GIST

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The consortium of ‘GIST’ consists of regional clusters that want to increase clean tech innovations and applications in industrial environments and help develop regions to market leadership in various specialisms. To date, companies are relatively unfamiliar with potentially relevant technologies, suitable knowledge suppliers or technical experts. In addition, the high development costs and the risk profile play a major role. All this means that few sustainability innovations lead to an effective investment. By removing risks around investment projects, companies will implement new technologies faster. Growth is the core of the project, just as ‘GIST’ (yeast) also raises bread in the meaning of the micro-organism, and thus allows it to 'grow'. ‘GIST’ works with two types of feasibility studies that develop technologies or processes with a reduced energy or raw material consumption and with a high commercial and upscaling potential. The first type consists of 10 long-lasting FEED (Front End Engineering Design) studies in the form of business simulations or the realization of a pilot and/or prototype. In addition, specific knowledge or technical questions will be resolved in 15 short FEED-Light projects. The target group are medium-sized and large 'asset owners' in the process industry and technical suppliers such as small-to-medium size businesses. Through connecting the different networks and the sharing of good practices a qualitatively high-value pipeline of concepts is created.

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