NCE programme. The cluster is also supported by
Østfold County and Halden municipality.
http://www.ncesmart.com/
SINTEF
SINTEF is the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia. SINTEF is a broadly based,
multidisciplinary research concern that possesses international top-level expertise in technology, medicine
and the social sciences, and aims to become the most renowned contract research institution in Europe.
We cooperate in different projects in Africa and Europe.
www.sintef.no
PARTNERS AND INTEREST IN SLOVAKIA?
With the above short introduction, BGI will discuss possible ways into cooperation to help reach the goals
for Slovakia in this sector. At this stage, the financing scheme for EEA in Slovakia seems relevant.