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EDITORIAL-IN-CHIEF
Risto Valkeapää
BETTER EFFICIENCY CONNECTS
ENERGY AND MARINE CLUSTER
The need for energy efficiency is large in the maritime industry right now.
Energy efficiency has already been a key question for several years in the
energy industry and that is why the Finnish industry has focused on developing advanced technology to promote it for a long time.
The key issue is to decrease emissions through decreasing overall energy use. This means, in practice, more efficiency. The issue is the
same in shipping and maritime operations as it is in power production
and energy transmission and distribution.
Today, the energy cluster and the marine cluster are technically
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Mirkka Lindroos
very near to each other. They include corporate and organisational networks, which offer a good base for the European Energy Efficiency Platform. The platform should take a broad approach and cover the entire
chain of marine cluster, operation for transporting cargo or other mar-
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itime operations. The platform should focus on reducing energy con-
Riitta Yli-Öyrä
sumption in the most cost-effective way possible.
The energy & marine cluster together should enhance the knowl-
CONTRIBUTORS
edge and competence in the industry by addressing joint issues and let-
Sami J. Anteroinen
Merja Kihl
Ari Mononen
ting people, who are working with energy efficiency and related matters, discuss these issues in a structured manner with people working
on similar issues in other companies.
Around the European Union, common projects that benefit the
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industry as a whole should be funded in order to strengthen both energy and maritime industry.
Energy efficiency is already a business itself. The co-operation of
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these clusters increases the energy efficiency business of European companies and makes the enterprises more competitive in the international market.
Energy efficiency is realised through practical projects, conducted
by companies, either by themselves or in co-operation with other companies. This has been clearly visible in power plant projects. It has also
been witnessed, for example, in municipal combined heat and power
projects in which district heating and cooling are products which directly benefit taxpayers.
A large cruise vessel and a small city are quite similar: both need
lighting, warming and water treatment. This is a very important practical viewpoint considering the energy & marine cluster combination.
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