Municipality of Öckerö
Partner name: Öckerö Kommun (municipality)
Address: Sockenvägen 13, Öckerö – Postal address: SE-475 80 Öckerö
Phone no.: 46 31 97 62 00
Main e-mail: Kommun@ockero.se
Project responsibilities:
The activities that Öckerö Kommun is responsible for are:
Bringing OWE* communities in mainly west Sweden together in order to exchange experiences and best practises and to foster future cooperation.
Develop information and activities with the purpose to reach social acceptance for OWE. One of the decided activities is to create an information-campaign to all inhabitants in the area of the municipality. The campaign-material will be available for other communities.
* Offshore wind energy
 
For further information, please contact EU-coordinator Lars Iggström: 
Email: lars.iggstrom@ockero.se     Telephone: 46 31 976200
Partner name: Öckerö Kommun (municipality)
Address: Sockenvägen 13, Öckerö – Postal address: SE-475 80 Öckerö
Phone no.: 46 31 97 62 00
Main e-mail: Kommun@ockero.se
Project responsibilities:
The activities that Öckerö Kommun is responsible for are:
Bringing OWE* communities in mainly west Sweden together in order to exchange experiences and best practises and to foster future cooperation.
Develop information and activities with the purpose to reach social acceptance for OWE. One of the decided activities is to create an information-campaign to all inhabitants in the area of the municipality. The campaign-material will be available for other communities.
* Offshore wind energy
 
For further information, please contact EU-coordinator Lars Iggström: 
Email: lars.iggstrom@ockero.se     Telephone: 46 31 976200
Regional information

The Region Västra Götaland (West Gotaland) lies on the Swedish west coast, facing the east part of the North Sea. The region has approximately 1,8 million inhabitants, living in an area of about the same size as Belgium (25 000 square km). There are totally 49 cities and municipalities in the region, of which Gothenburg with 500 000 inhabitants is the biggest one.

Almost every multinational company, as Volvo, Ericsson, SKF and others, are located in Gothenburg. In the rest of the region dominate small- and middle-size enterprises.

The Region Västra Götaland (West Gotaland) lies on the Swedish west coast, facing the east part of the North Sea. The region has approximately 1,8 million inhabitants, living in an area of about the same size as Belgium (25 000 square km). There are totally 49 cities and municipalities in the region, of which Gothenburg with 500 000 inhabitants is the biggest one.

Almost every multinational company, as Volvo, Ericsson, SKF and others, are located in Gothenburg. In the rest of the region dominate small- and middle-size enterprises.
Partner information

Öckerö Kommun is situated at the sea, close to Gothenburg. There are ten inhabitated islands in the municipality, connected to the mainland with two ferry lines. 

Marine activities have a significant part of trade and industry. Half of the Swedish fishing fleet’s homeports lie within a 20 km radius. The great numbers of fishing-vessels are the main source of establishment of shipyards, propeller-producers and other marine companies. In the last years has even wind energy become an interesting branch of business. The reason for this is the large number of full-wind hours, generated by the wide-open sea.
 

Öckerö Kommun is situated at the sea, close to Gothenburg. There are ten inhabitated islands in the municipality, connected to the mainland with two ferry lines. 

Marine activities have a significant part of trade and industry. Half of the Swedish fishing fleet’s homeports lie within a 20 km radius. The great numbers of fishing-vessels are the main source of establishment of shipyards, propeller-producers and other marine companies. In the last years has even wind energy become an interesting branch of business. The reason for this is the large number of full-wind hours, generated by the wide-open sea.
 
Reason for participating in POWER cluster

The municipality board have decided that Öckerö Kommun shall be self-supporting with renewable energy before 2015. A consequence of that decision is to meet the need of relevant cooperation-partners and obtain necessary knowledge in a great number of fields.

The municipality board have decided that Öckerö Kommun shall be self-supporting with renewable energy before 2015. A consequence of that decision is to meet the need of relevant cooperation-partners and obtain necessary knowledge in a great number of fields.