The KTN will aim to make the Energy arena easier to navigate and will be designed as a network of networks for all stakeholders within the field, in a sector where funding and knowledge sharing opportunities are provided by a wide range of different organisations.
ITF will provide their oil and gas expertise to ensure the KTN offers value to ITF members and oil and gas technology developers.
Registered Energy KTN members will benefit from access to services aimed at facilitating business and technological success:
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Delivery will be across and between energy technology areas: maximising oil & gas resources, offshore wind, wave and tidal, carbon abatement technologies (including higher efficiency plants, biomass co-firing and carbon capture & storage), hydrogen and fuel cells and future emerging opportunities.
The KTN's services will be delivered through networking and partnership brokering events and via an interactive web portal and enquiry help desk. Special interest groups are planned to address cross-cutting focus areas strategic to the growth of the UK energy industry.