Making Business Green and Green into Business
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CEE – Making business green and green into business
Established in 2012, the Centre for Environment and Energy (CEE) is an innovation hub organized under the University of Oulu and a partner in the Oulu Innovation Alliance (OIA). Its objective is to turn innovations in the environmental, energy and cleantech sectors into business. The CEE is branding Oulu with eco-innovations and green economy.
The CEE is an innovation hub, environmental business campaigner and builder of bridges. We enable the fast-paced commercialization of ideas coming in from the business and research world, by bringing experts together and showing confidence in new ideas. Pekka Tervonen, Director of the CEE
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The business model of CEE is a programme based network model.
MISSION: The mission of CEE is branding Oulu with eco-innovations and green economy. By the year 2017, Oulu is a recognized research and business expert in the field of green economy.
VISION: The vision of CEE is to be the most wanted partner in eco-innovation solutions. By the year 2017, CEE is a recognized research and business expert in the field of green economy.
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Oulu Innovation Alliance In recent years, an efficient and tight-knit cooperation network of innovative operators has been built in Oulu. The main purpose of the Oulu Innovation Alliance (OIA) is to continue the long tradition of cooperation involving education, research, business and trade, and the public sector.
www.ouluinnovationalliance.fi
Cooperation in research is instrumental in creating new business operations. The OIA is an expert in quickly connecting sector-specific business expertise and the latest research. The OIA clusters allow each operator to concentrate on what it does best, without having to spend time searching for the right partners amongst endless alternatives. Jouko Niinimäki Rector University of Oulu
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BCD = Bioeconomy, Cleantech and Digitalisation
In the global market, environmental business operations are worth around EUR 1,600 billion and the market is expected to grow by more than ten per cent every year. Traditionally, this growth has been driven by legislative measures and the rising prices of energy and raw materials. In the Government Programme, the bioeconomy, cleantech and digital business operations are the focal points in renewing the industries. Funding is provided to support growth in these
sectors in many ways. All subsidies are to be granted with consideration to the promotion of cleantech solutions. However, the financial effects of climate change and environmental damage are becoming increasingly important drivers of growth, and may, in fact, replace legislation as the number one force.
The CEE participates in the FiDiPro Programme hosted by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy. This programme focuses on strengthening the international competitiveness of the Finnish cleantech sector and creating a new model of funding cleantech.
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The CEE applies the ”Entrepreneur in Residence” model of teaming up researchers and commercial experts. This model allows an existing or aspiring entrepreneur to join the research community. The CEE is currently creating a human capital investment programme, i.e. a network of innovation angels. The aim is to make more systematic use of all available human capital.
Could You be an innovation angel? • Are you an expert? • Are you an inventor whose innovations remain unused? • Is the green economy important to you and you want to make a difference
If you think that you have something to give to cleantech and you want to be involved in creating new innovations, please contact us. Read more www.cee.fi/innovaatiot/ innovaatioenkelit/
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Wild green visions CEE projects are crossing geographical and scientific boundaries. Our focus is on the bioeconomy, utilization of by-products and waste, energy efficiency and carbon neutrality.
The value of the RDI projects coordinated by the CEE in the past three years is around EUR 8 million. This portfolio of projects has provided employment for more than 150 people locally and generated more than EUR 1.6 million tax revenue in the area. The CEE is also actively involved in direct business projects, valued over 1 million euro, and the OIA contracting parties’ strategic projects. CEE has also contributed to the creation of new spin-off companies. By the year 2015, 8 companies have been established. The total turnover of those companies is around EUR 2 million and they employ more than 20 people.
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Our projects, aiming to make our society greener, are built around these themes. For example, we deal with the exploitation of the Arctic potential, we improve the value networks of by-products, we create entirely new products from waste, we investigate the potential of solar energy in the North and we study locally produced smart food and its business potential. We create prosperity and can-do spirit through innovation!
CEE – Centre for Environment and Energy Paavo Havaksentie 3 P.O. Box 7300 FI-90014 University of Oulu viestinta@cee.fi Director Pekka Tervonen Tel. +358 40 673 9519 pekka.tervonen@oulu.fi
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