1) Belgium has a strong cleantech sector due to its early industrialization which led to environmental issues, progressive environmental policies and standards within the EU framework, and technology development capacity. 2) Key organizations promoting cleantech in Belgium include Flanders Cleantech Association (FCA) and Greenwin cluster in Wallonia which support over 200 companies. 3) Research is conducted by organizations such as VITO which has 750 employees working on projects in energy, materials, chemistry and other areas with an annual turnover of 150 million Euros.

1. BELGIAN PRINCELY MISSION QATAR & UEA
DIRK FRANSAER, MANAGING DIRECTOR VITO
DOHA, 23 MARCH 2015

2. AGENDA
STRENGTH OF BELGIAN CLEANTECH SECTOR
» History and evolution
» Present
» FCA & GreenWin
» Powerful Cleantech clusters in Belgium
» VITO
» Outlook to scientific research cluster policy

3. AGENDA
OVERVIEW
Country : Belgium
Regions
Cleantech clusters
Cleantech research centre

4. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY IN BELGIUM
HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY CONTEXT
1. a hugh and historic environmental burden
– early (19th century) and intensive industrialisation –
chemical cluster and metallo-cluster
– high population density
– very intense traffic
2. progressive environmental standards within a
European legislation framework
3. strong technology development capacity of the
Belgian industry
4. a historical export tradition

5. PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND
STANDARDS
1. Global environmental legislative European framework
(EU-directives)
2. Examples of progressive legislation
» Vlarem (overall environmental license conditions)
» Waste decree (1980)
» Soil sanitation decree (1995)
» EMAS (internal environmental care)
» IPPC (common rules on Integrated Pollution, Prevention and
Control)
» EPB (housing regulations)
» ETS (Kyoto protocol)

6. ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN FLANDERS
PRESENT STATUS OF THE FLEMISH ENVIRONMENT
1. Air
» acidifying emissions (NOx, SO2, NH3) : > 70 % decrease since 1970
» dioxins : 95 % decrease of industrial emissions since 1990
2. Water
» strong improvement of industrial emissions
» household emissions : 70 % connected to a wastewater treatment
plant
3. Waste
» > 90 % recycling or treatment of industrial waste
» landfill of household waste decreased to < 10 % of total production
4. Soil
» estimation of > 70 000 contaminated grounds
» only limited remediation

7. A STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
1. a progressive (eco-efficient) industry with focus on
» increasing emission preventing technology instead of end of pipe
solutions
» Sustainable production processes – cleantech – sustainable
chemistry and materials companies
2. a strong cleantech sector
» world players and dynamic niche companies
» focus on technology development and export
3. advanced research and cleantech clusters
» Large research institute specialised in cleantech : VITO
» Specific cleantech cluster in Flanders : FCA
and Wallonia : Greenwin

8. Flanders Cleantech AssociationFLANDERS CLEANTECH ASSOCIATION - WWW.FCA.BE
 Founded by VITO in 2010
 Internationalisation Flemish cleantech industry : +200 members – LARGE CORPORATEs & SMEs
 Trade & Investments
 Global Partners
 Events
 Business2Business – Business2Investments
 Investment Readiness Coach “Cleantech Summit Rotterdam”
 i-SUP2014 – Investment Track
 Incoming & outgoing cleantech missions
Cleantech industry in Flanders – FCA – Who – Why – What …

9. GREENWIN
 One of 6 “Pôles de Competitivité” – competence centres
 Competitive clusters
 Chemistry : biobased – use of CO2 - biotech
 Sustainable materials in the building sector: energy storage – energy efficiency – production of materials
and building systems
 Environmental technologies: waste & recycling management – water and air treatment – soil remediation –
sludge recovery
Cleantech Innovation Accelerator in Wallonia

10. GREENWIN
 SCOT – Smart CO2 Transformation
 3 overall objectives : Define – Propose - Attract
 Define a Strategic European Research Agenda (SERA) aimed at
– Improving technico-economic performance of emerging CO2 transformation technologies
– Developping new breakthrough solutions and market applications
 Propose a Joint Action Plan (JAP) including structural policy measures to favour the transition to a new EU society
based on the “CO2-as-a-resource” paradigm  short – mid - longterm
 Attract additional EU clusters (universities, research centers, industries)– Regions – Investors  participate to multi-
disciplinary research programs and other collaborative actions defined in the Joint Action Plan
 12 partners from 5 EU countries More info: www.scotproject.org
Cleantech Innovation Accelerator in Wallonia – Examples (1/3)

11. GREENWIN
 COQ VERT – a biobased economy in Wallonia
 Public-Private Partnership
 Greenwin
 AWEX
 VALBIOM
 Essenscia Wallonie
 Biosourced chemistry, with focus on plant chemistry
 Recycling biomass materials from non-food
 Second generation bio-refineries
More info:www.coqvert.be
Cleantech Innovation Accelerator in Wallonia – Examples (2/3)

12. GreenWin
GREENWIN
 LCIP – Life Cycle in Practice
 Bringing life cycle approaches to SMEs in 4 EU regions
 LIFE Programme + Policy and Government
 France – Belgium – Portugal – Spain
 Objective: to help SMEs in 4 countries to reduce the environmental impacts of their products and services
across the entire Life Cycle in three sectors: Buildings & Construction, Waste Management and Energy
Equipment
Cleantech Innovation Accelerator in Wallonia – Examples (3/3)

13. 1. Flanders – cluster policy
– Better separation by type of research
– Roadmapping for industrial innovation
– Better support for fundamental research
2. Cleantech – focus
– Integrated research activities
– Integrated industrial activities : Sustainable materials and chemistry
– 2 KIC’s (materials and energy) in Flanders
• KIC Materials
• Energyville – KIC Energy
– Growth leads to sustainable employment
OUTLOOK – SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CLUSTER POLICY

14. VITO: AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Voorstelling VITO 14
Energy Materials Chemistry
Health Land use

15. VITO IN NUMBERS
» 750 employees
» 26 nationalities
Voorstelling VITO 15
» HQ in Mol, Belgium. Offices in
Ostend, Berchem, Ghent, Genk
» Subsidiary in China
» 1000 research projects
» Over 400 patents worldwide
» over 500 research
partners
» 200+ scientific
articles in 2014
» 150 mio € turnover in 2015

16. CARBSTONE INNOVATION NV
 Recmix Belgium bvba + Recoval + VITO NV
 17 year of VISION - INNOVATION – PASSION
 State of the art Waste-to-Product Solutions for Industry
 Carbonation technology: new products from steel slag + CO2
 Marshall Plan – CARMAT project – pilot plant
Closed Material Loops – Waste-to-Product Solutions for Industry

17. CONTACTS
Dirk Fransaer, Managing Director VITO, dirk.fransaer@vito.be
Carine Van Hove, Manager FCA, carine.vanhove@fca.be
Gilles Colson, International Affaires Manager GreenWin, gilles.colson@greenwin.be
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