St Petersburg University signs a four-party agreement with the "clean" clusters of St Petersburg
St Petersburg University together with the Composite Cluster, Polymer Cluster and Cleantech Cluster for Urban Environment have signed a four-party agreement of intent. The document has been signed in the framework of the St Petersburg Partneriat.
The agreement will promote the development and introduction of green technologies for industrial and urban environment in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region in cooperation with ‘The Neva Delta’ Innovative Science and Technology Centre at St Petersburg University. In particular, there are plans to develop and implement a new scientific and technological platform — an experimental centre for recycling and utilisation of industrial wastes and secondary polymers at "The Neva Delta" Innovative Science and Technology Centre.
The Neva Delta is an innovative science and technology centre of St Petersburg University that will be built in close proximity to the Area of St Petersburg University development, a new university campus in the Pushkinsky District of St Petersburg. The centre will host scientific and production facilities in ecology, energy, agro-technology, digital modelling, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, genetics, advanced oil and gas technologies, instrument engineering, and new materials (including technologies for the Arctic region). The Neva Delta will occupy 100 hectares, with the potential for the area to expand threefold in the future.
’The technological valley, which the University has been developing together with its current partners, will become a large-scale centre to transfer the results of scientific work into the modern industrial technology chains in the interests of the state and businesses. I am convinced that the joint research initiatives between St Petersburg University and the urban clusters will facilitate the implementation of innovative environmental projects and scientific research in clean technologies, which are particularly relevant today’, said Anastasia Yarmosh, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development and Partnership at St Petersburg University.
The joint efforts of the major clusters in St Petersburg and the oldest university in Russia will also provide for the testing of climate control technologies and the development of advanced technologies for the low-carbon industry, agricultural and municipal sectors. The Neva Delta will also offer a platform for the development of technological solutions for carbon control based on a full (end-to-end) technological cycle.
The concept of the "Neva Delta" Innovative Science and Technology Centre of St Petersburg University has been approved by the St Petersburg City Administration. St Petersburg University has already signed agreements on the establishment and development of the ‘Neva Delta’ Science and Technology Centre.
The agreement also provides for the implementation of innovative start-up projects as part of the research and technological initiatives of the Innovative Science and Technology Centre, including the development of degree and non-degree programmes at St Petersburg University and joint events: conferences, roundtables, seminars, etc.