Environment Park is an innovation accelerator in Italy that focuses on clean technology sectors like renewable energy, smart cities, and green chemistry. It operates a technology park campus that houses over 60 tenant companies and has invested over 27 million euros in cleantech research. A case study is presented on Italy's national innovation cluster for green chemistry called SPRING, which includes regional clusters and has over 100 members working on biorefineries and biobased products from renewable resources.

1. GLOSHO '14
Italian Market Showcase
October 7th 2014
Davide Damosso
Environment Park SpA
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2. Summary
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• An introduction to Environment Park
• Focus on specific CleanTech market sectors (Renewable, Smart Cities,
Green Chemistry)
• CleanTech innovation infrastructures in Italy
• A case study - Green Chemistry
• Conclusions

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Geography…
Piemonte - an innovation
based and manufacturing
region
Torino - an industrial city
turning to knowledge based
economy
Environment
Park - the Torino
CleanTech
innovation
infrastructure

4. ENVIRONMENT PARK
Environment Park is an innovation
accelerator aiming to partner with
enterprises engaged in implementing
cleaner and eco-efficient solutions for their
products and processes.
Our company is a profit shared enterprise
with Public Entities as shareholders; being
operational since 2000, Environment Park
started up in Torino one of the major urban
transformation in Europe.
Environment Park is today a privileged
partner for companies investing in clean
innovation and counts on an experience of
over 10-years collaboration with
manufacturing industry.

5. Innovation activities
Environment Park is recognized as an expert collector of inputs arising from enterprises
and researchers engaged in clean innovation processes, making environmental
sustainability a competitiveness driver
Three main keywords:
 A CAMPUS to create favorable conditions for companies settlements in the
Technology Park
 A CATALYST of clean technology innovation through the Innovation Cluster
 A dynamic TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM enabling the implementation of several clean
innovations through specific know how and experimental facilities.
VISION
Environmental sustainability as key for
the future economy
MISSION
Being the unique reference for enterprises
and public institutions in clean tech
domains through a continous scouting and
technology transfer action

6. The business model – Business units
1) Real Estate services: include all the activities related to the management of the Park
as a campus.
2) Innovation and development: include all the knowledge-based activities and
services related to clean innovation; this unit is split into several thematic sectors -
Green Building, Plasma Nano-Tech, Green Chemistry, Advanced Energy e Clean Tech
Cluster.

7. Facts and figures
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The CleanTech Innovation Cluster
 150 members (enterprises and R&D
centers)
 27 Meuro R&D investments
 Significant presence of SMEs and start
ups in the Italy CleanTech Network
2011 2012 2013 2014
The technopark
 Over 30.000 sqm in the campus offering
flexible solutions.
 Shared infrastructures, technical services for
the settlement of tenants, services
management, into an eco-system aiming to
networking.
 60 hi-tech tenants (CleanTech/ICT)

8. PV
• 550.000 plants in Italy with overall capacity up to 17,9 GW (2013)
• 1,45 GW installed in the last year (21% without specific incentives
– Conto Energia – benefits from the detax measures)
• Majority of residential small plants with high rates of self
consumption
• End of development of centralized PV power plants
• Forecast for 2014: 0,5 - 1 GW
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Key facts
• End of dedicated incentive schemes
• Majority of foreign technology – 31% of
the overall installed capacity is Chinese
• Trend toward self-sustainability
Perspectives
• Self consumption as key driver for new
plants
• A dedicated regulation is under
development (SEU)
• Increased role of storage technologies
• Expected increase of plants for
commercial and industrial usages

9. SOLAR energy - other tech
Thermal solar
• Italy is still the second market in
Europe with 330.000 sqm installed
in 2013
• Huge progressive decrease
related to the crisis of construction
sector (in 2008 500.000 sqm)
• Majority of very small plants
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Key facts
• Strong connection with construction
market
• Delayed effect of the present incentive
scheme (Conto termico)
Thermodynamic solar
• Significant technology
improvements in HT CSP
• Initial diffusion of hybrid
solutions combining
thermal solar collectors
and heat pumps for
domestic applications
Perspectives
Technology leadership in CSP systems
(Archimede Solar Energy)
Major penetration related to price
competition and still incentives

10. WIND
• 8,4 GW overall installed capacity (2013)
• Severe decrease of the trend in 2013 - less than 450 MW
installed (-65% vs 2012)
• Weak growth of mini wind mills (20 MW installed in 2013)
• 6% of italian overall electricity production
• Extreme geographical concentration with significant
production where grids are less developed (in southern
Italy peaks over 50% of the overall need)
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Key facts
• Strong dependence of the market from
the incentive scheme;
• New schemes expected after 2015
Perspectives
• Interesting technology leaders in the
chain (gearless transmission,
architectural solutions)
• Hitech start ups for high altitude
generators - KITENERGY

11. Hydro
• Huge presence of big hydropower plants (Alps)
• Significant development of minihydro power plants
• Increased sensitivity of local authorities about permit procedures
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Key Facts
• Incentive schemes still very effective
• High ROI profile
• Established technology
Perspectives
• Potential to be deployed out of
traditional technologies (low waterfalls,
canals)
• Start ups in the sector of wave energy
technologies

12. SMART CITIES
• Energy efficiency in buildings - next big thing expected
starting from public administration facilities
• Transportation - zero emission vehicles are still a
niche market limited to initial public driven initiatives
(car sharing services)
• Smart grids - huge potential due to a very advanced
basic grid infrastructure (smart meters)
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Key Facts
Financial facilities under development to
support energy eff. oriented investments
Huge role of utility companies - local
governments
Perspectives
Room for innovative products
Expected changes in business models
Significant presence of start ups active in
the sector

13. GREEN CHEMISTRY
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 Crisis in the sector of traditional chemistry as a key
opportunity to focus resources and investments in the
field of high added-value biobased products
 Bioeconomy declined in biorefineries, using renewable
resources of agricultural origin not in competition with
food for the realization of innovative added-value
products (biochemicals and bioplastics)
 Bring the production of raw materials back to Italy and
reducing the strong dependence on imports
 Reconversion of decommissioned and not competitive
Key facts
• EU policies are orienting such a sector
• Huge private investments
Perspectives
• Highly significant industrial leaderships
in specific sectors (biofuels,
biomaterials)
sites into biorefineries

14. CleanTech Innovation in Italy - Infrastructures
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National Clusters
• Green Chemistry
• Smart Communities
• Energy (to be launched)
National networks
Regional Clusters
• Piemonte
• Trentino
Corporate and Institutional
Initiatives
• ENEL LAB
• Intesa San Paolo Start Up
Initiative
• Italy CleanTech
Main CleanTech Innovation
operators
• Environment Park
• Progetto Manifattura
Main Innovation operators with
cleantech activities
• Area Science Park
• Italian Tech Parks network
• Turin University Incubators
(I3P, 2i3T)

15. Founded by
Biochemtex,
Novamont,
Versalis and
Federchimica
Renewable
resources as
raw
materials
More than
100
members,
8 Regions
Growth of
investments in
innovative
technologies
Development of
new biobased
products
Creation of
integrated
biorefineries
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Case study - Green Chemistry Innovation Infrastructure
SPRING - THE NATIONAL INNOVATION CLUSTER
Regional Clusters
• Piemonte
• Lombardia
This level aims to complete the
infrastructure targeting SMEs,
local incubators, local research
groups.
Separated financial facilities,
management structures but
integrated strategy

16. Main players and initiatives
• Versalis (Eni) is the largest Italian chemical company, and
leader in the production of intermediates; in the field of chemistry
from renewable sources Versalis is active with important JVs and
partnerships (biobutadiene, natural rubber from guayule, vegetable
oils, bioisoprene…)
• Novamont born as a Montedison research center, it is a
world leader in the field of bioplastics from renewable sources.
Novamont mission consists in developing materials and
biochemicals by activating biorefineries integrated in the local
areas ensuring an efficient use of resources along the life cycle,
with social, economic and environmental benefits.
• Beta Renewables (JV Biochemtex, TPG,
Novozymes) a company belonging to the group M&G, is a
global leader in the development and engineering of technologies
and biochemical processes based only on the use of non-food
biomass as an alternative to fossil resources such as oil.
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Case study - Green Chemistry Innovation Infrastructure
Green Chemistry site in Porto Marghera
The renovation of one of the most important
petrochemical sites in Italy is going through green
chem. investments. Versalis is active also through a
partnership with Elevance Renewable Science Inc., to
provide world–scale plants and new technologies
oriented to bio-chemical intermediates and vegetal oils
based products such as detergents, bio-lubricants and
chemicals for oil industry.
Matrica - Biorefinery in Sardinia
Starting from agricultural raw materials and using
world-first technology developed by Novamont and
Versalis, Matrìca (50% JV Novamont Versalis) has
created an innovative range of bioproducts (bio-plastics,
bio-lubricants, home and personal care
products, plant protection, additives for the rubber
and plastics industries, food fragrances, etc.)
PROESA - 2° gen. Biomass in Piemonte
Proesa™ “second-generation” biomass
technology allowing the use of lignocellulosic
biomass to obtain fuel and chemicals out of the
food chains at competitive costs compared to
fossil fuels (oil, natural gas). It is the result of an
investment of over 150 million Euro, started by
Biochemtex in 2006. The technology is protected
by 14 patent families.

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Case study - Green Chemistry Innovation Infrastructure
Startup case histories
Biosfered S.r.l., University of Turin spin off, focused on research and development of
extraction techniques; algae and other plants are used as natural sources to produce
bioactive molecules with a high commercial value.
Galatea Bio Tech. Founded in 2013, as a Milano-Bicocca University Spin-off. Galatea Bio
Tech is specialized in the production of bio plastics, enzymes, bi-functional molecules,
organic acids and microbial strains suitable for the production of many different bio
molecules using the DNA recombinant technique.
Bioecopest is a green chemistry startup developing a portfolio of innovative natural products
(biopesticides) to be employed in programs against plant and animal parasites, focusing on
unmet needs in the global market.

18. Messages from Italy…
Cleantech innovation in Italy is very significant even if suffers of structural
issues to be faced and gradually solved
• Weakness of the general innovation drivers (entrepreneurship attitudes, VC,
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dedicated funds…)
• Slow transition to commercialization stage
Against these issues some strenghts are
• Significant CleanTech specific innovation drivers (due to specific regulations
and incentives)
• Huge support infrastructures
The establishment of lasting relationships with international partners is a key
topic to exploit the huge potential
Environment Park and Progetto Manifattura are part of the Global Innovation
Network launched by LACI

19. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Davide Damosso
Innovation Director
ENVIRONMENT PARK S.p.A.
davide.damosso@envipark.com
Via Livorno, 60 - 10144 Torino - IT
T +39.011.2257298
F +39.011.2257225
envipark.com