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Renewable Energy Research Partnership Supporting SME Clusters in PV within and across EU Regions. Prof. Dr. Gudrun Jaegersberg Univ of Zwickau /Univ. Of Dresden Saxony/ Germany. Jenny Ure School of Informatics Univ. of Edinburgh Scotland/ UK. Partner Regions / Univ. Industry, Govt. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Renewable Energy Research PartnershipSupporting SME Clusters in PV within
and across EU Regions
Prof. Dr. Gudrun JaegersbergUniv of Zwickau /Univ. Of DresdenSaxony/ Germany
Jenny UreSchool of InformaticsUniv. of EdinburghScotland/ UK
Partner Regions / Univ. Industry, Govt.
Core EU Partners Saxon Region (Germany) Valencia Region (Spain) Lombardy Region (Italy) Scotland (Edinburgh,
Aberdeen)
Non EU partners Perth region (W. Australia) Parana region (Brazil)
The Challenge
The rapid growth of the PV sector offers economic opportunities for Europe that must be seized now unless they are to be ceded to other regions of the world. The coming years will be decisive for the future role of the European PV industry.
SMEs are central to EU economy and innovation in this area, yet they..
are not well supported / integrated in regional or transregional clusters – fragmented support by University, in research and training– little representation in policy fora and larger operators
lack shared technical infrastructure– to support consortia, despite EGEE and other EU platforms
lack shared strategies standards, practices, protocols that are SME friendly– despite development of these for SMEs in some other energy
sectors (PILOT, ITF)
Problem Context: Builds on previous projects in comparable sectors and regions
Benchmarking SME integration and innovation scenarios in the oil and gas supply chain
Integrating SMEs in the automotive supply chain to enhance benefits for local SMEs and global operators
Aligning distributed technical and human networks in large-scale Grid collaborations
Mapping gaps and barriers in socio-technical systems
e.g. Benchmarking SME integration and innovation scenarios in the oil and gas supply
chain (W. Australia/ Scotland)
Benchmarking Evolving Models of Competitiveness and Innovation
cost-cutting model - at expense of SMEs in the supply chain (UK LOGIC/CRINE Initiative)
innovation based model - dependent on integration and support for SMEs in teh suppy chain (UK PILOT Initiative)
http://www.logic-oil.com/http://www.pilottaskforce.co.uk/
Benchmarking Recurring Problem: Solution Scenarios…
Problems in W. Australia Solutions Used from UKCritical gaps in communication with other stakeholders in education, industry and government
lon future focus of strategic development by influential players, where SMEs can target limited resourceslon policylon R&Dlon training
lBenchmarking solutions in mature regions (PILOT)lSHARE fair for early sight of LME strategic development planslHigh level steering cttee to support SME integrationlJoint working with regional Universities to map and manage communication networks
Ownership of Innovation, and opportunities to implement it
lIP issues meant few benefits from resource investedlSupport for development from Univ. and regional government poorly coordinated
l communication of emerging SME innovations to LMESlBenchmark UK best practices to support innovation in SMEs in Oil and Gas
SME vulnerability to changes in costs, risks, liability for delay, cash-flow
lSMEs squeezed out and supply chain lost nice knowledge and practice based innovation
Benchmark templates in UK and Norway for regulating payments to SMEs
Core and local standards
Cultural differences in implementation of ‘standard’ systems
Benchmarking recurring ‘soft’ problem: solution scenarios e.g.
Difficulty of implementing standards across different social, organisational, economic contexts
e.g. applying core EU safety compliance procedures made the plant more unsafe, as it was perceived as inappropriate, and thus ignored by staff
Core and local standards, managed and implemented locally
Differences in implementation and performance of systems in different regions and in different communities
e.g. ‘Just in time’ assembly lines designed in EU context where time and space very tightly coordinated, but poorly implemented in regions (Curitiba) where time and space are not at a premiume.g. procurement systems often not correctly followed. Local social ‘workarounds’ preferred, so ‘official’ procurement records were often wrong, leading to costly assembly line failures, flying in parts etc.
Two way exchange of staff and students to raise awareness and facilitate reading of problems and response to them
e.g. SME integration and innovation in the automotive industry (Germany: Brazil)
Aligning distributed networks to add value. (technical, social, organisational)
Identifying socio-technical and cross-cultural issues in trans-regional collaboration*
barriers to SME integration in the supply chain
addressing these issues through trans-regional research, placement, training networks
*Link to refs.
Recurring Socio-technical Problem: Solution Recurring Socio-technical Problem: Solution Scenarios at Different Stages in Supply ChainScenarios at Different Stages in Supply Chain
the distributed human process
the distributed technical process
Saxony
Proposal to extend preliminary resarch in Proposal to extend preliminary resarch in these issues in currently emerging these issues in currently emerging
trans:regional PV clusterstrans:regional PV clusters
Valencia
Lombardy
Rome
Scotland
Initial findings in partner regions indicate emerging issues such as…
Political and Legal factors such as feed in tariffs, tax laws affecting investment/profits
Lack of Quality Assurance standards
Lack of skills / training
Lack of coordination with educational, governmental and industry stakeholders
continued.. Lack of unified systems and processes,
combined with excessive bureaucracy Lack of a unified voice in lobbying regional
and national government Lack of a platform/forum for
accessing/disseminating information Emerging clusters leveraging different
regional strengths (e.g. Krannich)
Issues also evident in other studies
Report by the Photovoltaic Technology
Research Advisory Council
(PV-TRAC)
Also - emerging transregional clusters of SMEs are now leveraging different regional strengths in new ways
GermanySpain, ItalyEngineering & R&D strengths
Assembly & Marketing strengths
Aims of the Proposal
1. Extend stakeholder analysis of gaps, barriers and explore emerging transregional cluster model
2. Support sharing and reuse of recurring problem: solution scenarios
3. Develop a jointly recognised R&D module (case studies developed by students on placement between partner regions) that can be combined with onsite modules reflecting regional knowledge.
4. Explore requirements for Cloud platforms to provide scalable and SME friendly vehicles for collaboration in R&D
1. Stakeholder analysis
To identify gaps, barriers and opportunities to integration of SME clusters with and across regions
In particular, for emerging trans-regional ‘brokerage’ models
To support collaborative action research with regional stakeholders as a basis for policy within and across EU regions
Universities
SMEsGovt. Organisations
Identifying Costs and Benefits of Different Cluster / VO Structures
Pilot research highlighted transient models of SME-led collaboration across regions which could be supported (Link to reports/publications)
2: Mapping Recurring Problems and Solutions at different stages in the PV supply chain
Jan Brunner(2008) Der Spanische Fotovoltaiksektor - Gaps & Barriers (Internal Report, August 2008) In Jaegersberg G., and Ure J.,Project Report.
Informing research policy and practice through collaborative action research
growth maturity decline
2: Benchmarking Recurring Problem:Solution Scenarios as before e.g.PILOT/ITF – WA
WA UK North Sea (Pilot / ITF)
3. Joint research and training development to fill skills gap.
Leveraging diverse regional expertise to provide competitive online professional development, and knowledge transfer, building on case study placements in partner regions
Spain
W. Australia
BrazilGermany
ItalyUK?
demand for CPD in an evolving, knowledge-based market need for ‘portable’ qualifications/credit transfer need to benchmark ‘best practice’ need for international partnerships opportunities to facilitate adoption of shared standards opportunities for strategic alignment of diverse strengths cost barriers for SMEs in these areas opportunities for transfer of solutions to recurring problems opportunities to learning from regions at different stages of
maturity
Benefits
Local centres R&D
EuropeanHPC centres Policy
4: Explore potential to leverage EU Investment in trans-regional ICT platforms (Grid/Cloud)
Develop requirements for SMEs in renewables consortia across regions
• with the construction industry• with partners in other regions• with research consortia• with project specific consortia
National/ regional centres Knowledge Transfer through
Universities
Taskforce: Towards a new level of High Performance Computing facilities for EuropeTaskforce: Towards a new level of High Performance Computing facilities for Europe P.J.C. Aerts, K. Koski, F. LozanoP.J.C. Aerts, K. Koski, F. Lozano
Interacts with
Goes to
Contributes toDelivers
Prepares / agreesSupport delivery of
Implements, complies with & uses
VEVE NetworkNetworkProductor serviceProduct
or service
......StandardsStandards
ICT platformICT platformProceduresProcedures
Enterprise(legal entity)Enterprise
(legal entity)
CustomerCustomer
Participates inLeadsInitialises
Coordinatesco-delivery of
Shares,collaborates using
Karvonen, I. 2005
Leveraging earlier EU projects on VOs
Addressing Strategic EU Issues
‘a paradigm change is needed in which EU values such as Unity in Diversity are preserved in a new social
and economic model that supports SMEs’
alternative models for achieving competitiveness through innovation
sustainable economic, social and environmental renewal
role of SMEs in both of these
Lisbon Agreement/GothenburgAgreement /Aho Report to the EC
‘a paradigm change is needed in which EU values such as Unity in Diversity are preserved in a new social and economic model that supports SMEs’