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FP7 BIOCLUS

Biomass clusterin Western Macedonia

Yannis Fallas, UoWM

Ptolemaida, 31.8.2011

Cluster = Cluster =

natural economic natural economic phenomenonphenomenon

- Universities (Stanford, Berkeley, …)- Large companies (Hewlett Packard, Sun, Yahoo, Intel, Xerox, Apple, Adobe, 3Com, …)- average wage = 1,5 x rest USA average wage

Silicon ValleySilicon Valley

Natural economic phenomenonNatural economic phenomenon

artificially artificially ““createdcreated””??

Pierre LafittePierre Lafitte

Sophia – Antipolis, Nice / France

vision for a new Quartier Latin in the nature (City of Science and Wisdom)

Sophia – Antipolis

Sophia – Antipolis today

• 5 communities• 1.300 enterprises (IBM labs, Texas Instruments,

Thomson, Aerospatiale, France Telecom, …• 30.000 employees• 2.000 students• 2.000 researchers• High specialization: ICT, health sector, business

support and services, …

“Competitive advantage of Nations”

Michael Porter

Clusters

Examples of agglomeration

Enterprises: benefits from Clusters-Direct and easy access to specialized providers, services, financial and human resources

-Spill-overs of information and knowledge

-Flexibility, direct response and change due to high degree of specialization

-Faster adaptation to innovation through imitation

define the collective capacity of an area to upgrade the potential of its enterprises to face the macroeconomic changes, by developing new comparative advantages…Michel de Bernardy, 1998

The learning procedures within the Clusters

1. Not easy to transfer (personal

and business relations)

2. Not easy to reproduce (tacit

knowledge)Foss, 1996

Regional comparative advantage

Only black or white?Only black or white?

Clusters Clusters

either spontaneous either spontaneous

or artificial?or artificial?

Western Macedonia Biomass Cluster

KOZANIKOZANI

PTOLEMAIDAPTOLEMAIDA

AMYNDEOAMYNDEO

GREVENAGREVENA

VEVIVEVI

WoodSME’s

UoWM

TEI

ISFTAPPC (plants)

Region

Wood sector

-Well developed SME’s

-Wood biomass for heat purposes

-Potential for district heating

-Potential for pellets’ production

KOZANIKOZANI

PTOLEMAIDAPTOLEMAIDA

AMYNDEOAMYNDEO

GREVENAGREVENA

VEVIVEVI

UoWM

TEI

ISFTAPPC (plants)

Region

Energy crops

Wood + energy crops

-Potential huge demand (PPC)

-Huge landfields for forest and energy crops cultivation

-Increasing interest for biomass co-firing

-Existing infrastructure for district heating

KOZANIKOZANI

PTOLEMAIDAPTOLEMAIDA

AMYNDEOAMYNDEO

GREVENAGREVENA

VEVIVEVI

UoWM

TEI

ISFTAPPC (plants)

Region

Energy crops

WoodSME’s

Interrelated scheme

KOZANIKOZANI

PTOLEMAIDAPTOLEMAIDA

AMYNDEOAMYNDEO

GREVENAGREVENA

VEVIVEVI

UoWM

TEI

ISFTAPPC (plants)

Region

Energy cropsWood

SME’s

Western Macedonia Biomass Cluster

Research Entity

University of Western

Macedonia (UoWM)

Dpt. of Mechanical EngineeringResearch and

Educational activities on Energy production, including biomass

resources

Strategic Cooperation

Regional Innovation Pole

(WM RIP) Focusing on Energy

Funded by national Innovation Poles

programmeParticipants: energy

providers and energy -related research, business

and public authorities

Strategic Cooperation

Regional Wood Cluster

Funded by “K-Clusters”programme

Participants Wood Industries and R&D dpts

Strategic Cooperation

Technical Educational Institute of

Western Macedonia (TEI

WM)Dpt. Of Plant production

/ Florina Branch

Business Entity, SME

ZIOGAS S.A. (ZIOGAS)

Wood production, EU Projects, participated

in Knowledge Clusters Innovative Actions

Programme

Regional Authority, Public Body

Region of Western Macedonia (RWM)Plans and implements the regional level of Structural

Funds (Regional Operational Program), including R&D and industrial policy

Strategic cooperation

Regional Development

Agency of Western

MacedoniaImplementation of

Regional development projects

Strategic cooperation

Regional SMEsrelated to biomass

resources:Biomass suppliers, such as foresters,

farmers, furniture, etc.

Strategic cooperation, Public Body

Region of Western Macedonia /

General Direction of Forests

Manages the regional Forests

Strategic cooperation

Public Power Corporation (PPC S.A.)

Production of Energy

Strategic cooperation

Association of Western

Macedonia Industries

Industries operating in the field of Biomass

Regional key partner

Institute for Solid Fuel Technologies and Applications (ISFTA)

Basic & Applied Research on Solid Fuels, ERA-NETs(Hy-CO & FENCO) & Knowledge Clusters, European &

Global Networking

as BioClus

indicates…

Public Sector

Regional Authority, Public Body

Region of Western Macedonia (RWM)Plans and implements the regional level of Structural

Funds (Regional Operational Program), including R&D and industrial policy

Strategic cooperation

Regional Development Agency of Western

MacedoniaImplementation of

Regional development projects

General Directions of Forests, Environment, Planning & Development, etc

Municipalities of Kozani, Ptolemaida, Grevena, Florina, Amyndeo, etc

Academia – R&DResearch Entity

University of Western Macedonia (UoWM)

Dpt. of Mechanical EngineeringResearch and Educational activities on Energy production, including

biomass resources

Strategic Cooperation

Technical Educational Institute of Western Macedonia (TEI WM)

Dpt. Of Plant production / Florina Branch

Regional key partner

Institute for Solid Fuel Technologies and Applications (ISFTA)

Basic & Applied Research on Solid Fuels, ERA-NETs (Hy-CO & FENCO) & Knowledge Clusters, European & Global Networking

Private Sector

Business Entity, SME

ZIOGAS S.A. (ZIOGAS)Wood production,

EU Projects, participated in Knowledge Clusters

Innovative Actions Programme

Strategic cooperation

Regional SMEs related to biomass resources:

Biomass suppliers, such as foresters, farmers, furniture,

etc.

Strategic cooperation

Public Power Corporation (PPC S.A.)

Production of Energy

Strategic cooperation

Association of Western

Macedonia IndustriesIndustries operating in the field of

Biomass

Other SME’s: GIOTAS S.A., ALFA WOOD S.A.,

etcWood production

Other StructuresStrategic Cooperation

Regional Innovation Pole(WM RIP) Focusing on Energy

Funded by national Innovation Poles programmeParticipants: energy providers and energy - related research, business and public

authorities

Strategic Cooperation

Regional Wood ClusterFunded by “K-Clusters” programme

Participants Wood Industries and R&D dpts

+Entrepreneurial tissue

+Know - how

+Research capacity

+Co-financing potential

+Public sector support

+Establishment potential

WM BIOMASS CLUSTER ADVANTAGES

i.e. i.e.

AEVALAEVAL

-Critical mass ?

-Leadership? / mechanism ?

-Export oriented ?

-Financing ?

-Focus ?Co-configuration…

WM BIOMASS CLUSTER OBSTACLES

Overall regional benefits

-Reduction of CO2 emissions

-Increase of exports (pellets)

-Increase of green energy share for internal consumption or export purposes

-Better conservation of forests, namely against wild fires

-SME’s & employment increase, namely in rural areas

Biomass deposit …

Knowledge and innovation «deposit» …e-Intelligence

e-Innovation

e-Technologies

e-Markets

R&D CENTRES

TECHNOLOGY PRODUCERS

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

SUPPLIERS INNOVATING COMPANY

TECH TRANSFER

CUSTOMERS SUPPLIERS

FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS

TRAINING CENTRES

IPR LAWYERS CONSULTANTS

MONITORING AGENCIES

CUSTOMERS

Ψηφιακοί Χώροι Καινοτομίας

Θεσμοί στήριξης καινοτομίας

Καινοτόμα clusters & συνοικίες

Komninos / URENIO

Thank you!

Yannis G. Fallas

Coordinator Western Macedonia

Regional Innovation PoleCluster analysis

Mob. [email protected], [email protected]