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European startups and investors look towards renewable marine energy at the 2nd BLUE DEAL Business Forum
· More than 350 participants from 20 countries came together, both in person and online, in this European forum for renewable marine energies organized by CEEI Valencia· Speakers such as Lucas de la Vega, Director of Investments at Zubi Capital, Javier Moliner, CEO of Howlanders, and José Luis de Cachavera, the COO of Startupxplore, laid out the keys to success in the search for investments for projects related to Blue Energy· During the event, representatives from the European Commission and experts in Blue Energy lead discussions and the winners of the Open Innovation...
Innovation, new technologies, marine renewable energies and transnational alliances
On 3 and 4 March, Greece hosted the first virtual capitalisation event of the European BLUE DEAL project. The main purpose of this event, organized by CRES was to present the guidelines for the successful planning of BE projects taking into account technical, environmental and social parameters.During the first day, the establishment of Regional and Transnational Alliances based on the above principles was launched, offering a favorable environment for the development of Blue Energy (BE) in the Mediterranean Sea.More specifically, BLUE DEAL consortium led by the University of Siena with 12 partners from 6...
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Minimising Energy Consumption for Green Buildings respecting present uses and public needs – GreenBuilding
Mediterranean countries need to reduce energy consumption and adverse environmental impacts due to the high dependence on fossil fuels. GreenBuilding project intends to tackle this challenge by promoting the use of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures in public buildings since renewable energies represent a natural competitive advantage for the Mediterranean. The project will support 3 cost-effective public buildings energy refurbishment in Greece, Tunisia and Jordan. Furthermore, it will strengthen the capacities of public institutions to effectively plan and implement sustainable energy policies, through the identification of cost-effective energy refurbishment approaches, transfer of technical know-how and the enhancement of higher research institutions, energy SMEs and business support organizations.
Acronym: GreenBuilding
Full title: Minimising Energy Consumption for Green Buildings respecting present uses and public needs
Thematic objective: B.4 Environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation
Priority: B.4.3 Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Countries: Greece, Spain, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan
Total Budget: 2.2 million euro
EU Contribution: 1.9 million euro
Project co-financing: 10%
Website: http://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/greenbuilding
Interreg MED Modular project - BLUE DEAL - "Blue Energy Deployment Alliance"
The MED area will include Blue Energy (BE) in maritime planning and governance, thanks to BLUE DEAL project. Given the early stage of BE technologies, proper information to deliver consistent strategies, plans and regulations in the BE sector are still missing; this often compromises public-private initiatives for exploiting marine renewable energy and discourages investments. The project’s aim is to overcome current technical and administrative restrictions for BE deployment and define proper requirements and procedures to support decisions and guarantee compliance with regulatory, environmental and social constraints. BLUE DEAL foresights a series of transnational Labs to involve multi-sectorial stakeholders, perform participative planning processes and establish public-private alliances through open innovation actions.
Funding Programme: Interreg MED 2014-2020
Programme objective tackled: Axis 1, sub-objective 1.1
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) co financing rate: 85%
Total budget: 2,981,132.80 €
Project duration: 32 months
website: https://blue-deal.interreg-med.eu/
Interreg MED Modular project – BLUEfasma- "Empowering innovation capacity of SMEs, maritime clusters and networks in MED islands and coastal areas to support blue circular economy growth in fishing/aquaculture"
BLUEfasma integrates and implements Circular Economy (CE) principles in the key blue growth sector of fishing/aquaculture to benefit MED insular/coastal areas in a novel/innovative way. The project team tackles the transnational challenge of continual depletion of natural resources and the below-EU-average MED CE innovation performance in fishing/aquaculture. Its overall objective is to empower innovation capacity of SMEs, maritime clusters/networks, PAs to boost blue CE growth in insular/coastal areas. CE prevents depletion of resources by closing energy & materials loops, leading to smart/sustainable growth as a key MED joint asset.
Funding Programme: Interreg MED 2014-2020
Programme objective tackled: Axis 1, sub-objective 1.1
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) co financing rate: 85%
Total budget: 2,811,585.00 €
Project duration: 32 months
Website: https://bluefasma.interreg-med.eu/
Interreg MED Horizontal Project - “Green Growth”
The Horizontal Project (HP) Green Growth aims to support the Modular Projects (MPs) under the Green Growth thematic of the Interreg MED Programme priority Axis 1 - Innovation. The HP Green Growth will act as a community of projects promoting a sustainable development by fostering innovation through an integrated and territorial based cooperation approach. The HP Green Growth will build upon achievements of the first phase HP SYNGGI and will further maximize the transnational replicability and capitalization potential of results. It will involve the Quadruple helix actors in Mobilization and Mutual Learning workshops and training and matchmaking sessions to share their best practices in the field of green growth and to promote the effective transfer of concrete results into regional/national policies. The expected outcomes will facilitate the creation of multi-stakeholders shared actions plans to highlight new opportunities and to unlock market potentials.
Funding Programme: Interreg MED 2014-2020
Programme objective tackled: Axis 1, sub-objective 1.1
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) co financing rate: 85%
Total budget: 1,459,999.99 €
Project duration: 32 months
