Eight to ten years ago, as the emerging offshore wind sector started its transformation from a few interspersed projects to a fullfledged industry capable of delivering clean electricity from large-scale projects, Norwegian business leaders and politicians saw new opportunities for Norway?s well-positioned offshore oil and gas and maritime suppliers.
The INTPOW year 2015 2015 saw the adoption of the Paris accord. It is the first universal climate agreement and will have substantial impact on the international energy industry in the years to come. The consequences will also be visible in Norway. Norwegian expertise is sought after throughout the world. In 2015, INTPOW?s 24 different events, reaching more than 1300 Norwegian and international energy experts, helped our members take full advantage of the opportunities in these growing markets. We also see that responding on behalf of the industry to the Government?s initiatives has become an increasingly important task for INTPOW during 2015.
Energy demand is soaring globally and climate change considerations boost demand for renewable energy solutions. Norwegian expertise is sought after throughout the world. In 2014, INTPOW?s 22 different events, reaching more than 750 Norwegian and international energy experts, helped our members take full advantage of the opportunities in these growing markets. INTPOW has throughout 2014 promoted our members? potential and concerns towards relevant governmental institutions with great success. Take a look at our annual report for more information about the INTPOW year 2014.
INTPOW has been invited to participate with input to the three planned government white papers for 2015 on development aid and private sector involvement, on globalisation and trade, and on energy. For this purpose, INTPOW has set up reference groups with representatives from our member companies in order to bring forward our input and interest to the ministries. The first milestone was met as the INTPOW on behalf of the reference group submitted written comments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the white paper on development and private sector involvement in the middle of December.
I forbindelse med Norges Interne Revisors Forenings årskonferanse, publiserte INTPOW ansatt, Rosemarie Frigstad Gee, nylig en artikkel med fokus på korrupsjon og samfunnsansvar i det private næringsliv. Artikkelen er i stor grad basert på Rosemaries masteroppgave om CSR med noen innspill fra nyere dato. Rosemarie tok sin mastergrad i utviklingsstudier ved University of Kwazulu-Natal, i Durban, Sør-Afrika. Hovedspørsmål i oppgaven er relatert til hva som egentlig menes med CSR og hvordan begrepet blir brukt i praksis. Videre belyser rapporten spørmål om hvordan CSR kan føre til bærekraftige vinn-vinn situasjoner der både næringslivet og samfunnet gagnes av slike CSR programmer på best mulige måte. Oppgaven er basert på gjennomgang av en rekke bedrifter og kvalitative intervjuer med ledere ved hjelp av spørreundersøkelser, samt gjennomgang av ulike forskningsrapporter og empirisk materiale.
The purpose of the brochure is to assist hydropower developers, owners and operators in identifying INTPOW partners that deliver services, technology and products related to the entire hydropower value chain. This is achieved by linking major elements of the hydropower value chain with relevant companies in a competence matrix. The brochure will be distributed to all relevant Norwegian Embassies and Innovation Norway offices abroad and at all relevant INTPOW events. Let us know if you want a pile of brochures for distribution.
INTPOW has released its annual report «The Norwegian Cleantech Industry ? Statistics». Menon Business Economics was commissioned by INTPOW to produce the report by charting the current status and development of the sector. In short, 1 786 companies in Norway were surveyed, which in 2011 reported a total revenue of NOK 181 billion and a total of NOK 64 billion in value added. Export sales were calculated to NOK 21.8 billion. 17.5 billion of these are made up by goods and services, the remainder is related to electricity exports. In 2010, the industry was the eighth biggest exporter in Norway. The industry faced some setbacks during the financial crisis in 2009. While most segments started to grow again in 2010, development from 2010 to 2011 has again been negative, with revenues falling by seven percent and value added by eleven percent. The cleantech industry employed around 38 000 people in Norway in 2011, with employment being stabile from 2010.
Strong Norwegian competence lies within the offshore sector and stems from oil and gas activities. This knowledge is now transferred into the offshore wind sector. Norwegian companies have the opportunity to profit form the emerging markets and add complementary expertise to offshore wind projects internationally. In order to inform the international offshore wind community of the Norwegian offshore expertise, INTPOW ? Norwegian Renewable Energy Partners in cooperation with Innovation Norway and inspired by Arena Now, Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster and Windcluster Mid-Norway has commissioned this market and supply chain study. The study is an addition to two Market Studies commissioned by Innovation Norway in cooperation with INTPOW - Offshore Wind Germany and Offshore Wind UK.
Companies by supply chain areas.
Strong Norwegian competence lies within the offshore sector and stems from more than 100 years of maritime shipping and North Sea oil and gas activities. The fine-tuned capabilities are now transferred to the offshore wind sector for technology and services conceptualisation. Companies developing the North Sea wind resources could benefit from the lessons learned in Norway and add complementary expertise in order to achieve their targets.
Strong Norwegian competence lies within the offshore sector and stems from more than 100 years of maritime shipping and North Sea oil and gas activities. The fine-tuned capabilities are now transferred to the offshore wind sector for technology and services conceptualisation. Companies developing the North Sea wind resources could benefit from the lessons learned in Norway and add complementary expertise in order to achieve their targets.
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