Green transition

In 2021 the Tyrolian platform for climate, energy and circular economy was es-tablished, in which the governmental organisations of Tyrol - Energie Tirol, Klimabündnis Tirol and the Standortagentur Tirol - use joint synergies to coordinate and further improve their respective service offerings. The...

The Small Business Vouchers (SBV) programme small businesses focused on clean energy with access to national lab. The programme has simple contracting processes, transparent lab practices and practical access to lab facilities. The objectives are to give U.S. clean energy small businesses a...

The U.S. Department of Energy launched the National Incubator Initiative for Clean Energy (NIICE) initiative to increase coordination and collaboration among the incubators across the country and develop best practices to raise incubator performance standards. This effort enabled incubators to...

BioInnovation is a strategic innovation support scheme financed by Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas. The main objective is to create the best possible conditions for increasing the pace of innovation. BioInnovation's platfom connects ideas, actors and capital to create competitive and...

A project under the Korean Green New Deal aims to convert industrial complexes into smart eco-friendly manufacturing spaces with digital-based high productivity (smart) and high energy-efficiency as well as low pollution (eco-friendly). The cluster measure supports the following goals: 1)...

The 2021 Green Convergence Cluster Act provides a legal foundation for a series of cluster-related activities under the measure 'Designation, creation and operation of green convergence clusters' (Section 2 of the Act). The supported activities under the measure include the establishment and...

The Korean government established 3 funds to achieve the Korean New Deal objectives of 1) creating jobs in traditional and newly emergying digital /green sectors, 2) build infrastrucutres for a digital/green transition, 3) transform South Korea into a leader economically post-COVID-19. It is...

Hosted by Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund, and the World Bank Group, the 2-day annual event brings together leading public authorities, academics, and industry representatives to build and share knowlegde and promote domestic and international networking...

The Korean New Deal comprises three key strategies - the Green New Deal, Digital New Deal, and Stronger Safety Net. The Korean government implements various projects/measures under the Green New Deal, one of which is 'Innovation in the Green Industry' which aims to 1) promote prospective businesses...

SABDI was launched by the Department of Science and Innovation of South Africa and is a contracted fund which supports collaborative and integrative research projects that focus on functional genomics, structural biology, synthetic biology and systems biology. SABDI is particularly interested in...

These measures are aimed to improve energy efficiency of businesses and buildings. They are expected to contribute to improve the heat and cold supply systems and the use of alternative drives in enterprises, including building relevant infrastructure. By reducing final energy consumption in public...

The Singapore-based Circular Asia Network (CAN500) is a collaborative platform that brings together businesses, institutions, innovators, cities, NGOs, governments and thought leaders to work together on circular economy appraoches. These include networking sessions, summits and experimental game...