Mediterranean innovation and research coordination action (MIRA) : activities promoting EU-MPC collaboration on Energy

MIRA_C- Energy+ Workshop Malta 11 September 2012

Date : 11 Sep 2012

Mediterranean innovation and research coordination action (MIRA) : activities promoting EU-MPC collaboration on Energy

C-Energy+ Workshop “Euro-Mediterranean Energy cooperation: working together for a better policy and sustainable energy”

Malta

1) Create a dialogue platform to connect and facilitate the interaction between the dispersed S&T cooperation initiatives already existing supported by the Member States, the European Commission and other political bodies;

2) Address training activities to improve the quality of the participation and management of the partners of FP7 from the MPC; create an IP in Palestine

3) Create discussion platforms and organizing meetings to monitor and discuss the content of the Thematic priorities of FP7 in term of the common interest of the EU and MPC;

4) Create an Observatory of the EU-MPC S&T cooperation, which will agree indicators for the monitoring of RTD cooperation activities;

5) Create a “Gateway for EU-MPC Cooperation in RTD”

6) Create networks of research institutions and technological transfer services from both sides of the Mediterranean, to provide a reference element for the development of the Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Space (EMIS).

7) Support the functioning of the Monitoring Committee for Euro-Mediterranean Scientific Cooperation ( MoCo) in order to provide a strong institutional basis for the EU-MPC S&T cooperation.

MIRA Concrete Objectives/Activities

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (1-15)

Participant no. Participantshort name

Participant organisation name Country

1 (Coordinator) CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Spain

2 (Deputy Coord.)

DT-MENESFCRS Direction de la Technologie. Ministere de la education Superieur, de la Formation des Cadres et de la

recherché Scientifique

Morocco

3 IRD Institut de Recherche pour le Developement France

4 DGSRT Direction Generale de Recherche Tunisia

5 MHESR Ministry of Higher education and State for Scientific Research

Egypt

6 PT-DLR International Bureau of theGerman Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Germany

7 CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy

8 NHRF National Hellenic Research Foundation Greece

9 DRSDT Direction de la Recherché Scientifique et du Developpement Technologique

Algeria

10 TUBA Turkish Academy of Sciences Turkey

11 MCST Malta Council for Science and Technology Malta

12 HCST Higher Council for Science and Technology Jordan

13 CIHEAM Centre International Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneennes

Italy

14 TETHYS Euro-Mediterranean Universities Network France

15 WIP WIP GmbH und Co. Germany

16 CDER Centre de developement des Energies Renouvelables Algeria

17 ISERD Israel-Europe R&D Directorate Israel

18 ASRT Academy of Scientific Research & Technology Egypt

19 CNRS Conseil National de la Recherche Scientifique Lebanon

21 MADRI+D Autonomous Government of Madrid Spain

22 AOU Arab Open University Lebanon

23 TUBITAK The Scientific & Technological research Council of Turkey

Turkey

25 MEC Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia Spain

26 DGDSC Directorate General of Development & Scientific Research

Palestine

27 ONST Observatoire National des Scienceset de la Technologie

Tunisia

28 CNRST National Centrefor Scientific and Technological

Research

Morocco

30 BC British Council U.K.

31 FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Portugal

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (16-30)

The policy context

Euro-MEDPartnership

Barcelona process 1995 : creation of (EMFTA) by 2010

Association Agreements : transfer of new technologies + dissemination of know how + industrial cooperat

ERA & FP7 (EMRA?) , Lisbon Strategy 2000: A series of schemes and initiatives

European Neighbourhood Policy (Instruments): ENPI

Relevant Projects & initiatives :ASBIMED, MED7, ESTIME, MEDA, Medibtikar, ANIMA etc

The UfM / UpM : Horizons 2020,

The instrument: the Monitoring Committee of the EU-MPC cooperation in RTD (MoCoMoCo),

• Create discussion platforms and organizing meetings to monitor and discuss the content of the Thematic priorities of FP7 in term of the common interest of the EU and MPC:

Phtovoltaic (PV):

•Advancement of PV system components including cells, storage devices, inverters, and

•Controllers for micro grid applications

•Integration of PV/CPV systems in industrial grid connected applications

•Development of operation and maintenance training programs to support deployment of PV technology

•Policy research and legislation development and awareness building for integration of PV technology application in energy management and resource planning .

Example of MIRA Activities : results of thematic workshop on energy


Concentrating Solar power (CSP):

•Local manufacturing of components

•Advanced materials and surfaces

•Improved weather forecasts models for direct normal Irradiation

•New joint test facilities for CSP in the MENA region collocated to pilot power plants

•CSP Dissemination and Education Program “Educate the Educators”

•Evaluation of Hybrid Concepts

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Energy Efficiency:

Energy Efficiency Road Map (Prospects and Challenges)Develop optimized energy efficient buildings for the regionIncreasing efficiency and reliability of the solar collectors through developing new materials, specific coating materials & cleaning techniquesLarge energy intensive industries: Energy intensity improvements through Energy Efficiency

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EMIS

Rational for EMIS:

Innovation is a must : KBE, globalisation, MPCs?

Worrying situation in MPC’s: Euro-Mediterranean region as an area of sustainable development and shared prosperity (Barcelona declation)

Why EU-MPCs cooperation on innovation?:

1. RDI are, by nature, widely internationalized activities

2. The existence of common problems and shared challenges

3. Big research and innovation programs require Critical mass & Resources, not available in MPCs

Objective of EMIS: The mobilization of innovation stakeholders in common framework and mutually beneficial partnership to develop a more intelligent and competitive Euro-Med space


EMIS

MPC INNOVATION ANALYSIS

NETWORKINGRESEARCH

DRIVEN CLUSTERS

INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION

EMIS WEBSITEEMIS WG

Water Clusters

RTD projects (FP7-WP2011)

Mapping actors /

stakeholders

EMIS Fora 2010-2011

-TT / EEN

-ANIMA- Invest

-Tech Platforms

-Diasporas

Twinning

- Organisation

- Procedures

- Nat. Corresp.

EMIS Charter (poiltical /strategic

documents)

DGENTR, …

MIRA FP7 Training

EMIS WP –

IA, RN, AM, …

RA, AM, …

JMG, AM, …

IA, RN, …

IA, RN, …

IA, AM, HZ, …

IA, RN, JH, YK, …


MIRA-EMIS Forum

Within the Framework of EMIS activities MIRA Organised a Forum on Solar Energy and Efficient use of Energy (FORSEE) in Tunis 25-26th June 2012. FORSEE was structured around relevant cross cutting issues including Innovation and industrial and capacity building in MPCs, Euro-Med RDI Collaboration, Market design and incentives.


MIRA-EMIS Forum


Rational for the forum

Both sides face major energy and climate challenges. Energy demand is projected to rise significantly, while fossil fuel prices will most likely continue to follow an unstable and rising trend.

MPCs dispose of vast solar power resources which could tackle Europe’s most pressing issues & can at the same time fix complementary issues for MPCs .

Several ambitious initiatives bringing together stakeholders around the Mediterranean (Mediterranean Solar Plan, Desertec,….)

Why EU-MPC collaboration on energy?



All the ingredients for a Win-win situation :

EU motivations: EU has an interest in speeding up the uptake of sustainable technologies to mitigate the global environmental problems + new Market opportunities for EU firms

MPCs Motivations: more vulnerable to climate change + Prospects of revenues from energy exports + opportunity to access new technologies and build their indigenous innovation capabilities

Why EU-MPC collaboration on energy?



Policy discussions addressing technology transfer at international focus on providing developing countries with access to existing technology on the basis of consuming technological hardware .

This attitude fails to recognize the vital importance of building innovation capabilities (absorptive capacity) to promote the diffusion of innovation within developing countries

Environmentally sound technologies must fit with the conditions faced by developing countries. which is not the case with imported technologies combined with lack of absorptive capacity.

Building Indigenous Innovation Capabilities in MPC : relevant issues



“Innovation” can be characterised as including points 1, 2 and 3 in the following typology:

1.Innovations ‘new to the world’: Where a firm is the first to introduce innovation for all markets & industries, domestic and international.

2.Innovations ‘new to the market’: Where a firm is the first to introduce innovation in its particular market.

3.Innovations ‘new to the firm’: Where a firm introduces a product, process or method new to that firm, or significantly improved by it, even if it has already been implemented by other firms.




Often, it is type I innovation (radical: New to the world) that captures the focus of policy discussions .

type I innovation is more likely to be associated with more radical innovations that are the results of deliberate R&D and it requires the existence of a strong knowledge base

in developing countries context (such as MPCs), where rapid adoption and diffusion is a central concern, incremental and adaptive innovations that are often underpinned by type II (new to the market) and type III (new to the firm) are often of more relevance and importance.

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Incremental innovation has often played a critical role in technology “leapfrogging” in developing countries, where countries have moved towards, and then surpassed the international technological frontier.

the most successful latecomers to the wind energy market (e.g. Spain and China) took the first steps in developing their industry through joint partnerships technology transfer via licensing agreements and associated royalty fees with manufacturers in Germany and Denmark (MacLaglin et al., 2009)



The MIRA-EMIS Forum organised its debates along the following thematic lines:

1.Overview on the Euro-Mediterranean potential, challenges, opportunities and Programmes of Solar Energy 2.concentrated solar thermal (CSP)3.PV & Solar Architecture (PV)4.Industry, Market design and needed policies for solar energy in the Mediterranean5.Capacity building and Innovation

MIRA-EMIS Forum


• A renewed partnership in RDI should be based on co-ownership, mutual interest and shared benefit as driving principles

•The cooperation agenda should cover the whole chain from research to innovation, involving all stakeholders

•Investment in RDI should be recognised as a priority in national economic policy.

•The cooperation needs to move away from bilateral approaches to a “region-to-region” approach, more strategic approach.

Key messages from the Forum

EU-MPC New framework for collaboration Barcelona Conference 2&3 April 2012


• The EC will support this new partnership and prepare the way for even more substantial cooperation in the future, involving all EU Member States and Mediterranean countries.

• DG Research and Innovation will launch activities in 2013 including ERA-NET calls; activities could lead towards more & better Mediterranean cooperation.



• Water and Energy issues are interlinked and should be integrated in the RDI approach towards MPCs.

• CSP with desalination is a good combination since both are proven technologies and there are various options to couple them effectively.

• Dust resistant coatings, dry cleaning, test facilities, durability, standards development could serve as good starting point for reducing cost of RE technology and building Indigenous Innovation Capabilities in MPCs by developing solutions tailor made to MPCs conditions..


Win-Win EU-Med RDI collaboration Opportunities and priorities For MPCs


• Solar Energy is a key option for MPCs, both those having hydrocarbon resources and having not + opens future opportunities for energy exports to the neighbour European countries

• Opportunities entailed by development of domestic RE indust ries:

Investment impulses (+ on economy), spillovers effects on related industrial sectors, Employment , Trade revenues, Enhanced technological development/innovation


Industry, Capacity building, Market design and needed polices for MPCs


Challenges for RE in MPCs are two folds:

RE Deployment: Subsidization of conventional energy sources Monopolistic structures in the energy sector Insufficient grid infrastructure Unfavorable framework conditions for project finance High cost of technologies




Challenges for RE in MPCs are two fold:

RE industries: Lack of technological know-how (e.g. licenses, specific skills & techniques) Lack of skilled employees Investment requirements Partly insufficient quality assurance & standards might reduce competitiveness of Products




Social sciences and humanities have a key role to play (RE adoption, favourable culture, evidence-based policies, foresight, capacity building studies, etc.)

Integrated policies for RE deployment, RE industrialisation are needed and should be supported by adequate education and RDI policies.




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