Bringing together energy and water: a useful Nexus
or just another network?
Energy in Water ESCP
Dr Michael Green
Principal Investigator
[email protected]
Dr Chris Foulds
Co-Investigator
[email protected]
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Energy and Water ‘Nexus’
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Complementary and interdependent resources and sectors
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Water is used in all phases of energy production and electricity generation
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Energy is required to extract, convey and treat water and wastewater
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Complex systems and feedback effects – having too much/little water can
be a serious problem, what about if the lights go out?
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Historically, interactions between water and energy have been considered
on a regional or technology basis (e.g. desalination, industrial cooling etc.)
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At a national and international scales they are often regulated and
managed independently – with problems
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Water and energy have variable (but complementary) economic, strategic
and emotive value
WATER
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ENERGY
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The ‘Energy-Water’ Nexus
Rural
Water
Energy
Urban
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AT THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS
IS IT
TRANSFERABLE?
IS IT
DOES
IT
STICK?
APPROPRIATE?
IS IT
RESILIENT?
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AT THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS
AMPHIRO A1
AMPHIRO
(SWITZERLAND)
WATER ENERGY CALCULATOR
ENERGY SAVINGS TRUST
(UK)
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AT THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS
RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK
YOUR BACKYARD
(ANYWHERE)
IS IT
TRANSFERABLE?
FLATFORM RAINWATER TANK
HALSTEDRAIN
(UK)
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AT THE ENERGY-WATER NEXUS
WATER BAG, EU FP7 XXL-REFRESH
INDUSTIAL SEDO SL
(SPAIN)
IS IT
APPROPRIATE?
INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES UNDERPINS INTERNATIONALISATION
ALGAE BIOREACTOR
(WHO KNOWS?)
ALGAE RACEWAYPOND
(US)
IS IT
RESILIENT?
What is an ESCP?
“ECSPs move beyond networking for better competitiveness in global
business. These partnerships work on developing and implementing
joint strategies for entering new areas beyond Europe.” - European
Commission
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Launched in March 2013, following ECCP call for expression of interest
(13 responses, now 9 funded 14 – not funded)
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These partnerships shall
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2.
3.
Contribute to the emergence of new value chains that bring together in
an innovative way companies from different sector;
Better support SMEs in global competition;
Offer at large scale innovative solutions to better address societal
challenges, such as global warming and resource efficiency;
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i.e. a ‘cluster of clusters’ or cluster version 2.0
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Energy in Water comprises 7 clusters in 5 EU countries – 650 SMEs
Other ESCPs?
Name
Industry
Markets
SMEs
Future Materials and products
for smart packaging - AdPack
Advanced packaging
South Korea, Japan, China, (TBC Brazil, Russia, India)
373 (5)
European Circular
Construction Alliance - ECCA
Building & construction
TBC
Energy in Water - EnW
Water Energy Nexus
North and South America
650 (2)
Photonics in Health - Laser-Go
Photonics and laser
technologies
North America, South Africa, the Far
East
325 (6)
Mobility Goes International MobiGoIn
Mobility and ICT
TBC
Moving the Future - MOVE
Transport, Logistics
North Africa, Latin America
300 (7)
New Frontiers for Emerging
Industries in Food - NFF
Agrifood
South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, USA,
Canada, Brazil
650 (2)
SmartCity Tech -SCT
Smart cities and ICT
Asia, US, Latin America
800 (1)
Space International Industrial
Diversification - SPACE2ID
Space
TBC
500 (3)
• COSME Clusters Go International Launch Event – 8/9th March
400 (4)
110 (8)
Project Objectives
1.
To foster partnership building and high-level trans-national cooperation and
coordination between cross-sectoral research-driven clusters and member SMEs as
well as mutual learning between regional actors;
2.
To identify common trans-national thematic priorities at the water-energy Nexus
and conduct a complementarity, compatibility and readiness check of participating
entities to produce an integrated view of the Nexus and a Europe-wide hub for
innovation;
3.
To identify market trends, competing clusters and relative positioning of
partnership clusters and regions and elements that could improve the coordination
and cooperation of the partnership regions and SMEs;
4.
To develop and implement a solutions need analysis and common strategies and
solutions at the European level to increase visibility of SME in the international
market and to boost economic competitiveness;
5.
To launch initiatives to support the creation of international networks with the
objective of improving coordination and cooperation in the project domain,
identifying new opportunities for RDI projects and partnerships, as well as services
that could support the delivery of these new innovation initiatives;
6.
To disseminate knowledge and information about the ESCP and the project,
promoting its own brand in water-energy Nexus products and services.
Project Objectives
1.
To foster partnership building and high-level trans-national cooperation and
coordination between cross-sectoral research-driven clusters and member SMEs as
well as mutual learning between regional actors;
2.
To identify common trans-national thematic priorities at the water-energy Nexus
and conduct a complementarity, compatibility and readiness check of participating
entities to produce an integrated view of the Nexus and a Europe-wide hub for
innovation;
3.
To identify market trends, competing clusters and relative positioning of
partnership clusters and regions and elements that could improve the coordination
and cooperation of the partnership regions and SMEs;
4.
To develop and implement a solutions need analysis and common strategies and
solutions at the European level to increase visibility of SME in the international
market and to boost economic competitiveness;
5.
To launch initiatives to support the creation of international networks with the
objective of improving coordination and cooperation in the project domain,
identifying new opportunities for RDI projects and partnerships, as well as services
that could support the delivery of these new innovation initiatives;
6.
To disseminate knowledge and information about the ESCP and the project,
promoting its own brand in water-energy Nexus products and services.
Mapping the energy-water Nexus
• To identify and map the cross-sector and trans-national thematic priorities
at the water-energy Nexus
• To analyse the clusters and SMEs involved and their regions’ characteristics
and capabilities;
• To identify the innovative technology supply and demand in the regions at
the water-energy Nexus;
• To create an integrated view of the current state of the water-energy Nexus
of the partnership clusters and their regions.
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Represents as many of the energywater connections as possible
…of which there are lots!
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Represents as many of the energywater connections as possible
• Example diagram centred around energy supply only.
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Represents as many of the energywater connections as possible
Thus, misses a lot of the nexus!
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Captures smaller-scale and largerscale energy-water connections
• Larger-scale relationships like this are important, so that SMEs can see their
place in the system.
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Captures smaller-scale and largerscale energy-water connections
• But smaller-scale relationships are vital, so that SMEs can position their
specific services and products (relevant across the lifecycle).
Domestic waterenergy calculators
Showering timers
Smart controls
Energy/water metering
technologies
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Task 2.1 – Suggestion: Focus on sites
of supply or demand / markets
Power
stations
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e.g. energy-inspired example…
SUPPLY
Biofuels
Petrol /
Diesel
DEMAND
Transportation
Buildings
Domestic
Non-elec
energy
Services
Industry
Comm
-ercial
Industry ‘x’
Power
stations
Industry ‘y’
Industry ‘z’
District
energy
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How will SME details be organised?
• Around those sites of supply / demand = markets
e.g. Domestic buildings; service buildings;
commercial buildings; different types of industry;
transportation; different forms of energy/water
supply.
• ‘Zoom in’ to particular sites to see innovation
activities (SME activity).
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What will happen when you click on
each site of supply / demand?
Slider
Energy
Energy-Water
Water
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Activity: Identification of Energy-Water Nexus
drivers of change and innovation
• Group 1 Energy
• Group 2 Water
• Step 1: Identify 10 drivers of change and innovation which you think
are directly relevant to the Energy in Water ESCP (15 minutes)
• Step 2: Identify 5 drivers of change and innovation which you think
are directly relevant to the Energy in Water ESCP and rank these from most
relevant to least relevant (15 minutes)
• Step 3: Identify where (in space and time) these drivers of change and
innovation will emerge (e.g. home, car, power station, in 1 year, 5 years etc.)