The Oekoenergie-Cluster (OEC) The sustainable energy cluster of Upper Austria

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1 The Oekoenergie-Cluster (OEC) The sustainable energy cluster of Upper Austria Christiane Egger OÖ Energiesparverband/Ökoenergie-Cluster

2 The Region of Upper Austria - Oberösterreich Capital: Population: Economic activities: Linz 1.38 million 25% of the Austrian industrial exports cluster-oriented policy approach The OÖ Energiesparverband is the regional energy agency for renewable energy & energy efficiency & provides services to private households, SMEs, public bodies

3 Energy Agency of the State of Upper Austria OÖ Energiesparverband Organisation founded (in 1991) and mostly funded by the state government promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy provides services to private households, public bodies & businesses manages programmes on behalf of the state government supports development of legislation and policies Services Energy advice (10,000 sessions/a) Building certification (> 100,000 buildings since 1993) Training programmes Management of regional energy programmes Public awareness campaigns, events, publications Pilot projects Municipal energy strategies European cooperation Oekoenergie-Cluster ESV-Design

4 Renewable energy & energy efficiency high priority in Upper Austria Share of renewable energy: Share of renewable heating: 34 % of total primary energy demand (15 % biomass, 15 % hydro, 4 % solar & other renewables) 50 % of total heating demand Avoided imports of fossil fuels: > 1 billion Euro per year By 2030, all electricity and space heating will come from renewables! reduction of heat demand by 39 % reduction of electricity demand by 0.5 %/year minus 65 % CO 2 emissions

5 Index 2005 = 100% 125 Development energy consumption and GDP Upper Austria "De-coupling of energy consumption and economic growth" 121% 99% % GDP total final energy consumption specific energy consumption (final energy per GDP)

6 Index 2005 = 100% Development of energy sources Upper Austria % 108% 99% % 88% 83% renewable energy electricity total final energy consumption natural gas fossil transport fuels oil

7 The Oekoenergie-Cluster (OEC) the network of renewable energy & energy efficiency companies in Upper Austria 160 partner companies since 2000 managed by the OÖ Energiesparverband, the regional energy agency Turnover: 1.9 billion Euro Employees: 8,880 Export share: > 50 %

8 Heating with biomass, solar thermal, energy efficiency in buildings

9 The environmental & energy sector in Upper Austria (waste) water waste/recycling soil, air, noise Resource/energy efficiency in industrial production Renewable energy Energy efficiency > 125 partners ~ 23,535 company employees Total company turnover 5.15 billion > 160 partners ~ 7,300 company employees Total company turnover 4.2 billion Upper Austria is the leading Austrian region with about 36,000 "green-tech" employees Clusterland OÖ GmbH

10 Ökoenergie-Cluster (OEC) Number of OEC partners x 2 Staff x Export countries x 7 Turnover OEC partners x Mio Mio

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12 OEC Focus areas Energy effciency & renewables in nondomestic buildings Nearly Zero Energy Buildings Solar and biomass technologies

13 OEC fields of action Internationalisation Energy Academy R&D Co-operation projects Communication OEC Networking

14 Cluster activities Update (ist nur bis 2011) 176 cooperation projects 208 conferences and events 27 stands at tradeshows and fairs 9 market exploration tours 624 press articles published 205 OEC presentations at international conferences 1.3 million visitors at and many more

15 Clean and fully-automatic biomass heating Comprehensive market development: Jointly developing products & services (R & D support programme) Jointly developing home markets: - campaigns to strengthen core markets (e.g. home heating) - analysis & strategies for less developed market segments - training across the value chain (manufacturers, installers, users, others) Joint internationalisation - combination of policy & market know-how and leading companies - market exploration tours & tradeshows & delegations & technical publications for target markets 27 % of all automatic biomass boilers sold in Europe are produced by OEC companies

16 OEC Market exploration tours & tradeshow stands

17 OEC Export countries Europe Number of OEC companies represented per country

18 OEC Export countries worldwide Number of OEC companies represented per country

19 Internationalisation to Chile Preliminary market analysis and surveying cluster partner priorities (feedback process) Market study "Biomass, solar thermal and energy efficiency in Buildings" in Chile Preparatory workshop with experts from Chile in Austria Market exploration tour to Chile (July 2013) Business cooperation to start

20 Cluster = Getting people to work together (e.g. OECNext, OECWomen) Fotos OECNext Fotos OECWomen

21 Some lessons from 13 years of "clustering" Trust Expertise & leadership of the cluster team in technical, economic and organisational issues Specialisation of the cluster - critical mass Work on supply and demand Branding your region Cooperation is a winning strategy!

22 World Sustainable Energy Days 2014: February European Pellet Conference Nearly Zero Energy Buildings Conference WSED next for young researchers Innovative Building Tectnologies Energy Efficiency Policy Conference Trade Show - Energiesparmesse: +1,600 exhibitors Call for Papers: 10 October

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