SPIRE Sustainable Process Industry European Industrial Competitiveness through Resource and Energy Efficiency

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SPIRESustainable Process IndustryEuropean
Industrial Competitiveness through Resource and
Energy Efficiency

• Dr. Peter Nagler
• Chief Innovation Officer
• Evonik Industries AG
• Aarhus, June 19, 2012

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Production of Chemicals
The European Industry Challenge

• The European Industry is losing ground on
  production compared to other regions

Source ESTEP

• Innovation needed to reverse the trend by
• bridging the valley of death between research
  and commercialization
• disconnecting our growth from footprint

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Resource and Energy Efficiency Partnership
REP is a group of European Technology
Platforms and Associations motivated to promote
resource and energy efficiency in process
industries, representing

• More than 450.000 enterprises.
• Employ over 6.8 million employees,
• Generating more than 1,600 billion turnover
• The founding basis of the European Economy (20)
• Struggling with declining global competitiveness

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Process Industries in the Value Chain
Raw Materials
Process Industry Chemical, biochemical, and
physical transformation and formulation of raw
materials using continuous and batch processes
into Materials with new properties and
functionalities
Discrete Manufacturing
Components Products
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SPIRE Ambitions for PPP Proposal
do more with less

• A reduction in fossil energy intensity of up to
  301)
• e. g. cogeneration-heat-power, process
  intensification, introduction of novel
  energy-saving processes, and progressive
  introduction of alternative (renewable) energy
  sources within the process cycle.
• A reduction in non-renewable, primary raw
  material intensity of up to 201) e. g. by
  increasing chemical and physical transformation
  yields and/or using secondary and renewable raw
  materials. A full life cycle cost analysis is
  required to consider all effects of using
  secondary and renewable feedstocks (e.g. water
  usage) and to prove the sustainability advantage.
• Both these aspirations will make a significant
  contribution to the political and societal
  objectives of drastic efficiency improvement in
  CO2-equivalent footprints of up to 40 by 2030.
  Potential improvements extend beyond industry
  to all indirectly supplied and dependent economic
  sectors such as transport, construction, water,
  electronics etc.
• Note from current levels by 2030 The reference
  data is based on Eurostat.data and definition of
  current level is the period 2008-2011.

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SPIRE supporting the Vision for the Innovation
Landscape
Future PPPs
Bio-based Industries
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SPIRE Status
HORIZON2020 - COM(2011) 811 final (p42) ,
COM(2011) 809 final (p51) 1.5.3. Sustainable and
low-carbon technologies in energy-intensive
process industries Increasing the competitiveness
of process industries, such as chemical, pulp and
paper, glass, or non-ferrous metals and steel by
drastically improving resource and energy
efficiencies and reducing the environmental
impact of such industrial activities. Focus will
be on the development, and validation of enabling
technologies for innovative substances, materials
and technological solutions for low-carbon
products and less energy-intensive processes
and services along the value chain, as well as
the adoption of ultra-low carbon
production technologies and techniques to achieve
specific GHG emission intensity reductions.
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SPIRE The Next Steps

• Formation of legal entity Association SPIRE
  AISBL (A.SPIRE)
• Drafting SPIRE multi-year roadmap for EC public
  consultation (July)
• 2 successful meetings with EC provisional Ad-hoc
  Industrial Advisory Group completed
• Broad participation from industrial sectors and
  academic world
• ..and more

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Association SPIRE AISBL

• Founding meeting on June 28th
• Formally organise Private sector, partner to
  Public sector
• Drive approval of, and define content proposal
  for PPP
• Open up to industrial and research members
• Industrial, Research, Associated
• Participation in roadmap design, voting rights in
  general assembly
• Commitment limited to membership fee and
  intention to actively participate in the calls
• Project participation in PPP (and associated
  specific financial commitment) will be (open)
  call driven

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Association SPIREConfirmed Members 14th June
2012
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SPIRE Multi-annual Roadmap
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Industry Commitment
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Industry Commitment
European Commission to match the Private
Contribution
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Evonik Innovation Technologies and Processes for
Resource Efficiency

• Evonik is dedicated to world scale innovation to
  contribute to Resource Efficiency with respect to
  main topics like solar energy and carbon dioxide
  capture and use.
• Gentle processes for the generation of high
  performance and high quality products based on
  sensitive natural raw materials reducing the CO2
  footprint.
• Low energy consumption in production, handling
  and transportation is an ongoing target for our
  innovation projects

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Enzymatic vs. Conventional EsterificationProcess
Improvement via Biotechnology
Improving of resource efficiency with new
processes Production of Myristyl Myristate, an
emollient for personal care products
raw mat.
enzymatic
reaction
catalyst recycled
applied temperature
gt 180C
140C
100C
60C
packing
20C
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Thermal Insulation for Bricks with Fumed Silica

• The porosity of clay blocks and carefully
  designed hole geometry intelligently reduce the
  flow of heat and thereby heat losses through
  exterior walls.
• Additionally super insulating materials in the
  brick holes reduce overall heat flux
  significantly
• Evonik developed a ready-to-use system on the
  base of AEROSIL fumed silica for the brick holes

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Sustainability a PPPP
Macro economy level
Economy
Profit
Proactivity
Society
Ecology
People
Planet
Each nation, institution, and company need to
have a sustainability or CR strategy for keeping
the balance of all three sustainability aspects
in order to keep mankinds well being on earth
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Conclusions

• The drivers and ambitions of the SPIRE PPP
  proposal are well recognised and supported in
  Europe
• Now is the time to join the SPIRE PPP initiative
  that will help to Rejuvenate the European Process
  Industry