Technische Universität München Future Energy Research in the EU under EIT conditions-pilot projects F. Pühringer-Oppermann, P. Bele, R. Bussar and U. Stimming

Technische Universität München

Future Energy Research in the EU under EIT conditions-pilot projects

F. Pühringer-Oppermann, P. Bele, R. Bussar and U. Stimming

AKE Springmeeting within the 73rd Annual Meeting of DPGE

2.-6.3. 2009 Hamburg


Future Energy Research in the EU under EIT conditions-Pilot Projects

„If Europe wants to remain competitive, then we must ensure that we improve the relationship inside the knowledge triangle:

education, research and innovation“

Jose Manuel Barroso

Ideal: MIT (USA)

Virtual organisation with headquarter

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)



EIT-Milestones

• 17.10.08: The Governing Board elects the four members of the Executive Committee

• 15.09.08: The EIT marks the launch of its activities in Budapest with the

first meeting of its recently appointed Governing Board, and unanimously elects Dr. Martin Schuurmans as its Chairman.

• 30.07.08: The EIT's first Governing Board is officially appointed following a selection process which began in February 2008. The 18-strong Board provides a collective balance of expertise and experience from the worlds of higher education, research, business and innovation in Europe.

• 18.06.08: EU Member States decide unanimously that the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) will have its headquarters in Budapest.



Knowledge and intelligence communities (KIC)

ObjectivesThe KICs will promote the production, dissemination and

exploitation of new knowledge products and best practices in the innovation sector, transforming the results of higher

education and research activities into commercially exploitable innovation

Set-upseven-fifteen years, at least three partners (two from EU)

308MEUR (for first three KICS)

TimeplanFirst two or three KICs selected January 2010

2009 dialogue with the stakeholders through seminars



Focus

• Sustainable energy• Mitigation and adaption of climate change• Future information society• Next topic most probably healthcare

Four pilot projects advise the EC how to select the ideal collaboration structure for a KIC



Pilot projects (2006/2007-11.2009)

• BRIDGEsolving real world problems with high commercial value in nanomedicine

• COMPLEX-EIT embraces the complexity from nano to large electronic systems

• SUCCESSSearching unpredecented cooperations on climate and energy to ensure sustainability

• GASTgreen and safe road transportation



Objectives/Main deliverables

Collect and analyse practices in order to identify good practices for a cooperation model within the knowledge triangle

Create a pan European collaborations model

Test and validate some of the components of this new model

Disseminate the results of the projects to the wider innovation community



Specific Objectives

BRIDGEDesign and test of an elite doctorate programme

(Winter course on entrepreneurship with 15 students)Implementation of joint pilot research projects(need for administrativeproject management)

COMPLEX-EITEducation/Research/Industry/Territories

GASTsustainability



COMPLEX-EIT

Ignorance of other territories-competition-coopetition-coherent employment strategy



Complex-EIT-Territorial Integration Center

EDUCATIONAcquire excellence

local and globaltrain students

on the state-of-the-artlife long learning

during projectseducation of citizens

on technologies

INNOVATIONacess to and capitalise knowledge (design tools)

coinnovate betweenpartners and customers

knowledge transferfrom university to industry

demonstration tocustomersSetup pilot

fabrication services

TIC(director)



Complex EIT Management -Structure



Complex-EIT (also SUCCESS)





SUCCESS



WP1: Transversal analysis of 66 European collaborations (CBS/ESADE)

• Basic information (member organisations)• Operational level (IPR, FP7,legal entity, joint venture)• Motivation and outcomes• Topics related to governance and management• Barriers?• Experience, plans and learning• University‘s side (incl. Education)• Industry‘ side (incl. Education)

Findings from an intensive literature review as benchmarks against which the survey findings are evaluated and analysed



Literature: Antagonisms

Large

Horizontal Diversity

Autonomy Openess

Knowledge sharing

Management of networks

Small Networks

Vertical integrationUnity

ControlProtection

Knowledge Expropriation

Management in networks



Empirical findings

Wind, wave, hydrogen energy, sun cells, bio fuel cell and biogas, CCS, adjusting of motors

1-4 until more than 20 participants 20 collab are initiated less than 3 years ago, some with aim of

project not yet fulfilled 8 of 10 the large collaborations funded by FP (EU prescribes

size?), one third are national, EU funds about 58% of the projects Only one third legal entity and only one third shared physical space Industry wants to gain access to complementary resources 5 without leadership 7 joint ventures, 10 might form spin-off



WP3.1 Objectives (CEA, Polito)

Identification and analysis of the weaknesses of the case studies in terms of

effective governance

Links between edges of the knowledge triangle: between research and innovation

involvement of education in the innovation process

Focus on



Accomplishment

State-of-the-art of three selected topics

Two network cases chosen/topic with development of a thorough

description

SWOT-Analysis

1.Energy efficiencyand CO2 reduction

2. Energy storage and grids

3. Climate and new developments in energy

4. SUCCESS analysis





Selected collaborations

TENERRDIS Industrial and research competivity pole for renewable energies in Rhone-Alpe region

EAWE European Academy of wind energy

CLUSTER Consortium linking universities of science and technology for education and research

ETSAP IEA Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program assisting decision-makers in the assessment of new energy technologies and policies

ENES European Consortium with 45 institutions to foster the development of Earth system models for climate studies

BIGCO2 A research council of Norway project for developing sustainable power generation technologies based on CCS



SWOT-Analysis (e.g. Cluster)

Analysis of strength and weaknessesout of the project description

Analysis of opportunities and threats out of the State-of-the-art

1. How can the network exploit each opportunity using its strengths?

2. How can the network exploit new opportunity by stopping its weaknesses?(e.g. One of the best strategies to realize partnerships with major European enterprises is to include in the network an industrial board)

3. How can the network defend against each threat using its strengths?

4. How can the network defend against each threat by stopping ist weaknesses?



WP3.2-3.3 Experiments (CEA,TU/e, CBS, TUM)

Improve weaknesses of the selected projects

Test the governance structure developed in

WP2-the MODEL (ESADE)

Involve the ten issues of the EC

Combine (Cluster: education

program together

with industry)





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Technische Universität München Future Energy Research in the EU under EIT conditions-pilot projects F. Pühringer-Oppermann, P. Bele, R. Bussar and U. Stimming