Heat Cluster

Heat Clusters in the Westcountry

The main objective of the project is to increase sales of renewable energy heat sources at all scales


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Green Energy Clusters
Stimulation of renewable energy markets through the establishment of regional clusters.

Installers and plumbers wanted
We are looking for installers and plumbers UK wide for boiler installations. If you are Hetas approved (level 1 full systems) then we would like to talk to you.

If you are based in the Westcountry, are a plumber, electrician, installer, involved in renewable energy, a stove maker or retailer, or if you supply boilers or are involved in the timber trade, SWWF invites you to participate in a project to develop renewable energy heat clusters within the South West. Click here to see the list

The main focus is for automated wood heating, solar, and groundsource heat pumps - standalone or in combination. The targetted areas within the SW are:-

Exmoor, Dartmoor, Torridge, Mendips, Dorset, Blackdown Hills and East Devon and Bodmin and North Cornwall.











































Other Areas (Companies who supply into the South West)


We recently mailed a large number of plumbers, electricians, architects, builders stove suppliers and contacts who may find their services of use in the future. If you want to be included please take a look at the information we sent and fill in the expression of interest form and return it to our offices.

Heat Cluster letter and expression of interest form 231kb
OEC brochure 522kb

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Supported by the
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG TREN


The Green Energy Cluster project

The general idea of the project is to focus on regional ambitions and demand in the first level, with national priorities taken into account, extending the work to the international level where appropriate. The work will be stimulated through networking and clustering activities, making the actions taken at the local/regional level important and essential for the follow up activities at the international level.

The key issue addressed is the fact that most market actors in the solar thermal and biomass sector are small and/or medium sized enterprises. The situation for small companies is often flexibility and entrepreneurship, but also lack of resources and limited knowledge of support schemes, export markets and other companies in the same situation. By bringing several companies together, joint efforts will increase the possibilities for visibility towards the customers as well as possibilities for increased knowledge.

The clusters shall serve as engines and coordinators for the member's initiative to increase the deployment of renewable energy in the regions. Each cluster will set is own strategy and action plan for the deployment of Green Energy in their region and other market areas.

This project will through the establishment of Regional Green Energy Clusters initiate several actions that will strengthen the SME’s such as:-
- Training of cluster members in entrepreneurship, management, marketing, export activities etc.
- Development of information tools
- Facilitate the exchange of experience and knowledge amongst the members
- Facilitate joint resources for marketing, business intelligence and development, export activities etc.
- Possible new business contacts and co-operation with cluster members in the other participating regions.

The establishment of the Green Energy Clusters and their achievements will be presented in a booklet. The booklet will serve as a set of good examples and a guide for the formation of similar clusters within other European regions.

The potential impact of the project will be increased sale, new partnerships between companies in respective country, as well as between companies from different countries (synergy effects).

Partners
Green Energy Cluster in Västra Götaland Sweden:
KanEnergi Sweden AB (project co-ordinator)
Website: www.kanenergi.se
E-mail: info@kanenergi.se
Phone: +46 511 34 78 73
Fax: +46 511 200 65

Green Energy Cluster in Upper Austria:
O.Ö Energisparverband
Website: www.esv.or.at

Green Energy Cluster in the BTV-region, Norway:
GreenPartner
Website: www.greenpartner.net

Norsk Energi & Enok
Website: www.nee.no

Green Energy Cluster in South-West, UK :
South-West Wood Fuels Ltd
Website: www.swwf.info
E-mail: info@swwf.info
Phone: +44 (0) 1398 324558
Fax: +44 (0) 1398 324559

Green Energy Cluster in RhoneAlpes, France:
RhoneAlpes Energie-Environnement
Website: www.raee.fr

Lyon Chamber of Commerce
Website: www.lyon.cci.fr

Activities
The work is divided into local/regional activities and European initiatives, i.e. actions only focusing on European added value. Note that experiences from other European countries will be used in the local/regional actions as a necessary part of the exchange of experiences in the project.

Local/regional initiatives
All activities focused on the actions on the local/regional level in order to initiate concrete projects. Activities in this category is than divided into
- Inventory of relevant stakeholders in the specified region, including contacts with key organisations and companies.
- Workshop for the stakeholders to create clusters and action plans.
- Training activities for members of the cluster related to marketing, entrepreneurships, funding and export activities.
- Information tools: seminars directed to politicians and dedicated (by the cluster defined) end-user groups, web site for the cluster, information brochures.

European initiatives
All activities related to the dissemination on the European level, and also activities to ensure cross-country collaboration between the countries involved in this project
- Partner meetings and study tours.
- Booklet on good examples from clustering procedures and dissemination actions

Results
The direct outcome of this project will be the establishment or strengthening of 5 Green Energy Clusters, one per region involved. Each newly established cluster in Sweden, Norway, UK and France will set is own strategy and action plan, with assistance of the experiences from Upper Austria, for the deployment of RES HEAT in their region and other market areas. In addition, the deliverables given in the list below will be a direct outcome of the project.

The potential impact of the project will be increased sale, new partnerships between companies in respective country, as well as between companies from different countries (synergy effects).
This will be supported through:
- The raised knowledge, new contacts and utilisation of joint resources.
- Information dissemination activities for raised awareness amongst end-users.
- The potential import/export of products between the members of the different clusters which will broaden the range of RES technologies and products on the regional markets.

In total more than 200 companies/organisations will be involved in the clusters and 40 cluster activities implemented.

The information dissemination activities and booklet shall stimulate other regions to create Green Energy Clusters to facilitate the deployment of renewable energy technologies and strengthen the participating SMEs.

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