The Project
The pollution control is a transnational request of all countries and a strategic aim of the European Union. This is also reflected in the increasing tightening of the exhaust emission standards particularly in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) countries. The objective of the project was to push plasma based cleaning technologies of atmospheric air and water treatment to a visible practical application. PlasTEP raised wide awareness about the practical applications of plasma technology for environmental protection. BalticNet-PlasmaTec was the initiator of this project.
The public should know that PlasTEP contributes to a better future by cleaning exhaust gases or wastewater. The project disseminated and fostered plasma based technological innovations for the environment protection in the BSR. PlasTEP was also building up a network (one of the BalticNet-PlasmaTec Working Groups "Plasma & Environment") to combine the existing knowledge about plasma technologies with partners from industry, science and policy.
This project was one of 22 new transnational projects of the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013. It is contributing to the EU Strategy for the BSR and it is part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund). It aimed to bring the idea of investing in plasma technology and therewith in future research into the minds of decision makers and show them: Plasma opens new ways!
Plasma technology breaks new ground and gives the chance for environment-friendly industrialisation, which means that it is not necessary to miss the advantage of modern time beside reducing air pollution.
The Work Packages
The working field of the PlasTEP project was separated into different work packages (WP).
WP 0: Preparation activities
WP 1: Project Management and Administration
WP 2: Communication and Information
WP 3: Plasma technologies sustainability analysis and integration into the educational process
WP 4: Plasma based cleaning of exhaust gases of combustion
WP 5: Removal of organic/hazardous compounds and aerosols from gases
WP 6: Plasma technologies for water cleaning
More information about PlasTEP.
More and more large enterprises using the dynamics of open innovation. Open innovation is a management concept for the active inclusions of partners and customers to generate new products and services. To facilitate the out of the box thinking also for SME, the go-cluster competence networks InnoZent OWL, Food-Processing Initiative and BalticNet-PlasmaTec developed the open innovation platform CLOU. This online platform will start in July 2015 and will provide cluster managers, cluster members but also other clusters through cross-cluster cooperation with an easier access to more target-oriented expertise.
Clou5 - multi-functional communication and collaboration platform for network cooperation
Network manager use as a part of their daily work a variety of web-based instruments such as e.g. Dropbox or Google Drive for document exchange, Trello for management tasks, Skype for videoconferencing or Xing for expert search. The functions behind these tools are essential for cross-cluster/network collaboration. CLOU5 is a tool that combines all of these instruments network manager and network members can use this unique multifunctional communication and cooperation platform regardless of individual hardware and software configurations.
CLOU5 offers network managers and their members space to develop cross-sectoral innovation and network management tools for the realisation of joint projects at the same time.
All activities take place in the environment of trust of the involved network organisations. Additionally users may individually decide who can see their information e.g. one special group, the selected network, all platform users or the broad public. Target groups are industry/technology networks with a professional network management and their members.
More information about Clou5 (starting July 2016)
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