Industrial Symbiosis in H2020 and HorizonEU H4C flagship initiative - Dominique Planchon - RTD E3

Industrial Symbiosis in H2020
       and HorizonEU
   H4C flagship initiative

Dominique Planchon – RTD E3
Dominique.Planchon@ec.europa.eu

           14 October 2021
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H2020 – Funded IS projects
• WP 14-15 – NMBP - SPIRE-06-2015 : Energy and resource
  management systems for improved efficiency
   • MAESTRI, SHAREBOX, SYMBIOTIMA, EPOS
• WP14-15 - Climate action, environment, resource efficiency
  and raw materials : Moving towards a circular economy through
  industrial symbiosis
   • BAMB, CABRISS, FISSAC, RESLAG, RESYNTEX
• WP16-17 – Cross-cutting activities : Potential of Industrial
  Symbiosis in Europe
   • SCALER
• WP18-20 – Cross-cutting activities : Tapping into the potential of
  Industrial Symbiosis
   • INITIATE, CORALIS                                             2

CLUSTER 4 – Digital, Industry and Space

● Advancing key enabling, digital and space technologies
● Underpinning the transformation of our economy and
 society
● Supporting the digitisation and transformation of
 European industry
● Contributing to securing global industrial leadership and
 autonomy / sovereignty in terms of technologies an
 resources

Cluster 4 - Vision
    Competitive technologies respecting the boundaries of our planet,
                      and reflecting human needs

    Green and digital                       Climate-neutral, circular and clean industry

    ‘twin’ transitions

                                                                                        Major contribution to
                                   VISION                                               inclusiveness and

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digital transformation

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                                                                                           human centred and
 mastering technologies                                                                    ethical developments
 deploying technologies and
                                                                                           engagement with users,
 technology infrastructures
                                                                                            workers, citizens
 securing autonomy in strategic
  value chains                                                                             social innovation

Safe & Sustainable by Design - The concept
An approach to the design, development and use of substances,
materials and/or products that focuses on providing a function (or
service), while reducing harmful impacts to human health and the
environment

European Partnership Processes4Planet -
Circular and Climate Neutral Industries
Form: Co-programmed partnership

Partners: Industry, represented by the A.SPIRE (cement, ceramics,
chemicals, engineering, minerals and ores, non-ferrous metals, steel
and water sectors, and others)

Lead DG(s): RTD, GROW

Predecessor: SPIRE contractual PPP

Budget: 2.6 billion Euro (Horizon Europe + private investments)

Roadmap: Processes4Planet 2050 Roadmap

Launch:
MoU signature ceremony on 23rd June
Work Programme 2021/22

‘A new flagship initiative – Hubs for Circularity’
          Concept, opportunities & challenges for successful
                           implementation
As Part of Processes for Planet (P4P) Partnership roadmap,
the Hubs for Circularity (H4C) will be a key instruments to
advance the research and innovation agenda of European
industries towards the Green Deal’s objectives.

These first-of-a-kind, lighthouse demonstrator plants of (near)
commercial size are implementing industrial symbiosis and/or
urban industrial symbiosis. The aim is to collectively achieve
and demonstrate at scale, a leap towards circularity and
carbon neutrality in the use of resources (feedstock, energy
and water) in a profitable way.

H4Cs have a strong technological focus and industrial
dimension, but their implementation leverages elements well
beyond research and innovation.

Specific implementation strategies (including funding) will have
to be co -designed, ensuring the participation of all
stakeholders; industry, small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs), research and technology organizations (RTOs), local
authorities, educational institutions and civil society.

Why does it matter ?
Mc Kinsey (2020) – Net-zero projections by sector
    • Sectors need to reduce emissions in parallel
    • They will reach net-zero in sequence
    • Industry is expected to reach the target in 2050
Important to take action now !
    • Scaling-up existing technologies and businesses
    • Accelerating innovation and investments
    • Use AI to find new pathways
Lessons from circular economy are accumulating: gains
making the transition outweigh efforts and risks !
Decouple value creation from resource consumptions: Adopting circular economy principles
                                    • New technologies for new value chains
                                    • Optimise yields from resources
                                    • Make systems more effective
                                    • Remove negative externalisation

Call - TWIN GREEN AND DIGITAL
             TRANSITION 2021
Section : Hubs for circularity, a stepping stone towards
climate neutrality and circularity in industry (P4P
Partnership)
● HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-14: Deploying
  industrial-urban symbiosis solutions for the utilization of energy, water,
  industrial waste and by-products at regional scale (RIA)
        - 3 Projects
● HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16: Hubs for
  Circularity European Community of Practice (ECoP) platform (CSA)
        - 1 CSA

Call - TWIN GREEN AND DIGITAL
       TRANSITION 2022
Section : Hubs for circularity, a stepping stone
towards climate neutrality and circularity in industry
(P4P Partnership)
HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-10: Circular flows
for solid waste in urban environment (IA)
        - 2 projects

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