EU funding will support the design and testing of a
fully-submerged membrane-style wave energy convertor capable of generating
large amounts of electricity – paving the way for the developers, Bombora Wave
Power Europe, to construct and commercialise the technology from its
Pembrokeshire base.
The £15m project is expected
to create up to 20 skilled jobs in South West Wales, supporting the local
economy and creating opportunities for communities in Pembrokeshire.
 The STREAM (Sensor Technologies for Remote Environmental Aquatic Monitoring) project will bring together partners on both sides of the Irish Sea to better understand the impact of climate change; lower the cost of marine observation and accelerate the process of data provision.
The £5.4 million project is supported through the EU’s Ireland-Wales Co-operation Programme and led by the Waterford Institute of Technology, with project partners Swansea University and Cork Institute of Technology.
The
UK Government has published technical notices relating to the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF), to provide advice to organisations in the event
the UK leaves the EU without a negotiated agreement (i.e. a ‘no deal’).
The draft Withdrawal
Agreement (March 2018) between the EU and the UK includes the provision for us
continuing to participate in EU funding programmes and activities until their
closure in 2023.
In the event that the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a
deal, the UK Treasury has provided a full lifetime expenditure guarantee for
projects approved European
Structural Funds before the end of December 2020. In Wales, the Welsh Government remains committed to investing 100% of EU Structural Funds before the end of March 2019.
The UK Government has also published a
technical notice on the Horizon 2020 programme.
Vote for your favourite project from this
year’s Regiostars Awards shortlist! The project that gets the most votes
will receive the ‘Public Choice Award’ during the Regiostars Awards
ceremony on 9 October in Brussels.
Two Welsh projects are
shortlisted this year: ASTUTE
2020 and Nant
Gwrtheyrn. Please click on the links below to give them your
vote:
ASTUTE 2020 (Advanced Sustainable
Manufacturing Technologies)
Category 1
- Supporting smart industrial transition
Vote for ASTUTE 2020 here
Nant Gwrtheyrn
Category 5 - Investing in cultural heritage
Vote for Nant Gwrtheyrn here
Deadline for voting: 7 October 2018.
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The eighth call for transnational
co-operation initiatives will run until 22 November 2018.
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EU
funds are
supporting Bangor University’s
SEACAMS2 project which
specialises
in the commercial application of research and innovation in marine renewable
energy (MRE), climate change resilience and resource efficiency.
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From a sole trader in 2011 to a factory now employing 18 people and supplying honey products to 100s of farm shops, delis and supermarkets – business is buzzing for Hilltop Honey!
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RICE Cymru and Swansea
University’s Energy Safety Research
Institute (ESRI) are working to reduce carbon emissions.
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