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SPIRE PPPSustainable Process Industries
through Resource & Energy
Efficiency
SPIRE PPP� Officially launched on 17 December 2013 in the framework of
HORIZON 2020
� First-ever 7-year innovation Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with
Europe’s process industry
Why a PPP?
� To solve problems together with industry
� To strengthen European industrial leadership
� To facilitate prioritization of R&I in line with the Europe2020
objectives and industry needs
� To leverage research and innovation elements
� To strongly commit industry to joint objectives
� EU process industries sit at the core of most industrial value chains and
are highly dependent on resources (energy, materials and water)
� 8 sectors representing together 6.8 million jobs in 450,000 enterprises
and turnover of over €1,600 billion/year
� They are struggling with competitiveness at global level and striving for
long-term sustainability. High risks and long-term investments. There is
a need for co-operation amongst them and along their value chains.
Why SPIRE?
� From raw resources to the end user industries =
the value chain
� From research to demonstrations and market =
the innovation chain
� From the big to small and medium enterprises =
the industrial chain
The systemic approach
PPP in practice…
While some of it is the same as in normal Horizon 2020:
� The financial rules are those of Horizon 2020
� Final responsibility for the Work Programme stays with the European
Commission
� Implementation remains with the European Commission:
selection of proposals, negotiation, review of progress and payments
There are significant advantages:
� Long-term commitment by European Commission to support the field
� Long-term commitment by industry to invest, with a need to demonstrate
its fulfilment (monitoring & KPIs)
� Roadmap-based strategy for the content of the calls
… the Governance
Partnership Board
European Commission
Private Partner
Association
• Develop work
programme
• Publish open calls
• Develop work
programme
• Publish open calls
• Discuss priorities
& call topics
• Assess progress
• Discuss priorities
& call topics
• Assess progress
• Discuss priorities
• Propose call topics
• Form consortia
• Apply to calls
• Discuss priorities
• Propose call topics
• Form consortia
• Apply to calls
Advice
Feedback
Feedback
Proposal
… the SPIRE Roadmap
Part 1: Vision
� A Sustainable Process Industry for a resource-efficient and low-carbon
economy:
Rejuvenate the European process industry base and help decoupling
economic growth from resource impact
Part 2: Research and Innovation Strategy
� 6 Key-components:
� Feed
� Process
� Applications
� Waste2Resource
� Horizontal issues
� Outreach and dissemination
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1. Feed: Increased energy and resource efficiency through optimal valorisation and smarter use and management of existing, alternative and renewable feedstock.
2. Process: Solutions for more efficient processing and energy systems for the process industry, including industrial symbiosis.
3. Applications: New processes to produce materials for market applications that boost energy and resource efficiency up and down the value chain.
4. Waste2Resource: Avoidance, valorisation and re-use of waste streams within and across sectors, including recycling of post-consumer waste streams and new business models for eco-innovation.
5. Horizontal: underpinning the accelerated deployment of the R&D&I opportunities identified within SPIRE through sustainability evaluation tools and skills and education programmes as well as enhancing the sharing of knowledge, best practices and cross-sectorial technology transfer.
6. Outreach: Reach out to the process industry, policy makers and citizens to support the realisation of impact through awareness, stimulating societal responsible behaviour.
Expected impacts
� 7 in Adaptable processes able to use different feedstocks
� 6 in Reduction and re-use of waste with ambition to closethe loop
� 9 in Innovative processes leading to CO2 reduction
� 8 in Green technologies to develop novel materials for newand existing markets
� 6 in Industrial processes reducing water use
� 4 using Technology uptake within/between sectors to enableindustrial symbiosis
R+I to integrate and demonstrate at least 40 innovativesystems and technologies:
� A reduction in fossil energy intensity of up to 30%
� A reduction in non-renewable, primary raw material intensityof up to 20%
� Efficiency improvement of CO2-equivalent footprints of up to40%
� 10 new types of high-skilled jobs
… and capable of achieving across all process industry sectors (by 2030):
� New systems and technologies developed in the relevant sectors
� Participation and benefits for SMEs
� Contribution to the reduction of energy use and CO2 emissions
� Contribution to the reduction of waste
� Contribution to the reduction in the use of material resources
� New high-skilled profiles and new curricula developed
� Private investment mobilised in relation to the PPP activities
� Contributions to new standards
� Scale of reduction in energy, material resources and waste
� Project results taken-up for further investments (into higher TRLs)
� Trainings for a higher quality workforce
� Patents and activities leading to standardisation
Core Key Performance Indicators
At PPP implementation level
At project impact level
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Total
project
proposals
Total
projects
funded
Total
Funding
Million €
SPIRE 1 Integrated Process Control 28 4 23.90
SPIRE 2
Adaptable industrial processes allowing the use of
renewables as flexible feedstock for chemical and
energy applications 21 3 23.00
SPIRE 3
Improved downstream processing of mixtures in
process industries 10 1 10.00
SPIRE 4
Methodologies, tools and indicators for cross-
sectorial sustainability assessment of energy and
resource efficient solutions in the process industry 9 3 1.50
68 11 58.40
Preliminary results SPIRE 2014 NMP calls
5
12
~ 18% success rate
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SPIRE 2014 awarded projects(starting January 2015)
SPIRE 1� RECOBA
� ProPAT
� DISIRE
� CONSENS
� iCspec
SPIRE 2� SteamBIO
� MethCO2
� MOBILE FLIP
SPIRE 3� PRODIAS
SPIRE 4� STYLE
� SAMT
� MEASURE
Overall >12 approved projects
+ projects out of EE18, LCE2 and Waste1
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Some of the Goals of the SPIRE 2014 Projects
� Demonstration of downsized, flexible and advanced process technologies and methodologies for rationalising and upgrading of diverse and underexploited renewable materials / biomass to:� Support the achievement of a circular and sustainable economy
� Make possible more efficient utilisation of resources (energy, raw materials)
� Reducing the EU dependence on imported rare earths/precious metals
� Establish value chains for the supply of valuable biomass components
� Develop solutions to recover the waste heat produced in energetic intensive processes of industrial sectors such as cement, glass, steelmaking and petrochemicals and transform it into useful energy
� Close technology gaps for robust real-time control technology, new measurement techniques and mathematical modelling to:� Enable products with higher and more consistent quality
� Yield processes that are resilient to variations in feed-stocks and to external disturbances
� Enable the migration of batch processes to flexible continuous intensified processes
� Enhance fast development of new products
� Develop a roadmap with recommendations for sustainability indicators, tools and methodologies for the SPIRE sectors so that the impact of the developed technologies can be
evaluated in a consistent manner, across sector boundaries and through value chains
� Building on past and current advancements
� Participation in shaping the future of the process industry and
addressing its R&D needs
� Synergy opportunities in and across the eight major process
industry sectors
� Up-to-date on technological developments, funding and EU
strategic agenda
� Addressing non-technological issues and barriers
� Visibility across and support from different sectors and players
Advantages of being in SPIRE
1. Prepare for the Horizon2020 work programmes for 2016-2017
� Gap analysis
� Defining strategic technological & non-technological topics
� “Calls Brokerage” event (members only)
� “Introducing 2014 projects” event
� “Connecting small and big businesses” event (members of A.SPIRE or
invitation only).”
� Setting up the knowledge and dissemination platform
� Thematic workshops (in autumn)
2. Follow-up on the contractual commitments of SPIRE PPP
� Impact Workshop (April) and in the Infodays (October)
� Follow up on the SPIRE projects and provide support in their
communication and dissemination activities
A.SPIRE 2015 events and prioritiesA.SPIRE 2015 events and priorities
29 – 30 June 2015
MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEW
Membership type Number of members
Associate member 8
Associations 12
Industry member (intermediate) 1
Industry member (large) 31
Industry member (medium) 4
Industry member (small) 11
Research member (large) 33
Research member (small) 28
Total 128
Sector Number of companies & associations
cement 5
ceramics 3
chemicals 26
engineering 8
minerals 2
non-ferrous metals 5
steel 7
water 2
Other 1
Total 59
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