Environmental technology and renewable energy solutions

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

2. Introduction 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 • 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

3. From idea…. 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 To sustainable business….

4. Current international activities • 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Integrated marine and inland water management Real time data during operations Renewable Energy Ocean monitoring systems – examples of application areas Studies of oceanographic/ meteorological processes Harbour Monitoring Monitoring of water quality from pollution sources such as oil terminals and industry plants Data to be used for predication of drifting pollution matter such as oil and nuclear waste Input data to meteorological and ocean circulation models Acquisition of design data for e.g. offshore developments and coastal engineering activities Monitoring of water quality from pollution sources such as oil terminals and industry plants

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