The EU industry is responsible for a significant share of primary energy demand and GHG emissions. However, most SMEs have not yet tackled the clean transition challenge, mainly due to the lack of internal technical capacity and financial resources to implement ambitious energy efficiency plans tailored to their productive sites’ specificities. On the other hand, private investors are reluctant and still view this type of investment as risky, fragmented, complex or insufficiently profitable.
The REFINEE consortium will design, test and compare place-based solutions to the above situation in two EU regions, Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT) and Istria (HR) both characterised by a high share of small industries.
Start date: October 2024 - End date: October 2027
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