LOMBARDY ENERGY CLUSTERNET ZERO CITIES CONFERENCE, 2013

Population of 9,4 million inhabitants – 15,3% of total Italian peopleNearly 824 thousand enterprises.32,7% of Italian imports, 28,7% of national exports GDP: 320 billion € standing for 20% of national GDPResearch in Energy field:15 institutions, 94 departments, 3000 academics.

The industrial cluster for Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Efficiency

- Turnover: 8,9 billion €- About 21.000 employees- About 100 companies, 7 research centers, 5 institutions, 14 association for collaboration, 1 bank

The Energy Field counts in Italy, today, 470.000 employees in clean and traditional energy. Also in 2011: a growth of 36.000 employees

Italian plant supply and installation sector accounts for 113 billion €Energy sector: 18 billion €

LOMBARDY ENERGY CLUSTERNET ZERO CITIES CONFERENCE, 2013

Biomass and Waste to Energy About 70 companies in the Renewable Energy Sector RES Employees: 13.000 RES Turnover : 4.500 million €

Good access to research and technologies Critical-mass of firms Good local business culture and skilled workers

LEC TECHNOLOGY AREAS Conventional energy and nuclear

Renewable energy sources

Smart grids

Energy efficiency

LEC TOP STRONGHOLDS

ECO INDUSTRIESin Lombardy

SOURCE: ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRY SPECIFIC FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS RELEVANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD CLASS CLUSTERS IN ECO

INDUSTRIES (2013 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG ENTR)

LOMBARDY ENERGY CLUSTERNET ZERO CITIES CONFERENCE, 2013

KEY PROJECTS FOR 2014

Cluster bilateral cooperation actions

Great success already achieved with Singapore Sustainability

Alliance and Tenerrdis

Waste to energy JAP : new projects for companies

Exploring Horizon 2020 opportunities

First Italian cluster with Bronze Label aiming at Gold Label within 2014