Our regional economy is in transition and where the rubber meets the road is in concrete projects. Our process of originating, selecting and initiating projects ensures that all projects are viable. We strive to make every project sustainable and impactful. Our network of members and partners brings different capabilities to the table. In some cases new combinations of knowledge and business models offer financial opportunities such as European innovation programs. We collaborate with p2 on professional project definition and with Icos Capital on business modelling and financing. Projects typically fall within our focus areas of biobased, energy efficiency and water, and are reinforced by experimentation and pilots in an urban environment (urban lab). Our business support services include: access to capital and grants; supply chain opportunities like meet the buyer; and government resources and regulatory know-how.
In progress Globally, the availability of clean and usable fresh water is under growing pressure and the demand for reusing waste is increasing. This is true for domestic, agricultural and industrial usage. Therefore, the issue of water resources is becoming more pressing in the face of climate change and sea level rise. As rapid global urbanization is…
View project »The Rotterdam – The Hague Emergency Airport (RHEA) project will create an economic cluster at the interface of cleantech and water security vis-à-vis airport development. The water security cluster has huge potential: it is expected to grow by 65% in the near future to 200 billion Euros worldwide. As an elevated ‘safe haven’, the site…
View project »Daily we are pumping hundreds of small and large millions cubic meters of water to our cities and polders to keep dry and green pastures. This results in a tention to control of surface water quality. Fighting blue algae scums and botulism in virtually stagnant water stands high on the agenda. Water takes a lot of energy, but how is it possible to controling water and at the same time produce renewable energy?
View project »Our members enhance their own business opportunities and strengthen the economical position of the region at the same time. We focus on the realisation of innovative cleantech test cases and projects in our region. Based on our state of the art technology we aim to implement these techniques worldwide.
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