// InnoEnergy Annual Report 2018
1 // Meet EIT InnoEnergy
1.1 A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR EUROPE’S ENERGY SECTOR At EIT InnoEnergy, everything we do is about creating the right conditions for new ideas to flourish. We believe that Europe has the people and the ideas, resources and skills to build a fully sustainable energy industry. Our role is to bring all of these people and companies together to make a profound change in sustainable energy.
We connect people from across the continent to create new, commercially attractive technologies. We help open up markets and cross borders to find customers for innovative new businesses and the solutions they offer. We bring together knowledge, experience and expertise, no matter where in Europe it is located. Change often doesn’t come easily, and always requires new ways of thinking. With this in mind, our role is to challenge the status quo. Our focus is on de-risking innovation and investment, making it more attractive and encouraging more organisations to participate as a result. This helps bring about a wide array of new technologies, products and solutions which can then be sold to global customers. We also know that big challenges cannot be solved in isolation, so harnessing the power of collaboration is essential to what we do. We help to develop formal and informal partnerships between innovators and industry, entrepreneurs and enablers, and research and commerce. We help to plug skills gaps and fill market niches to maximise the potential of every EIT InnoEnergy student, every start-up, and every one of our customers. Sustainability runs through every aspect of our business. The success of EIT InnoEnergy depends on the success of innovations we invest in and the technologies we help to develop, as well as the products and services we produce in-house. By developing commercially attractive solutions that have a real impact on the market, we add value to our customers, we ensure our own long-term success and, most importantly of all, we help to create a sustainable energy future. EIT InnoEnergy is the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the European Union.
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EIT INNOENERGY BRINGS TOGETHER KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
1.2 MISSION, VISION AND VALUES Our mission is to build a sustainable, long-lasting framework that binds together the three main elements crucial to the development of the energy sector: industry, research and higher education. We aim to ensure that integrating these three areas results in a greater overall impact on innovation (talent, technology and companies) than if the three worked independently of one another.
Our vision is to become the leading engine for innovation and entrepreneurship in sustainable energy.
Engine for innovation and entrepreneurship
KNOWLEDGE industry
experience innovation and entrepreneurship
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