Promoting renewable energies - RETS Project

educational material. Some of this structured information
has been opened up to a wider audience, with the
possibility for external actors to become a member of the
wiki an in turn benefit from the knowledge. The other raw
information should be enhanced and valorised according
to different targets audiences, such as in the educational
field, perhaps through a future project.
A competitive intelligence business watch tool was
also developed. This tool, in the first place, was
dedicated for the expert project partners. A specialised
data mining software was installed that according to
predefined keywords and sources, crawled the web,
reaping information and news on renewable energies.
The expert partners then sorted, rated and selected
information that could be beneficial to local authorities. In
a second stage, electronic newsletters dedicated to
specific renewable energy technologies or themes were
compiled and sent to the local authority partners.
This innovative approach to knowledge management and
capitalisation experimented in the project through the use
of web 2.0 collaborative tools has been adopted by
several partners:
ECO Centre Wales for example, is very
interested in developing a dedicated version for
use within schools, where pupils are often
hindered by firewalls and internal security
measures.
Sittard-Geleen is in the process of disseminating
the approach more widely within its region, and in
particular will organise a dedicated seminar in
Autumn 2012 for other local authorities and
students.
Staffordshire University have adopted it as an
approach with partners on another energy
project.
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