Facts regarding the No.1 environmental technology location – Styria
Province of Styria
| 4,3 % |
investment in R&D – clearly above the Treaty of Lisbon goal of 3% for 2010 |
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| 5 |
universities and leading research centres for energy and environmental technology are located in Styria |
| 1,2 |
million inhabitants |
| 25 % |
of final energy consumption is renewable – already clearly above the EU goal for 2020 |
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| 70 % |
recycling rate – highest material recycling rate in Europe |
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4-fold |
pioneer region: biomass, solar energy and material flow management |
| 3 |
internationally recognised "Energy Regions" within Styria |
Companies in Styria
80 companies in the fields of renewable energy and environmental technology (especially solution providers, excluding raw material suppliers and distributors like installers, etc.) delivered the following figures:
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6,88 bn € |
p.a. turnover of all member companies |
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3,08 bn € |
p.a. turnover only in fields of renewable energy + environmental technology equals 8% of the GRP* – being one of Europe‘s leading concentration |
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Ø 19 %/a |
turnover growth, faster than the global market |
| 31.917 |
employed in these companies altogether |
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| 15.594 |
employed in the field of renewable energy and environmental technology |
| Ø 10,4 %/a |
growth p.a. in the number of people employed in the fields of renewable energy and environmental technology |
| 6,3 Mio. t/a |
additional CO2 reduction as a result of these companies’ new products |
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| 42 % |
of Styrian CO2 emission will be saved globally every year through the use of these Styrian products |
Netzwerk ECO WORLD STYRIA
| 170 | |
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| 1. |
World‘s best Cleantech cluster, Ranking of the international Cleantech Group www.cleantech.com (criteria: concentration, dynamic, innovation) |
| 1,4 |
companies’ satisfaction with ECO (1=best grade, 5 = worst grade) |
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| 90 % |
of the members use 1 ECO’s services actively |
| 52 % |
of the members use 3 ECO’s services actively |
| 1st |
result on google.at for "environmental technology" |
| 150.000 |
customer contacts worldwide and 3 printed media per year |
| 100.000 |
lectronic customer contacts through 70 electronic media per year |
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| 1.000 |
personal contacts per year at events and meetings |
| 120 |
individual consultations per year |
| 50 % |
businesswomen as advisors |
| 10 | |
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| 40 % |
equity capitalisation |
Sources::
Cluster Fact Sheet
Meeting of European Energy and Environmental Technology Clusters, Brussels, 10 Feb 2009
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (D):
„Wirtschaftsfaktor Umweltschutz“, January 2007
Ranking of the 10 world‘s best Cleantech cluster,
www.cleantech.com, February 2010