Benefits of the Cluster Membership

Services provided to the members:

1. Strengthen lobbying ability, joint public appearance

2. Provide the professional and management background

3. Increase recognition, develop networks

4. Strategic goals, development directives

5. Easier access to development resources

6. Participation in national and international projects

7. Enhance competitiveness

8. Project generation, joint investments

9. Joint developments and technological procurement

10. Participation in national and international exhibitions, conferences

11. Facilitate information flow

Cluster marketing:

• Common public appearance

• Free PR

• Appearance on the website of the cluster

Financing:

• Favourable credit possibilities

• Foreign coverage options to raise capital

Tender watch, partner search:

• Organize consortiums for projects

• Joint domestic and foreign projects

• Tender watch

Needs assessment, infrastructure-search:

• Identify demand and supply conditions of the regional and other markets, inform members, create databases and business information systems

• Build up new market connections

• Organizational management, logistic monitoring, consultancy

Creating research databases:

• Survey of renewable energy technologies, information-transmission

Needs assessment and mediation of trainings:

• Organising training courses connected to renewable energy (eg. solar collectors, heat pump heating systems, photovoltaic systems etc.).

Organising professional trainings:

• Introduction to clean and renewable energy

• Promote modern construction, insulation and electrical installation techniques

• Energy efficiency and environmental protection programmes