SMARTENERGY - Grow faster with energy clusters towards energy transition

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The SMARTENERGY project implements a set of integrated actions aimed to enforce the cooperation level of 5 different but leading energy clusters in their respective countries and 1 major cluster for digital technologies The specific objectives of the SMARTENERGY project are: - Increase the business support capacity of the clusters in the partnership, with a specific focus on supporting SMEs to bring to the market new products and services which need to increase their maturity and readiness level from the final prototype level (TRL 7) to the production/commercialization level (TRL 9) - Support at least 42 SMEs, 10 clusters and 8 technology centres/scaling up support organizations in accessing the global market - Strenghten the 6 individual cluster strategies, integrating specific targets related to cooperation between energy and IT for different sectors. - Develop a common strategy for the ESCP, focused on the design of a alliance or metacluster for energy transition at EU level In order to successfully achieve these objectives, the SMARTENERGY project integrated approach will consist in a range of activities: a detailed benchmark of the services offered, several collaborative capacity building and Peer to Peer activities for cluster managers aimed to develop new skills in providing customized support services, and testing and implementation activities aimed at providing these services in the most effective manner through the new “ClusterXChange” pilot scheme. Activities will mainly target SMEs (members of the clusters and of other clusters being part of their network), european cluster management staff, regional authorities involved in S3 implementation in the respective regions and the innovation actors being part of their ecosystem for innovation. The improved skills and cooperation level of the SMARTENERGY ESCP-4x will result in a stronger capacity of supporting market outreach of innovation in the emerging industry of digital energy towards energy transition