BRIDGE – Biobased and Renewable Industries for Development and Growth in Europe

Realising the biobased economy potential

in Europe

A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ON BIOBASED INDUSTRIES

Annita Westenbroek - Utrecht - 21 mei 2013

About BRIDGE Biobased and Renewables Industries for Development and Growth in Europe

• A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the Biobased

Industries and the EU

• A joint commitment of €3.8 billion over 2014-2020 o €1 billion (EU)

o €2.8 billion (Biobased Industries)

• Multi-annual funding programmes for biobased projects

• Enabling rural development and re-industrialisation in Europe

What the PPP is about

• Fostering a sustainable biomass supply and building new value chains

Feedstock

• Optimising efficient processing through R&D and upscaling in large-scale demo/flagship biorefineries

Biorefineries

• Developing markets for biobased products and optimising policy frameworks

Markets, products and

policies

Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda

Focus of the Biobased PPP Value Chain Demonstration projects

• Accelerate creation of new value chains through cooperation

across all actors

• Demonstration activities will prove viability of the new value chain

thus contributing to overcome investment barriers

• Technological challenges identified in demonstration projects will

be the basis for the R&D projects

• 5 main innovative biobased value chains selected in which

demonstration projects will be carried out

Value Chain demonstration projects

Biomass supply Biorefineries Products /Markets

R&D projects

Flagships

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1. Value Chain demonstrations

• Value Chain 1: From lignocellulosic feedstock to advanced biofuels,

biobased chemicals and biomaterials: realising the feedstock and

technology base for the next generation of fuels, chemicals and materials

• Value Chain 2: The next generation forest-based value chains:

utilisation of the full potential of forestry biomass by improved mobilisation

and realisation of new added value products and markets

• Value Chain 3: The next generation agro-based value chains: realising

the highest sustainability and added value by improved agricultural

production, and new added value products and markets

• Value Chain 4: Emergence of new value chains from (organic) waste:

from waste problems to economic opportunities by realising sustainable

technologies to convert waste into valuable products

• Value Chain 5: The integrated energy, pulp and chemicals

biorefineries: realising sustainable bio-energy production, by backwards

integration with biorefinery operations isolating higher added value

components

1. Value Chain demonstrations

• Value Chain 1: From lignocellulosic feedstock to advanced biofuels,

biobased chemicals and biomaterials: realising the feedstock and

technology base for the next generation of fuels, chemicals and materials

• Value Chain 2: The next generation forest-based value chains:

utilisation of the full potential of forestry biomass by improved mobilisation

and realisation of new added value products and markets

• Value Chain 3: The next generation agro-based value chains: realising

the highest sustainability and added value by improved agricultural

production, and new added value products and markets

• Value Chain 4: Emergence of new value chains from (organic) waste:

from waste problems to economic opportunities by realising sustainable

technologies to convert waste into valuable products

• Value Chain 5: The integrated energy, pulp and chemicals

biorefineries: realising sustainable bio-energy production, by backwards

integration with biorefinery operations isolating higher added value

components

2. Flagship projects

• The developments in the demonstrated

value chains will lead to investments

in flagship projects.

• Flagship projects will be realised to

optimise technology for biomass

conversion and ensure price-

competitiveness: both by building of

new operations and upgrading existing

and abandoned industrial sites to be

converted into biorefinery operations

(reindustrialisation).

• Each value chain area will lead to at

least one flagship project.

• Flagship projects cover the full value

chain: including programmes realising

feedstock supply, ensuring the market

uptake, and integrating in the existing

rural and industrial infrastructures.

3. R&D projects

• R&D projects will address the

specific research and

innovation challenges arising

from the value chain

demonstration projects

• Research and innovation

activities will cover the whole

value chain: biomass supply,

biorefineries and products and

markets

• Each R&D project will support

specific activities developed

by the 5 value chains

3. R&D topics

• Foster a sustainable biomass supply to feed both existing and new

value chains

• Increase biomass production by improving agricultural practices and

taking advantage of local biodiversity (complementary to the European Innovation

Partnership on “Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability”)

• Mobilising an increasing supply (harvesting collection, storage)

• Optimise efficient processing through R&D and pilot biorefineries

• Primary conversion processes

• Secondary conversion processes

• Developing innovative products and accelerating market pull for

biobased products

• New materials & products

• New application and market development

4. Supporting projects

• Clustering and Networking

• Key role in the creation of new value chains by connecting

agriculture, industry and research network across Europe

• SME engagement

• Supportive measures for SMEs to facilitate active involvement

and participation

• Standards and Regulations

• Actively contribute to the development of new standards (CEN)

• Feedstock sustainability and LCA

• Assessment of methodologies for addressing sustainability

criteria of the projects and the environmental footprint of the

products developed

BRIDGE

PROCEDURE

European Commission

Biobased Industries Consortium

Governance structure

Governing Board (10 seats)

Scientific Committee

Deployment Committee

(incl. representatives from Members States, regions, EIB)

PPP Programme Office

Executive Director + Staff

Biobased Joint Undertaking (Agency)

PPP (BRIDGE)

Member States Committee

European Commission

Biobased Industries Consortium

Governance structure

Governing Board (10 seats)

Scientific Committee

Deployment Committee

(incl. representatives from Members States, regions, EIB)

PPP Programme Office

Executive Director + Staff

Biobased Joint Undertaking (Agency)

PPP (BRIDGE)

Member States Committee

and you?

1. BIC Programming WG (and Task Forces) prepares multi-annual roadmaps

Biobased Industries Consortium

Depending on the topics,

the task forces will be composed by industrial partners supported by representatives from

ETPs, RTOs, NGOs, members states and

regions.

3. BRIDGE : first discussion with scientific committee and Member State committee 4. BRIDGE publishes the (open) calls

5. BRIDGE organises evaluation by independent experts (based on excellence) 6. BRIDGE negotiates and signs contract with winning consortia (consortium agreement and GRANT agreement)

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Scientific Committee Member State Committee

Deployment Committee advices on specific co-financing

opportunities and national/regional initiatives (for demo and flagship projects)

BRIDGE: call procedure

2. BIC Programming WG prepares annual call texts

PPP principles

• OPENNESS: Applications for financial support will be made following open

competitive calls for proposals

• External and independent evaluation of the projects on the basis of

EXCELLENCE

• Strong participation of ACADEMIA, RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS AND

SMEs

• EU Funding in R&D projects only to academia, RTOs and SMEs

• Additional industry funding will go to academia, RTOs and SMEs

through their participation in industry-driven demonstration activities

• MEMBER STATES will play a key role in the deployment of projects

Funding prioritisation

1 bn €

EU

Financials

3.8 bn €

Rationale for a JTI

• Clear framework that brings clarity for activities and investments

• Long term stability and predictability that secures the joint

commitment on both the public and private side

• One pan-European structure to unite scattered national partners

and initiatives that will work together to build the value chains

• Joint financial commitment necessary to deliver on clear

objectives within a jointly defined programme that would be too

risky for individual sectors/companies to carry out on their own

• Opportunity to leverage further investments, including additional

private funding

• Flexible structure for evolving needs and speed of the

developments

• Industry driven and therefore result and market-oriented

Our sectors

Stage 1 - Reinforce innovation and extend current infrastructure across the economy

The BRIDGES

Stage 2 - Build and strengthen value chains across industry sectors

The BRIDGE community

Stage 3 - Realise a connected biobased economy from field to end consumer

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annita.westenbroek@bridge2020.eu

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