Renewable Engine

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Regional enterprises are not engaging in research and innovation (R&I) activity in the renewable energy sector in a strategic and collaborative way. There is a strong advanced manufacturing and engineering industrial base in the region. However there is limited activity and innovation in the production of products for the renewable energy sector and the capacity of this high value sector to create a significantly enhanced economic impact is not currently realised. ‘Renewable Engine’ will deliver necessary strategic change through the creation of a new and unique cross-border R&I ‘supercluster’ involving high calibre research and industry partners. Importantly the new collaboration will, for the first time, bring cross-border research centres together across the disciplines of advanced manufacturing and renewable energy and this will catalyse the change needed.‘Renewable Engine’ builds on existing infrastructure in the region with two of research partners, South West College and IT Sligo, sharing a strong track record of applied R&I in renewable energy through the cross border CREST infrastructure. The ‘Renewable Engine’ partnership will bring the new addition of international research advanced manufacturing excellence through Queen’s University and the UK Advanced Manufacturing Catapult centre based at University of Strathclyde. Both these universities have research profiles within the top 15 in the UK and the expertise and capacity which the catapult, working directly with research institutions and private enterprises in the region, is exceptional. Private sector input will drive the supercluster through the inclusion of Manufacturing NI and Action Renewables as associate partners.

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