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Opportunities for ‘clean’ technology
June 2010
Stephen Peacock, the Agency’s Executive Director of Enterprise
and Innovation, was invited to address a select audience of
business leaders and investors during a ‘cleantech’ forum looking
at the barriers and opportunities facing clean technology
industries in the UK.
The forum was organised by the Cornwall Development Company as
part of a two-day event in central London to promote Cornwall as a
business location.
Stephen outlined how the RDA continues to invest in and lead the
transition to a low carbon economy in the region, including
significant investment in Wave Hub, the Agency’s flagship marine
renewables project being built off the north coast of Cornwall this
summer.
He highlighted some of the hurdles businesses face in trying to
maximise low carbon opportunities, and what the RDA is doing to
help through investment, resource efficiency programmes and skills
development.
The forum was staged in a purpose-built inflatable ‘e-dome’ in
Soho Square – borrowing from the imagery of Cornwall’s iconic Eden
Project – which was home to a number of events over the course of
the two days.
On the second day there was an exhibition of 11 of Cornwall’s
rising environmental companies and pioneering ‘green’ projects,
including Wave Hub.
Throughout the day national and international media were invited
to come and find out more about the individual projects and
companies as part of the drive to promote Cornwall for green
business investment.