“The message from our cluster companies is loud and clear. For the remainder of the decade, they expect growth in
the oil & gas segment, as well as in the renewable energy segment,” says Pål Skogerbø, Chair of the GCE NODE Board of Directors.
A cluster strategy for 2025 to 2030 was recently approved and adopted by the GCE NODE Board of Directors. The strategy is based on feedback from a large number of companies.
One third of the companies in the GCE NODE cluster define themselves as being in the oil & gas industry, one third in the renewable energy industry, and one third reports no predominant source of revenues.
Skogerbø says GCE NODE has done a tremendous job in moving the supplier industry towards and into renewables.
“For the long-term this process will continue. We will most definitely undergo an energy transition. Still, for the next few years it looks more like an energy addition. Renewable energy will not replace oil & gas, but rather expand the energy offering, due to increased demand,” says Skogerbø.
GCE NODE has produced a one-page document which efficiently summarizes and visualizes the new strategy and the role of the cluster during the next five years.
GCE NODE’s mission will be to build competence, accelerate the transition, and ensure favorable framework conditions for its participants.
“The cluster administration will assist companies in both segments – and those who are transferring competence and technology from oil & gas to renewables. These are challenging times indeed. Still, there are great business opportunities to be found,” says Skogerbø.
