{"id":3845,"date":"2021-05-06T12:15:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T09:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2021-05-06T15:35:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T12:35:50","slug":"low-carbon-economy-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/labfocus\/en\/low-carbon-economy-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Carbon Economy in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Low carbon economy and energy issues are the joint objectives of two Interreg Europe projects, RESINDUSTRY – Policies for Renewable Energy Sources in Industry<\/a> and SME POWER – SMEs Powering a Low Carbon Future<\/a>. Both projects closely cooperate and pulled together by forming a joint Regional Energy Stakeholder (RES) group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular local stakeholder meetings are key for successful project implementation. On 18 March 2021, 14 members of the joint RES group met online to discuss the EU funding service, national business grants possibilities for companies, project activities and outcomes of interregional workshops, and action plan design. In Finland, RESINDUSTRY by LAB University of Applied Sciences and SME POWER is managed by Heinola City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New EU funding advisory service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senior Advisor from the governmental innovation and funding agency Business Finland, Valtteri Vento, presented the new, comprehensive EU funding advisory and information service targeted at enterprises. The idea behind the establishment of such a service was the lack of centralized and clear information on the EU funding opportunities both in terms of grants and market-based EU funding. The service operates under the guidance of the Ministry of Employment and Economy and other stakeholders. Through a network of EU funding experts, a clear advisory service and information sharing will be built, allowing national actors to benefit from the EU funding. The service is intended for companies, research institutes as well as public authorities and other interested parties. A dedicated advisory service website<\/a> and a phone service have been launched in spring 2021. (Vento 2021.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Picture 1. A broad field of EU funding is available; Energy Aids (in green) and loans, guarantees, investments (in blue). (Image: Valtteri Vento).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Projects videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RESINDUSTRY presented the recently published video titled RESINDUSTRY & P\u00e4ij\u00e4t-H\u00e4me Climate Action Roadmap <\/a>, which describes the project impact on the regional roadmap. In SME POWER, Energy Champions have been selected. In Finland, Weckman Steel, the largest Finnish roofing company has been chosen and an interview has been recorded: SME POWER – HEINOLA Energy Champion Juha Simola <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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