Innovation to Push Offshore Wind Energy Regions

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-09-18

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Description (EN):

The offshore wind industry (OWI) is an important driver for economic development in the NSR and consists of a high percentage of SMEs that are located in clusters around the NSR. These SMEs are challenged by disadvantages of size, complex procurements, high costs and insufficient understanding of the (global) market for their services. They can address this by collaborating on a regional, sectoral and transnational level. Preparatory work from previous projects has paved the way and now allows the partnership to deliver focused support to SMEs. This is the first time that the NSR regional clusters and other supporting organisations in the OWI will work this closely together on the shared goal of bringing their SMEs across the borders to engage them in innovative business collaborations.The project overall objective is to improve innovation capacity of SMEs and to facilitate access to the OWI by creating the appropriate supportive conditions.More specifically the project aims to:Connect and strengthen regional OWI clusters of SMEs by supporting SMEs to enter new transnational markets and by developing transnational SME collaborationDeveloping innovative concepts of harbour logistics and test facilities for SMEs in the OWIImprove the workforce for SMEs in the OWIWe will achieve this in cooperation with SMEs by identifying cross-border business collaboration opportunities, by supporting SME innovation capacity and by developing SME focussed MBA-level courses and facilities. Information added on 2020-05-18, regarding the mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 (the coronavirus pandemic that started in 2019) (English language only): Inn2POWER supports SMEs to continue networking despite the Covid-19 crisis. Two online tools developed by the project, the Inn2POWER Company Directory and the Inn2POWER Networking Tool, enable companies to search for partners. During lockdown, networking online is key for SMEs to continue to find and connect with the right business partners. This enables initial information exchange and some key first steps in forming mutual trust, helping SMEs to strengthen their business relations even while face-to-face meetings are excluded.

Achievements (EN):

Inn2POWER puts wind in the sails of the offshore wind energy sector: Over the past five years, the West Flanders Development Agency (POM West Flanders) has been working hard, together with 10 other partners from five different countries, on the European project Inn2POWER to continue the development of the offshore wind industry in the North Sea Region. The offshore wind industry is an important element in economic development in the North Sea Region. Yet SMEs working in this sector are still often at a disadvantage due to their scale, face complex procedures and are confronted with escalating costs. By establishing innovative collaboration agreements (regional, sectoral and transnational), we are supporting these SMEs in exploiting their innovative potential. We offer them efficient access to the available offshore wind market opportunities. Over the past years, the project partners in Inn2POWER have committed to setting up all kinds of initiatives aimed at strengthening this promising cluster. A selection of these accomplishments: - Launch of the Company Directory, an online address book containing 2,379 registered offshore wind companies, making it easier to find domestic and foreign partners. - Network Brokerage Tool for cluster managers to optimise their “matchmaking” service provision to businesses. - 14 B2B-matchmaking events with a total of 1,215 participants. - Development of a unique, sector-specific and transnational Offshore Wind Energy MBA. 70 people have already attended this training, comprising 9 modules and a thesis. - Realisation of an educational Offshore wind Escape Room, visited by 1,340 young people aged 10-12 and 16-18 years, in order to share the opportunities for education and careers among this target audience. - Cartoon exhibition, created by Herr Seele and Kamagurka, at the Spinoladijk in Bredene, to highlight the many advantages of offshore wind energy. - In an effort to allow easier access to offshore test and demonstration facilities, we have bundled all information from 117 facilities in the North Sea Region on the online platform testfacilities.eu. - Port Oostende has partnered WindEurope in developing the Offshore Wind Ports Platform, in order to exchange best practices and know-how. The European ambitions when it comes to offshore renewable energy are very high, as Europe aims to be climate neutral by 2050. It is therefore important that government organisations continue working together with clusters, academics and the sector. More news on how this will be achieved will follow shortly.

Website: https://northsearegion.eu/inn2power

Thematic information

Clustering and economic cooperation Renewable energy SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Enhance regional innovation support capacity to increase long-term innovation levels and support smart specialization strategies

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: POM West-Vlaanderen

Address: Koning Leopold III laan 66, B-8200 Brugge, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.pomwvl.be

Total budget: EUR 1 198 072.00

ERDF budget: EUR 599 036.00

Energy Cluster Denmark

Name: Energy Cluster Denmark

Address: Kanalen 1, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.eicluster.dk

Total budget: EUR 854 186.00

ERDF budget: EUR 427 093.00

Haven Oostende NV

Name: Haven Oostende NV

Address: Slijkensesteenweg 2, 8400 Oostende, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.portofoostende.be

Total budget: EUR 585 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 292 500.00

Hochschule Bremerhaven

Name: Hochschule Bremerhaven

Address: An der Karlstadt 8, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hs-bremerhaven.de

Total budget: EUR 391 281.00

ERDF budget: EUR 195 640.00

Hydrogen East

Name: Hydrogen East

Address: Central House, 20 Central Avenue, St. Andrew’s Business Park, NR7 0HR Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Website: https://hydrogeneast.uk/

Total budget: EUR 27 270.00

ERDF budget: EUR 13 635.00

Kent County Council

Name: Kent County Council

Address: County Hall, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ Kent, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kent.gov.uk

Total budget: EUR 515 050.00

ERDF budget: EUR 257 525.00

National Innovation Center / Erhvervsakademi Sydvest

Name: National Innovation Center / Erhvervsakademi Sydvest

Address: Spangsbjerg Kirkevej 103, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.easv.dk

Total budget: EUR 636 952.00

ERDF budget: EUR 318 476.00

Nautilus Associates Ltd. --> Opergy Ltd.

Name: Nautilus Associates Ltd. --> Opergy Ltd.

Address: OrbisEnergy, Wilde Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1XH Suffolk, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.nautilus.uk.com

Total budget: EUR 443 692.00

ERDF budget: EUR 221 846.00

Noordelijke Ontwikkelings Maatschappij

Name: Noordelijke Ontwikkelings Maatschappij

Address: Paterswoldseweg 810, 9728 BM Groningen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nom.nl

Total budget: EUR 406 502.00

ERDF budget: EUR 203 251.00

Norfolk and Waveney Enterprise Services Ltd

Name: Norfolk and Waveney Enterprise Services Ltd

Address: Norwich Enterprise Centre, 4B Guildhall Hill, Norfolk, NR2 1JH Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.nwes.org.uk

Provincie Groningen

Name: Provincie Groningen

Address: PO BOX 610, 9700AP Groningen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.provinciegroningen.nl

Total budget: EUR 183 010.00

ERDF budget: EUR 91 505.00

WAB e.V.

Name: WAB e.V.

Address: Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.wab.net

Total budget: EUR 770 395.00

ERDF budget: EUR 385 197.00

WaterstofNet vzw

Name: WaterstofNet vzw

Address: Open Manufacturing Campus, Slachthuisstraat 112 bus 1, 2300 Turnhout, Belgium

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.waterstofnet.eu/nl

Total budget: EUR 54 980.00

ERDF budget: EUR 27 490.00

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POM West-Flanders

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Energy Cluster Denmark

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Haven Oostende NV

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Hochschule Bremerhaven

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Hydrogen East

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Kent County Council

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National Innovation Centre / Business Academy Southwest

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Nautilus Associates Ltd. --> Opergy Ltd.

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Northern Development Institute

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Norfolk and Waveney Enterprise Services Ltd

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Province of Groningen

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WAB e.V.

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WaterstofNet - Catalyst for sustainable hydrogen projects

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Summary

Project name (EN): Innovation to Push Offshore Wind Energy Regions

Project acronym: Inn2POWER

Project start date: 2016-11-01

Project end date: 2023-04-30

Project status: closed

Relevant precedent projects:

Relevant linked projects:

CONQUER, VLAIO/EU
HOPE, Horizon JTI
EU-SCORES, Horizon 2020
ISHY
H2SHIPS

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 6 423 160.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 211 579.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, .

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-02-14

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

73 / 73 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

871 / 871 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.northsearegion.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-20 and 2023-01-12.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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