EACI, European Commission Frederik Neuwahl Project Officer Eco-innovation Eco-innovation market replication Where are we?

EACI, European CommissionFrederik Neuwahl

Project Officer Eco-innovation

Eco-innovation market replicationWhere are we?

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IMAGINE workshop 27 April 2011

Who are we?

http://ec.europa.eu/eaci

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What do we do?

CIP: Competitiveness and Innovation Programme

EIP: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme

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New services: greening businesses New processes: cleaner production New materials New products

What is eco-innovation?

« All forms of innovation reducing environmental impacts and/or optimising the use of resources »

Good for business, good for the environment

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Eco-Industries in EU

Turnover €319 billion (8% annual growth)

= 2.5% of GDP = 3.4 M jobs

EU strong player

~ 30% of world turnover Leading global position in

recycling (50%), renewable energy (40%)

Eco-innovation in the EU – Opportunities* and challenges

Greenhouse Gas emissionsenergy and non-energy related CO2 emissions on unsustainable path

Metals and Minerals consumption 35-40% growth in 10 years

Plastic materials~ 50% still goes to landfill (12Mill. tonnes yearly)

Waste volumesmunicipal waste expected to grow by 25% from 2005 -2020

* 2008 data

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How does it work?

Risk sharing for green ideas (50% per project)

Market orientation

Bridging the gap between RTD and commercialisation.

Direct funding (no intermediaries)


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How does it work? Life cycle thinking

SME focus

Flexible - no partnerships required but EU added value important

Leverage-market replication crucial


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Materials recycling: Innovative recycling products, solutions and markets ...

Buildings: Sustainable construction materials.

Food and drink sector: Cleaner production processes aiming at higher resources efficiency, reduction of waste and increasing recycling and recovery ...

Greening business and smart purchasing: Integration of eco-innovation in supply chains and purchasing, greening of production ...

2010 Main priority areas

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Materials recycling

Areas of work:

Rationalising the use of resources by improving processes to prevent waste

Improving the sorting of waste in order to raise its quality to the same level as the quality of virgin raw materials

Imagining new applications for ultimate waste and by- or side-products

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Food & Drink Sector

The number one manufacturing industry in the EU with more than 99% of SMEs

Contributes to some 23% of global resources, 18% of GHG emissions and 31% of acidifying emissions

Challenge to improve environmental performance of products and their uptake by consumers

Areas of work:

Industrial waste water treatment

New Fertilizers and other by-products such as polyphenols

Food packaging and labelling

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Building Sector

Very high raw material and energy consumption. Heating and lightening account for around 42% of energy use and some 35% of GHG emissions

16t of materials are used annually per person per year in EU. 6t of waste are generated, of which 1/3 from construction and demolition activities

Areas of work:

Sustainable materials with higher resources efficiency in construction, use and end-of-life of buildings

Thermal insulation materials using recycled waste Efficient use of water

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More open priority for transversal ideas from the market

Current areas of work:

New products (e.g. bio-plastics) New production processes (e.g. ceramic or leather industry) Greening services (e.g. in tourism, printing, production of

electronic and electrical equipment)

Green Business Sector

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CAPS: Conversion of paper waste into

oil spills absorbent material

An innovative way of reusing waste into

a product

Setting up two new production plants

(Slovenia and Finland)

Example on on-going projects: materials recycling

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Recovery of non-ferrous metals (NF)

Nickel is one of the elements recovered. Important for the rechargeable batteries.

A plant is built in Germany to implement a range of different sensor-based technologies

Further replications, UK

Improving metal sorting – Quality recycling (SATURN)

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Example from the building sector

INSULA TFH: pre-insulated wall panels Low cost process to produce timber

frame panels with cellulose fiber insulation

Material used: recycled waste paper and wood from the region

Reduced transport, packaging and landfill

IRE, DE, BE

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Example from the food & drink sector

Briter-Water project: Bamboo farming to clean grey water from juice and dairy production

Lower investment and operation costs, no sludge

Better water quality and carbon capture gains

France, UK, Portugal and Germany

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Example from the green business sector.

ECOTPU: New bio-plastic for sports shoes coming from sugar beets

Production line will be set up and started

Involvement of footware and chemical industry from ES and IT

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Example EuroC2C Carpetchains

. Close loop manufacturing system Collection and recycling of 4% of

European carpet waste from offices and public buildings

Increase to 8% after the project Resource efficiency benefits by

reducing the use of virgin materials Reduced energy consumption NL, FR, DE, UK + BE, LU

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Increasing response to Eco-innovation Calls

2008 2009 2010

Proposal Received 134 202 287Yearly increase + 50% + 42%

Projects funded 43 47 ~50

Important attention from the market, mainly SMEs More than 1000 web enquiries answered every year

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Reaching the target group: more than 65% SMEs!

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LARGE Enterprises

Universities/Public/Others

Our beneficiaries (Source: call 2010)

81% private sector

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SME’s breakdown - Beneficiaries Eco-innovation

79% of SME‘s are small and micro companies

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Last Call for Proposals 2010 SMEs: 66 % of all participants, ~590 SMEs The 287 proposals have been submitted by ~900 participants 63 projects recommended for funding, around 45 to be funded 33 Countries in the recommended proposals:

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Next Steps

Results of the 2010 Call have been published, project negotiations under way Next Call 2011 to be launched on 28 April 2011 with a deadline of 8

September 2011. Brussels Info Day on the 28 April Organisation of national Info Days has started Priorities have been fine-tuned based on the outcome of the current Call

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Eco-I versus FP 7 Research

Post research Adaptation for market

uptake Industrialisation First commercial deployment Market demonstration

Basic research Applied research Prototyping/first practical

use of technology Technology demonstration Knowledge gathering

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Eco-I versus IEE First application of solution and

market uptake Integrated approach covering

various environmental aspects (resource efficiency including water, energy and raw materials…)

Life-cycle approach Explicit SME and private sector

focus Market uptake important

Promotion & dissemination of well-proven intelligent energy solutions

Energy focus: energy efficiency & renewable energy sources, including transport

Stimulates action through better market conditions & admin. procedures, training, awareness raising, policy analysis etc

No investment project, no RTD Impact and contribution to 2020 EU

energy targets important

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Eco-I versus LIFE +

Priority on private sector, businesses

CIP umbrella Market competitiveness and

market uptake Replication is crucial Integrated environmental

impacts (e.g. water only one ascpect)

Mainly public sector Policy development and

Implementation of legislation Dissemination, awareness

raising, capacity building Land-use, urban planning and

water management Environmental solutions but

market uptake is not vital

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Eco-Innovation website as source of information

Newsflash subscription

Call for proposals

Guide for proposers

Frequently asked questions

Info days

Contact

http://ec.europa.eu/ecoinnovation http://ec.europa.eu/ecoinnovation

Thank you very much for your attention

For more info:

http://ec.europa.eu/ecoinnovation [email protected]

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EACI, European Commission Frederik Neuwahl Project Officer Eco-innovation Eco-innovation market replication Where are we?