Environment & Renewable Energy Networks

When it comes to finding innovative technological solutions to environmental problems, Combined Universities in Cornwall supports a range of renewable energy industries in the following ways:

Degree programs in Environment and Sustainability, Renewable Energy, and Earth Resources
New courses in Carbon Management and Renewable Energy in response to needs of renewable energy organisations
Regular seminars, workshops and collaborative research

CUC also supports the sector through its partner institutes:

Camborne School of Mines (CSM): Cornwall has the unique advantage of being home to one of the world's foremost centres of earth science. The CSM's multi-disciplinary approach, industrial links and close contacts with funding bodies put it in an excellent position to help companies involved in areas such as:

Pioneering geothermal energy research, including the groundbreaking £40M ‘Hot-Dry-Rocks’ project
Sustainable & responsible mining engineering
Land reclamation
Waste recycling

The Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) is a University of Exeter project to create a £30m research centre at its Cornwall Campus in Penryn. The Institute will focus on socio-economic, clean technologies, and natural environment research themes, offering to businesses through:

Student placement
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Consultancy
Collaboration opportunities with academic institutions
Access to business networking events

The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) considers how the environment impacts on our health in both negative and positive ways. The Centre offers businesses:

High level research inputs into the development of processes
Assistance in expanding markets and overcoming market barriers
Develop an evidence base to support policy changes and take advantage of commercial opportunities.

Also helping companies within the environmental technology sector is Low Carbon Cornwall which:

Combines the expertise and knowledge of more than 50 organisations within the public, private, health and community sectors
Works to integrate sustainable energy into countywide strategies and programmes.

Environmental Skills Network - facilitates the growth and sustainability of companies within, and diversifying into, the environmental sector through skills development and business support.