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Stimulating innovation

Supporting legislation

The Smart Specialisation Platform on Energy

S3P-ENERGY

John Bensted-Smith Director of the JRC.IPTS, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies,

Seville

Brussels, 26 May 2015

S3P-ENERGY is deeply rooted in previous experience

accumulated by the S3 Platform since 2011

• Wide membership:

160 regions +

16 countries

• Bottom-up work with

regions

• Thematic activities

e.g. in ICT & KETs

Firm roots ensure the

continuation of activities

Introduction of a new theme

to Smart Specialisation

.

RIS3 as

ex ante

conditionality

for ERDF

2014–2020

Roles of the S3 Platform

• Provides science-based

professional advice to EU,

national and regional policy-

makers for research &

innovation strategies to make

better use of the ESIF.

• A team of about 20 researchers,

scientists and experts in Seville

Regions/MS: support to

developing & implementing RIS3 + quadruple helix

Scientific community: conceptual-

methdological contribution

Supporting EC policy DGs:

e.g. assessing ESIF

programming documents

Regions as

innovation agents

Own peer review methodology 18 workshops in three years: 53 peer reviewed regions and 16 countries

Main activities of

S3 Platform

2. Transnational learning, Peer

Review & thematic workshops

4. RIS3 assessment and support to REGIO

desks; ICT experts

3. Country- and Macro-region events

6. Interactive tools, S3 Newsletter and

Website

1. The RIS3 methodological

Guide & the Digital Agenda Toolbox

5. Inter-regional collaboration

7. Research agenda

in support of the countries/regions implementing S3

Eye@RIS3 – an online database for S3 priorities, consulted 57,000 times in 2014

EU-28 energy priorities

in online Eye@RIS3 tool

• Energy is the most popular

priority in S3

• 2/3 of all regions have chosen

an energy priority. 12 countries

100 EU regions

some both at the national and regional level –

e.g. DE, DK, PL

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Why energy?

S3 Platform on Energy

- Supports the optimal and effective uptake

of the Cohesion Policy funds for Energy.

.

- Assists countries and regions to set up

strategies to accelerate the development of

a technology-based low-carbon economy.

DG REGIO

JRC DG

ENER

Smart Specialisation

Platform on ENERGY

DG ENER

DG JRC

•IPTS Units: 1. S3 Platform, Knowledge for Growth – lead partner 2. Economics of Climate Change, Energy and Transport

•IET Units: 3. Energy Convertion & Storage Technologies 4. Energy Technology Policy Outlook 5. Renewables & Energy Efficiency •6. Energy Security, Systems and Market

DG REGIO

JRC's multidisciplinary

competences in

• energy,

• innovation,

• regional policy…

Key players

…integrated in

a single project.

Institute for Prospective

Technological Studies (IPTS)

Institute for Energy and Transport

(IET)

Four work packages TASKS divided into

1.Policy research

and

implementation

advice

2.Mutual

transnational

learning arena

3.

Information,

communication

and dissemination

4.

Specific

information and

analysis in

support of DGs

ENER & REGIO

Objectives:

• Optimal uptake of the

Cohesion Policy funds

for energy

• Align energy innovation

at national, regional and

local level with the

EU priorities

WP1

Policy research and

implementation advice

Mapping, knowledge development, analysis of:

• S3 energy-related priorities

• trends and geographical distribution of energy-related priorities

• Cohesion Policy funding for energy

WP1 WP2

WP3 WP4

WP2

Mutual transnational learning

Thematic advice and matchmaking for

regions:

• Identification of problem areas and

intervention-related issues, e.g. indicators

and policy instruments

• Encouraging the active engagement of regions/MS on knowledge sharing,

including stakeholders

• Facilitating regional specific cooperation on energy

WP1 WP2

WP3 WP4

WP3 Information,

communication, dissemination

Web pages & info sheets

• A dedicated part within the S3 Platform

portal with links to the partners

• Specific websites or fiches on specific energy topics

• Facilitating the sharing of good practices on the web

• Dissemination of information through the monthly S3 Newsletter

Events on Cohesion Policy funding for energy

• High-level events

• Contribution to Open Days and EU Sustainable Energy Week

• Participation in events organised by regions/MS

WP1 WP2

WP3 WP4

Benefiting from a hub position,

feedback from regions will be conveyed, including:

• Overviews of good practice examples

• Analytical reports supporting policy-related topics

WP1 WP2

WP3 WP4 WP 4

Specific information and

analysis in support of

DGs ENER and REGIO

Thank you for your attention!

John Bensted-Smith@ec.europa.eu

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www.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Serving society

Stimulating innovation

Supporting legislation

Energy and the Smart Specialization Platform The JRC Contribution

Brussels, 26 May 2015

Institute for Energy and Transport

Giovanni Federigo De Santi

Director

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/

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• Regions and regional cooperation are key to achieve EU energy and climate goals and establishing an Energy Union

• To make the Energy Union happen we need to ensure actual

implementation on the ground of all five dimensions, including the creation of a fully integrated internal market, strengthened energy security, transition to low carbon economy and exploit the full potential of research and innovation

• Cohesion Policy can play a significant role in delivering the Energy Union in terms of financial support, enabling conditions and focus on the territorial dimension

KEY ROLE OF REGIONS IN THE ENERGY UNION

1.

Policy research

and

implementation

advice

2.

Mutual

transnational

learning arena

3.

Information,

communication

and dissemination

4.

Specific

information and

analysis in

support of DGs

ENER & REGIO

Tasks of the platform built

upon the vast knowledge and

competencies that the JRC has

generated during its support to

the formulation,

implementation and monitoring

of EU energy and technology

innovation policies

SMART SPECIALIZATION PLATFORM ON ENERGY

FUEL CELLS & HYDROGEN

The first Smart Specialisation workshop in the domain of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen took place on 22-23 April 2015 in Lyon (FR) Jointly organized by FCH JU in collaboration with CEA and the JRC Smart Specialization Platform Exchange of experiences and motivations towards FCH technologies among industry rep., research and regional authorities with the purpose of learning from other regional involvements and industrial cases. Next steps: how regional “tailor-made” solutions can be further discussed with industrial players

Assessing PV potential at national and regional level

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Resource mapping

Biogas production using FAO spatial livestock distribution

Crop residue production using default collection and SOC modelling

Forest biomass potential statistic data, remote sensing & modelling

Major Resources for Energy-relevant Biomass: Crop residues, Biogas, Forests

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Modeling at sub-regional level allows a fine definition of potential resulting in higher installed capacities

Case study for Austria: 2050 with 85% CO2 cap

Assessing wind deployment at regional level

Source: JRC EU Times model

5/26/2015

Regional Distribution of Covenant of Mayors

CTC: Covenant Territorial Coordinators

Cost-Benefit Analysis for Smart

Grids

Smart Grid Projects in EU

The collection of Smart Grid Projects in EU was key to develop a cost-benefit analysis for smart grid projects. The JRC guidelines on cost-benefit analysis for smart grid projects have become a reference for impact evaluation of smart grid projects.

InovGrid in Évora was used as a case study to fine-tune and illustrate JRC’s guidelines on cost-benefit analysis for smart grids projects Évora

( ̴30k smart meters) 1

To avoid that project demonstrators remain local experimental exercises, a suitable degree of scalability and replicability has to be identified

Scalability and Replicability

Analysis

Évora

2 Extended Inovgrid Pilot ( ̴100k smart meters)

Scalability and Replicability Analysis will be carried out in collaboration with EDP and Comillas Pontifical University

An integrated cost-benefit analysis and scalability and replicability analysis as our next goal

ASSESSING SMART GRIDS REPLICABILITY & SCALABILITY

JRC – ACEA study for the City of Rome

Goals:

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Scalability

• What is the economic impact of scaling up Malagrotta pilot project to Rome's distribution grid?

Benefits maximisation

• What scalability options maximise benefits for ACEA and for society?

Sensitivity analysis

• What factors can change the evaluation?

• How will it change (+/-)?

FROM SMART GRIDS to

SMART CITIES (CBA)

RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Inputs from the regions will feed into the Action Plan for the implementation of the Integrated Roadmap for energy research and innovation of the SET-Plan

JRC knowledge at the service of MS and regions to support Cohesion Policy priorities on energy and build a model of cooperation from which everybody will benefit - consumers, businesses, competitiveness, science and research

Working together to build synergies and find solutions for the optimal uptake of Cohesion Policy funds for energy

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Thank you for your attention!

G.F. De Santi

Institute for Energy and Transport

Director