Piero Venturi, European Commission

DG Research/E2 «Biotechnologies»

ENFA final meeting

23th April 2008

EU Policies Energy – Climate change package

Forest Action Plan COM(2006)

6th Environmental Action Programme – 2002-2012

Environmental Technology Action Plan (ETAP)

Common Agriculture Policy

Policy framework for renewable energy

• Strategic EU Energy review – starting 2007• White Paper on renewable energies - 1997• Green Paper on security of energy supply – 2000• Directive on electricity from renewable sources - 2001• Biofuels Directive – 2003• Energy taxation Directive – 2003 • Biomass Action Plan – 2005• Biofuels Strategy – 2006• Renewable Energy Roadmap – March 2007

Renewable Energy Roadmap

Renewable energy: a binding target of 20% share in the overall EU energy consumption by 2020

Part of integrated climate and energy policy Biofuels: a binding minimum target of 10% of all

road transport fuels by 2020 New EU legislation on the use of renewable energy

in heating and cooling National Action Plans on how to achieve the targets Energy mix to be decided by the Member States

Common agricoltura policy – ensuring an affordable supply of biomass

• Starch production refunds to cereals and potatoes

• Specific aids for flex and hemp

• Sugar intended for the chemical industry

• Non-food crops in the obligatory set-aside scheme

• Aid for energy crops

Lead Markets

EU innovation strategy: translating investments in research and knowledge into products and servicesMandate by the High-level Group of Commissioners on Competitiveness

Objective: to facilitate the creation and marketing of new innovative products and services in promising areasEmerging “Lead markets” with a prospect for high growth have been identified:

– E-health– Technical textiles (clothing, equipment) – Recycling technologies, – Sustainable construction materials– Bio-based products– Renewable energy

EU actions proposed in the mid- term review of the European Strategy on Life Sciences and Biotechnology :

Promoting research and market development for a Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy

Foster competitiveness, knowledge transfer and innovation

Encourage informed societal debates on the benefits and risks of biotechnology

Ensure a sustainable contribution of modern biotechnology to agriculture

Improve the implementation of legislation

The European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy and

globalisation.Europe has strengths:

Excellent life sciences and biotechnology research base;

Strong chemical and enzyme industries;

Availability of biological resources…

Enzyme-producing companies and worldwide production shares in 2001, by country

Theme 2. FAB. Activity.Biotechnology

Theme 5. Energy

Theme 6. Environment

Theme 4. Nanosciences,Nanotechnologies, Materials andnew Production Technologies

Research on biofuels/biorefinery - in the FP7’s first calls

ca. 139 Million Euro of a total of 1.1 Billion Euro

not all plant materials have the same walls

Epobio (Brett and Waldron 1996, Mellerowicz 2001, Zablackis 1996)

CelluloseHemicellulosesPectinPhenolics (Lignin)Proteins

annual plant (e.g. vegetable)

grass (e.g. Corn)

wood (e.g. Poplar) coton fibreswitchgrass

Disadvantage: Biorefining process has to be optimized for each material

Industrial Tecnology

Energy

Biotech, Agriculture and Food

Environment

Impact assessment and socio-economic aspects

Land use and Ecosystems, Climate Change, Waste Management

Renewable Materials

Biomass, 2nd Generation Biofuels, Biorefinery

Biofuels, Renewables

Biofuels and biorefineries in FP7

European Biofuels TP

ETP

Plants for the Future

ETP

Global Animal Health

Knowledge Based Bio-Economy

Farm Animal Breeding

Industrial biotechnology

www.epsoweb.org

www.forestplatform.org

www.suschem.org

http://etp.ciaa.be

www.fabretp.org

www.ifah.be/Europe/EUPlatform/

Platform.htm

Technology Platforms in the KBBE sector

www.biofuelstp.eu

By 2030, the European Union

covers one fourth of its road

transport fuel needs by clean and

CO2-efficient biofuels.A substantial part is provided by a

competitive European industry.

This significantly decreases the

EU fossil fuel import dependence.Biofuels are produced using

sustainable and innovative technologies, creating opportunities for biomass providers, biofuel producers and

the automotive industry

Biofuels vision

FP7 – Indicative breakdown (€ million)FP7 – Indicative breakdown (€ million)

EU Research Framework ProgrammesAnnual Budgets between 1984 and 2013

NB: budgets in current prices. Source: Annual Report 2003, plus FP7 revised proposal

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2

4

6

8

10

12

1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

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Cooperation programme – 10 thematic areas, Cooperation programme – 10 thematic areas, (€ million)(€ million)

WHITE BIOTECHCLEAN BIOPROCESSES

RAW MATERIALS/WASTE

THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE- BASED BIOECONOMY

Sustainable production and management of biological resources fromland, forest, and aquatic environments

“Fork to Farm”Food, health and well-

being

SOCIETAL NEEDS

Life sciences &biotechnology for

sustainable non-food products +

processes

GREEN/BLUE BIOTECHOPTIMISED RAW MATERIALSPRODUCTION

PROCESSINGADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, FOOD QUALITY

DETERMINANTS, NUTRITION

LOW INPUT FARMING - BIODIVERSITY ANIMAL HEALTH - RURAL DEVT.

QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES TRACEABILITY,

CONSUMER SCIENCE

STABILITY - BIODEGRADABILITY

FUNCTIONALITY (Chirality)

Theme 2 : Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

Activity 2.3. Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Biochemistry for Sustainable non-food products and processes

Call: FP7-KBBE-2007-2B (Workprogramme 2008, indicative topics, SCP*)

Bioprocesses

Fine and speciality chemicalsIndustrial enzymesNanobiotechnology based biosensorsNovel nanobiotech processes and productsIntegrated biorefineriesFlax and hempMarine biotechnology

Improved biomass and plant based renewables

Plant natural productsSweet sorghumNon-food cropsPlant-produced vaccinesMolecular farming

Environmental biotechnologies

Upgrading of forest productsAquatic anaerobic bioremediation

* SCP: Small Collaborative ProjectsSICA

5. Energy

Knowledge for energy policy makingDG RTD & TREN

Renewables for heating and cooling DG TREN

Clean coal technologiesDG TREN

Renewable fuel production DG RTD & TREN

CO2 capture and storage for zero emission power generation DG

RTD

Smart energy networksDG RTD & TREN

Hydrogen and fuel cellsDG RTD & TREN

Renewable electricitygeneration DG RTD & TREN

Energy savings and energy efficiency (incl. CONCERTO &

CIVITAS-Plus) DG TREN

Horizontal programme actions DG RTD & TREN

• Work Programmes updated annually• Joint RTD/TREN-Energy work programme • Provide detail of topics, expected impact and details of the

funding scheme• Contain the call ‘fiche’ – the official announcement of the call• Contain information on potential future topics, as basis of

further consultation• One work programme/Specific Programme, with annexes on

ICPC countries, eligibility and evaluation criteria, forms of the grant (and general activities)

Theme 5 - Energy

FP7 – KBBE & International Cooperation FP7 – KBBE & International Cooperation

• Opening of all activitiesOpening of all activities to participation by Third Countries

• Certain topics have an important international co-operation dimension

• Specific pecific IInternational nternational CCo-operation o-operation AActions (SICA):ctions (SICA):

Global challengesGlobal challenges

Bi-regional dialogues, lateral Bi-regional dialogues, lateral agreements, neighbours and agreements, neighbours and emerging emerging economies: topics jointly economies: topics jointly identified based on identified based on mutual interest mutual interest and benefitsand benefits

Development countries, focus on Development countries, focus on Millenium Millenium Development GoalsDevelopment Goals

Success will depend on mobilisation of all actors

Technology Platforms

Academia

Private Sector

Civil Society

EuropeanInvestment Bank

DELIVERABLES

FOR SOCIETYRESEARCH DEVELOPMENT REGULATION

Parliament

CommissionMember States

Internationalorganisations

NGOs

RegulatoryAgencies Governments

Third countries

Farmers

European Strategic EnergyTechnology Plan SET-PlanCOM(2007) 723 final, 22/11/2007

• Key EU technology challenges to meet energy targets

• Joint strategic planning– Steering Group on Strategic Energy Technologies– European Energy Technology Summit– Open access information and knowledge management

system on energy technologies

• Effective implementation– Six new European Industrial Initiatives– European Energy Research Alliance

• Resources. Communication on financing low carbon technologies

• International Cooperation

• It is crucial for societies and industries to secure sufficient, competitively priced and stable resources

• Biorefining technologies are relatively new disciplines and are therefore immature. This present a bottlemneck to greater exploitation but also offer tremendous opportunities for further research and break-through innovation.

• A strategic approach towards supporting the development of biobased products will need to be based on coherent , comprehensive and coodinated legislative actions in the areas of agriculture, environmental, health , trasport energy and industrial policy.

Main lines – main sources

Activity 2.3 – Biotechnologies

More than 60 topic suggestions

SRAs, Implementation

Plans

PC / MS ETPs

Advisory Group

Headlines and themes

Experts com-ments and ideas

EC-US Biotech Task Force

…}etc.

others

Renewable Energy: current use and targets

2006 2010 target 2020 target

All renewables

7% 12 % 20%

Biofuels 1.4% 5.75% 10%

Electricity 15% 21% No sectorial target

Heating/cooling

9% none No sectorial target