POWER cluster
POWER cluster is a partnership to promote offshore wind energy
involving eighteen partners from six European countries in the
north sea region, and builds on an already well developed
transnational co-operation network – POWER (Pushing Offshore Wind
Energy Regions,) which was funded from 2004-2007 by the European
Union through the Interreg North Sea Programme
(http://www.offshore-power.net/)
POWER cluster runs until June 2011, and the partnership is able
to draw on a huge range of expertise, not only in offshore wind
energy, but also in oil and gas and other related marine sectors.
POWER cluster will develop comprehensive approaches to meet the
strategic challenges of the offshore wind energy industry in the
North Sea region, and make the region a better place to live, work
and invest.
There are four work packages:
1) Social Acceptance – communicating the benefits of offshore
wind energy to the public
2) Business – Creating a business platform to foster offshore wind
energy development in the North Sea region
3) Skills – Adapting and preparing the North Sea region workforce
to the needs of offshore wind energy
4) Cluster Development – Developing an offshore wind power cluster
in the North Sea region
Suffolk County Council is the lead partner for work package 2,
working in partnership with the East of England Energy Group.
(http://www.eeegr.com/)
For more information about POWER cluster, please visit
http://www.power-cluster.net/
To download the POWER cluster flyer please
click here (297KB, PDF)
