Promoting renewable energies - RETS Project

Pole of competitiveness Derbi,
Languedoc Roussillon, France
Regarding renewable energies, the Region Languedoc
Roussillon has 4 priorities:
promoting environmentally responsible
behaviours;
aiming for energy efficiency;
strengthening the regional market of renewable
energies;
following local energy policies.
The total budget of the region in 2008 was €1 billion.
Almost 3% of it was dedicated to renewable energies that
is €28.6 million.
In 2011, the region will focus on energy storage on the
one hand, and operational solar power stations on the
other hand. The Region also wants to develop
cooperation with Spain. Regarding wind energy, the
regional Grenelle 1 plan forecasts 1700 MW installed by
2020 and 430 MW for the Photovoltaic solar energy. In
terms of jobs, the objective is to upgrade 5% of buildings
– which are more than 20 years old‐ annually. Besides,
20% of the employees of the renewable energies sector
should have access to professional training annually.
However, this target is reduced to 10% for companies
with less than 10 employees.
As it is a labelled cluster it can receive more funding
streams and easier access to state loans. Since it
started, Derbi has accredited 153 projects, with €353
million of investment. An international conference is also
held each year for professionals from the renewable
energy sector. In January 2011 a DCGIS report found
that around half of the collaborative projects led to new
products or processes.
Key facts and figures
Today, DERBI has more than 150 members:
84 enterprises of which 80% SMEs and 20% are
major firms;
21 research centres and 39 professional
organisations and institutional partners;
Over €49 million of public funding has been
raised for Derbi projects, including €28 million
from the National Research Agency.
Contact: http://www.pole-derbi.cm
One of the 71 state-certified clusters is the Derbi cluster,
with the main aims of:
Business field : energy;
Main thematics: energy producing buildings,
network management, decentralised energy
producing.
The objectives:
Boost the creation of goods and services for
markets which are developing rapidly thanks to
the European directives on energy and the
Mediterranean Solar Plan.
Increase the expertise and critical size of
sectorial skills in the region.
Help the creation and organisation of the
renewable energies industry in the region
Make regional scientific and technological
expertise available to companies, particularly
SMEs.
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