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David Morrall, International Director
East of England Development Agency
Driving EcoInnovation in the East of England
The East of England in Context
£100bn economy 5.5m people >500,000 businesses~7,000 miles2 /19,000km2
A true ideas region
Europe’s leading innovation region:
>25% UK private R&D
£1 in every £5 of venture capital investment in the UK
Some of world’s leading research institutes and
Europe’s most mature and successful clusters
Innovation is key foundation for economic recovery, competitive advantage and of sustainable solutions to climate change
Clusters of Excellence & Enterprise Hubs
NORFOLK
ESSEX
BEDS Ipswich
King’s Lynn
Bedford
Luton
Stansted
HarlowChelmsford
Basildon
Clacton-on-SeaWatford
Great Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Southend-on-Sea
CAMBS
HERTS
Colchester
ICTFinance and Business ServicesCreative IndustriesLife sciences and HealthcareAdvanced ManufacturingOff-shore Renewable EnergyEnvironment/waterFood
Slide courtesy Matthew Bullock
SUFFOLK
Bury St Edmunds
Stevenage
Cambridge
Norwich
St Albans
Peterborough
Hertford
OrbisEnergy: Off-shore Renewables
InCrops: BioRenewables
Hethel: Advanced Manufacturing& Automotive
BRE: Building Research Establishment
EcoInnovation Centre: Water& Environment
ICT: Innovation Martlesham
ERDF: low carbon growth
East of England European Regional Development Fund(ERDF) Competitiveness Programme 2007-13
Programme theme “Towards Low Carbon Economic Growth”
Responds to climate change threat to region
Builds on strengths in innovation, knowledge and entrepreneurialism
Meaning of low carbon economic growth? Broad definition…
Must have low carbon at the heart of the activity
‘Vertical’ lower carbon technologies
‘Horizontal’ lower carbon practices
Virtual ‘hub’ connects SMEs with knowledge base
stimulate commercialisation of alternative / non-food crops
lever world class research capability in plant science
facilitate supply chain development, market integration and product innovation for plant derived renewable products
stimulate the rural economy through high value enterprises
assist 200 SMEs > 70 new jobs > 50 new businesses
13 partners, includes 4 universities, 4 R&D organisations
£4.06m £1.15m ERDF, £1.05m EEDA, £1.86m partners
project lead, Dr. John French, University of East Anglia
www.incropsproject.co.uk
InCrops enterprise ‘hub’
Low Carbon Healthcare
SBRI : Small Business Research Initiative
Innovations meet NHS low carbon healthcare objectives
SMEs win R&D contracts normally beyond their reach
Research procurement competition
1: Eleven SMEs win up to £100k. 2: Four win £250k - £750k
100 SMEs assisted to improve “healthcare economics”
Managed by Health Enterprise East (HEE)
£2.5m project funded by NHS East of England £1.0mERDF £0.8m Technology Strategy Board £0.5m EEDA £0.2m
Vision: effective EV charging network across region
Capital to coast
~ 7,000 square miles /19,000km2
Used as innovation test bed & catalyse new EV economy
2 year delivery 2011-13
~ 600 charging points
Close to European partners
Opportunity to connect & share
Incentivise switch to ultra low carbon transport
Electric vehicle charging network
Application to UK government ‘Plugged in Places’ Complementary ERDF proposal aims to encourage:
Innovation in new EV business models Innovation in EV technology and network data
Business lead partnership and innovation networks
Electric vehicle charging network
Where?
Norwich: day commute using actual road network with fully charged EV
Bedford: day commute using actual road network with fully charged EV
London Stansted airport: maximum range using actual road network with fully charged EV
Integrated transport nodes (varying colours)
Sharing EcoInnovation
Hardstaff biomethane dual-fuelproduced from waste biomass or purpose grown crops/residues
Example: CIVITAS Smile biofuels Research, development and demonstration
Aims to improve urban air quality, create sustainable, safe & flexible traffic systems
Biodiesel trials in buses, taxis & fleets
5 country ‘territorial cooperation’
Centre for Carbon Reduction ‘CRed’ with City of Norwich and…
Malmö (Sweden) Tallinn (Estonia), Suceava (Romania) and Potenza (Italy)
Knowledge applicable to other cities
www.lcic.com
Low carbon growth – a global objective
World-class solutions from the East of England
Opportunities for investment and collaboration
Innovation and knowledge transfer
New transnational ERDF objective
A ‘plugged in’ region
Space for ideas!
Future of low carbon innovation
Space for EcoInnovation : contact us
www.eeda.org.uk/lowcarboninnovation [email protected]
www.eastofengland.uk.com/business/plugged-in-places [email protected]
www.eeda.org.uk/erdf [email protected]
David Morrall, international director
East of England Development Agency
Driving EcoInnovation in the East of England