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Bioenergy for the Region and RENREN project
Project “RENREN” financed by EU is trying to evaluate, how regional authorities may contribute to EU policy in the field of renewable energy sources. RENREN will allow determining actions that need to be taken in order to improve legal framework regarding development of renewable energy on regional level. The project will also allow refinement of different technologies of energy production from wind, sun and biomass.
The project will take insight into conditions facilitating as well as impeding development of renewable energy sources in field of strategic planning on regional level, legislation, support of job market development, technology transfer, innovation and finance.
Fourteen partners from all over Europe are currently engaged in RENREN. At present some regions are more advanced in terms of renewable energy sources nevertheless.
Project partners (regions):
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport (Germany)
Wales
Welsh Assembly Government (United Kingdom)
Jämtland
County Council of Jämtland, Institute of Rurald Development (Sweden)
Westfjords
The Association of municipalities in the Westfjords (Iceland)
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire Region (France)
Ustí
Ustí Region (Czech Republic)
Cyprus
Cyprus Institute of Energy (Cyprus)
Navarre
Department of Innovation, Enterprise and employment of the government of Navarre (Spain)
Castilla y León
Regional energy agency of Castilla y León (Spanien)
Timis
The Agency for Social and Economic Development of Timís County (Romania)
Lodz Region
Lodz Region (Poland)
Central Macedonia
Region of Central Macedonia (Greece)
Andalusia
Andalusia Energy Agency (Spain)
North Hungary
Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research, Institute for Logistics and Production Systems (Hungary)