Resilient and Prepared EnergyVaasa
The project strengthens SMEs’ ability to operate as part of critical value chains, improves regional energy resilience, and builds cooperation networks that help businesses and communities prepare for disruptions and recover more effectively from crises.
Stronger preparedness for businesses
Increasing uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, and vulnerabilities in energy systems are creating new demands for business preparedness. The project helps SMEs identify risks, improve contingency planning, and strengthen their resilience.
Through concrete development activities, companies will enhance their ability to:
- maintain operations during disruptions
- recover more quickly from crises and exceptional situations
- serve as reliable partners within critical value chains
- strengthen cooperation with other regional stakeholders
The project will also assess the feasibility of establishing a regional resource pool that enables companies to share expertise, capacity, and resources when needed, particularly during emergency situations.
A resilient energy production concept based on local resources
One of the project’s key activities is the development of a technologically and logistically resilient energy production concept. The goal is to create a solution that can be rapidly manufactured using local resources and deployed to secure critical energy-related services during crisis situations.
The project will examine both the technical and logistical requirements of the concept. The result will be a scalable solution that can later be piloted, further developed, and commercialized.
Nordic and European cooperation opportunities
Preparedness and resilience require strong collaboration. The project therefore promotes cross-border cooperation and supports companies’ innovation capabilities.
Activities include mapping Nordic and European networks and funding instruments that can provide new partnership and development opportunities for regional companies. In addition, businesses will be encouraged to utilize funding opportunities available through programmes supporting dual-use technologies, security, and resilience.
Strengthening the EnergyVaasa ecosystem
As a result of the project, participating companies will improve their resilience, the region will gain access to a new energy production concept, and preparedness-related cooperation networks will expand both nationally and internationally.
These actions will enhance regional energy resilience, support business competitiveness, and further strengthen the position of the EnergyVaasa cluster as a globally recognized leader in energy technology.