belgian princely mission cleantech - qatar & uea - dirk fransaer - belgium
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BELGIAN PRINCELY MISSION QATAR & UEADIRK FRANSAER, MANAGING DIRECTOR VITODOHA, 23 MARCH 2015
AGENDASTRENGTH OF BELGIAN CLEANTECH SECTOR
» History and evolution
» Present» FCA & GreenWin» Powerful Cleantech clusters in Belgium» VITO
» Outlook to scientific research cluster policy
AGENDAOVERVIEW
Country : Belgium
Regions
Cleantech clusters
Cleantech research centre
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY IN BELGIUMHISTORICAL 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
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)
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
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
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 …
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
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)
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)
GreenWinGREENWIN
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)
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
VITO: AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Voorstelling VITO 14
Energy Materials Chemistry
Health Land use
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
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
CONTACTS
Dirk Fransaer, Managing Director VITO, [email protected] Van Hove, Manager FCA, [email protected] Colson, International Affaires Manager GreenWin, [email protected]
QUESTIONS ?