"With approximately 500 companies and more than 50,000 employees, Nuremberg and its surrounding area is considered one of Europe's top regions in the energy sector. The competence network “EnergieRegion Nürnberg e.V.” has been developed around the region’s four energy-related core competencies energy technology, power electronics, automation, and energy and building. Its activities center on:

• initiating and co-ordinating projects

• promoting international co-operation

• identifying R&D or qualification requirements and derivation of the corresponding ""TODOS""

• increasing its influence on government policies

• active use of the virtual platform provided by the network

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