BioEnergy Sustaining The Future(BESTF)

SET Plan Conference8th May 2013

Dr Megan Cooper, BESTF co-ordinator

Joint European Actions In Support of the SET-PLAN

What?

Why?

Mechanism

Objectives

Scope

Call procedure

Call status

What next?

Agenda

What is BESTF? (1)

A trans-national programme to support

Bioenergy demonstrator projects that are close to

commercialisation

Denmark

Navarra

Germany

Portugal

UK Sweden

Finland

Switzerland

What is BESTF? (2)

SET Plan

European Industry Bioenergy Initiative

Plan to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies

Industrial initiative launched under the SET Plan which aims to:•enable commercial availability of advanced bioenergy at large scale by 2020 •strengthen EU technology leadership

ERA-NET Plus - Bioenergy Demonstrations of theEIBI

Output from EIBI implementation plan addressing:•joint strategic planning and programming for Bioenergy projects•accelerated development / deployment of innovative Bioenergy technologies

Why BESTF? (1)

20% of energy needs from renewable sources by

2020

EU targets

Achieving GHGemission savings of

60 % for bio-fuels and bio-liquids

20% GHG reduction

1990/2020

Low carbon energy that is sustainable, secure and competitive

10% of energy for transport

from renewable sources by

2020

Why BESTF? (2)

Bioenergy

Can contribute towards

greenhouse gas savings

Non-intermittent

energy supply

Used for heating & cooling,

electricity production or

transport

Diverse sources contribute to a

diversified energy mix that improves energy

security

Boost to various economic sectors eg agriculture, forestry, waste management, transportation and

storage

Mechanism for BESTF

Enable the EC to support the organisation of joint calls between national research programmes by “topping-up” joint trans-national funding with Community funding

Aid the creation and establishment of technologies to adapt the current energy system into a more sustainable one, less dependent on imported fuel.

FP7 ERA-NET Plus scheme

BESTF Objectives

Launch a transnational call for bioenergy demonstrator proposals

Provide finance and managerial support to collaborative bioenergy demonstrator projects

BESTF – Call scope (1)

Thermo-chemical value chains

Bio-chemical value chains

Pictures from EBTP website: http://www.biofuelstp.eu/eibi.html

BESTF – Call Scope (2)

Projects funded by BESTF initiative will:

Align with one or more of the EIBI 7 value chains

Be at an appropriate stage of development, enabling commercial

deployment after 3-4 years

Be industry-led and involve partners from at least 2 participating

member states

Call procedure Single call for applications

2 stage evaluation

National eligibility

Transnational evaluation

Proposals assessed using criteria based on EIBI guidance

High quality proposals will be supported with funding from:

national budget

EC contribution

industry matched funding

Call Status (1)

Pre-AnnouncementPre-Announcement

Stage 1 deadlineStage 1 deadline

Projects startProjects start

Stage 2 deadlineStage 2 deadline

January 2014January 2014

16th August 201316th August 2013

27th March 201327th March 2013

7th January 20137th January 2013

November 2012November 2012

Call launchCall launch

National eligibility checksNational eligibility checks

11 Proposals received covering various

technologies:

Gasification, pyrolysis, fermentation, anaerobic

digestion, torrefaction, continuous fractionation

All value chains represented

Countries represented:

UK, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark,

Switzerland

Total grant applied for: €59,296,533

Call Status (2)

What next?

Proposals will be assessed for national eligibility

Eligible proposals will be invited to Stage 2

Proposals will be updated according to Stage 1 feedback

International expert panel assessment

Proposals ranked in order of technical excellence

Proposals will be funded based on:

Technical ranking

National budget (including EU top-up)

More information

BioEnergy Sustaining The Future

www.eranetbestf.net

Megan Cooper (DECC) +44 300 0686298; megan.cooper@decc.gov.uk

Ewa Bloch (TSB) +44 (0) 777 137 2409; ewa.bloch@tsb.gov.uk