Seminario "Internazionalizzazione della ricerca pugliese: strategia di networking a livello europeo", svoltosi a Bari il 30 aprile 2015 nell'ambito del progetto"Azioni a supporto della partecipazione ai programmi comunitari a gestione diretta e al lavoro in rete" Ambito 1, Linea 3 del POAT 2013 – 2015

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SPIRE PPP
Sustainable Process Industries
through Resource & Energy
Efficiency

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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?

5. A chain is as strong as its weakest link

6. How do you nurture a new Industrial
Renaissance?
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7. 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

8. 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

9. … 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

10. … 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.

12. Expected impacts
7 in Adaptable processes able to use different feedstocks
6 in Reduction and re-use of waste with ambition to close
the loop
9 in Innovative processes leading to CO2 reduction
8 in Green technologies to develop novel materials for new
and existing markets
6 in Industrial processes reducing water use
4 using Technology uptake within/between sectors to enable
industrial symbiosis
R+I to integrate and demonstrate at least 40 innovative
systems and technologies:
A reduction in fossil energy intensity of up to 30%
A reduction in non-renewable, primary raw material intensity
of up to 20%
Efficiency improvement of CO2-equivalent footprints of up to
40%
10 new types of high-skilled jobs
… and capable of achieving across all process industry sectors
(by 2030):

13. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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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2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
A.SPIRE membership by countries

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