The Baltic Centre of Clean Energy

The Baltic Centre of Clean Energy covers some area of Germany at the Baltic Sea, three Voivodeships in Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast, as well as south region of Sweden. It has been decided to locate the Centre in Slupsk for several reasons. It is the centre of the region with the biggest bio gasworks in Poland - in Przechlewo and waste-water treatment plant in Slupsk, the biggest energy plant cultivation (rape and corn plant), as well as the oldest water-power stations in Europe.

On 13 August 2008 a letter of intent was signed in the City Hall in Slupsk regarding common actions towards creating the Baltic Centre of Clean Energy. The aim is to assure favourable conditions for renewable energy development in the South Baltic region, in particular through creating in the framework of Stupsk's Technology Incubator, the Baltic Centre of Clean Energy as a cooperation centre of enterprises, academies, administration and other parties in terms of intensifying the use of renewable energy sources. On 15 January 2009 the Pomeranian Regional Development Agency JSC, Slupsk local government, Slupsk district, Pomeranian Academy and Hanseatic College of Management in Slupsk signed an agreement on common cooperation towards building the Baltic Centre of Clean Energy.

The Centre will stimulate increase in the use of renewable energy sources in the South Baltic region. It will also contribute to academic cooperation between universities in the region. Additionally, the aim of the Centre is to stimulate local governments and entrepreneurs to use local renewable energy resources, taking into consideration social, environmental, as well as landscape circumstances. The Centre will also inform about the location and possibilities of technical use of energy potential of particular types of renewable energy sources, as well as about chances of using financial help. It will promote the best practices in using renewable energy sources including technical, administrative and financial solutions. Moreover, it will promote and support the idea of building technical device and installations to create and send energy from renewable sources, as well as energy plant cultivation in accordance with environmental circumstances. The Centre shall contribute to the development of public transport powered by renewable fuel. Last but not least, it will coordinate the realisation of the 'Regional Energy Strategy with the interest given to renewable energy' in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, as well as research and analysis regarding the use of renewable energy in the South Baltic region.