Environmental technology and renewable energy solutions Integrated Marine and Inland Water Management Sofia, June 26th 2014.

Environmental technology and renewable energy solutions

Integrated Marine and Inland Water Management

Sofia, June 26th 2014

About Green Business Norway

• Established in 2003

• A private and independent member based organisation

• Comprises 30 member businesses from all over Norway, offering competence, technology and solutions for the environmental- and renewable energy sector

• Several member businesses are receiving global recognition for their technologies and solutions

•75% of member businesses operate in the export market

About Green Business Norway

• Established in 2003

• A private and independent member based organisation

• Comprises 30 member businesses from all over Norway, offering competence, technology and solutions for the environmental- and renewable energy sector

• Several member businesses are receiving global recognition for their technologies and solutions

•75% of member businesses operate in the export market

Resource bank for individual member businesses in respect of innovation, early-stage business development and internationalization

Business development with member businesses on product development, internationalization, financing and consultancy

Innovation management: enhancing member businesses’ innovation capacity through joint skills development programs

Internationalization: introducing and expanding new export markets in partnership with member businesses

Resource bank for individual member businesses in respect of innovation, early-stage business development and internationalization

Business development with member businesses on product development, internationalization, financing and consultancy

Innovation management: enhancing member businesses’ innovation capacity through joint skills development programs

Internationalization: introducing and expanding new export markets in partnership with member businesses

Introduction

Growth for the individual member company through cooperation activities

• Facilitate and initiate B2B cooperation between member businesses

• Launch and develop innovation projects, securing the innovation capacity among member businesses

• Assist individual member businesses in financing of innovation and development activities

Growth for the individual member company through cooperation activities

• Facilitate and initiate B2B cooperation between member businesses

• Launch and develop innovation projects, securing the innovation capacity among member businesses

• Assist individual member businesses in financing of innovation and development activities

Innovation and development activities

To sustainable business….

From idea….

Cooperation platforms in several international markets

• Business Intelligence Programme in Poland a platform for Norwegian cleantech businesses active in Poland

• Business Intelligence Programme in Central China, a platform for Norwegian cleantech businesses active in China

• Cooperation in progress with partners in Romania, Bulgaria, Colombia, United Arab Emirates and the USA

Cooperation platforms in several international markets

• Business Intelligence Programme in Poland a platform for Norwegian cleantech businesses active in Poland

• Business Intelligence Programme in Central China, a platform for Norwegian cleantech businesses active in China

• Cooperation in progress with partners in Romania, Bulgaria, Colombia, United Arab Emirates and the USA

Current international activities

Integrated marine and inland water management

Fields of interest• Further development of the operational oceanographic system in Bulgaria, providing real time ocean and atmospheric information for the territorial Bulgarian waters

• Introduce state of the art technologies and solutions

• Contribute actively toward the Bulgarian effort to comply with the EU Marine Directive

• Develop a comprehensive demonstration project for monitoring, surveillance and forecasting of integrated marine and inland water management purposes.

Integrated marine and inland water management

Areas for cooperation• Provide expertise, competence and know-how related to improvement and further development of monitoring, surveillance and forecasting infrastructure for inland and marine waters

•Apply Best Available Technology regarding inland and water monitoring, surveillance and forecasting

Integrated marine and inland water management

Real time data during operations

Harbour Monitoring

Monitoring of water quality from

pollution sources such as oil

terminals and industry plants

Acquisition of design data for

e.g. offshore developments and coastal engineering

activities

Data to be used for predication

of drifting pollution matter such as oil and nuclear

waste

Input data to meteorological

and ocean circulation models

Monitoring of water quality from

pollution sources such as oil

terminals and industry plants

Studies of oceanographic/meteorological

processes

Renewable Energy

Ocean monitoring systems – examples of application areas

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