ConnectedClusters

Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is a founding partner of the Energy Capital cluster, the smart energy innovation partnership for the West Midlands. The partnership combines world-leading academic expertise with ambitious local authorities, diverse businesses, innovators and entrepreneurs to encourage clean energy investment and innovation and trial solutions in the real world.

Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) is the leading low carbon hub for Scotland and beyond. It’s at the heart of a climate innovation cluster that has enabled 40% national emissions reductions to date. ECCI is working with public and private sector partners to focus data and city investment on delivering a smart, thriving future.

Frankfurt

Provadis Business School offers courses focussed on technology-based services and finding solutions to high-tech industry challenges. It is located adjacent to Höchst Industrial Park, home to a wide variety of pharmaceutical and chemical industry companies. It will focus on circular economy solutions to reduce carbon and resource usage from industry.

London

The Greater London Authority is working to matchmake and broker new relationships across a burgeoning but geographically diffuse range of low carbon businesses across the city. The Mayor has identified cleantech as a key future growth sector and is working to support businesses, attract investment and accelerate the roll-out of sustainable solutions across Greater London.

Valencia

AVAESEN is a non-profit association of energy-related companies. Its Director-General, Bianca Dragomir, was recently named European Cluster Manager of the Year. She has transformed AVAESEN from a small renewable energy cluster into a much broader city region innovation cluster and think tank. It links public authorities with businesses and other stakeholders and decision-makers to drive change.