EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL
COMPETITIVENESS :
Dr. Klaus H. Sommer
SVP Bayer Technology Services
Chairman of the Board of SusChem ETP
Candidate for Chairman of Board SPIRE Association
SUSTAINABLE PROCESS
INDUSTRY THROUGH
RESOURCE AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY
SPIRE
Cross Sectorial Public Private Partnership – proposal for Horizon 2020
Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency
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More than 450 thousand enterprises.
Employ over 6.8 million employees,
Generating more than 1,600 billion € turnover.
The founding basis of the European Economy (20%).
Struggling with declining global competitiveness.
Addressing:
 Advanced process technology and products
 Alternative (i.e. renewables, waste) feedstock sources
 Recycling along the value chain
Ambitions (from current levels):
Overarching target: up to 40 % efficiency improvement in CO2 equiv. footprints
 Up to 20 % reduction in non renewable, primary raw material intensity
 Up to 30 % fossil energy intensity
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SPIRE ROADMAP COMPONENTS
ENERGY AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
Energy
Feed
Process
(R)Evolution
Cradle-to-cradle
Recycle
End-of-life
Waste
Water
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Markets
Applications
Products
Materials
VISION FOR THE INNOVATION LANDSCAPE
Future
PPP’s
REP
A Bioeconomy
for Europe
Water EIP
SPIRE
Sustainable Process Industry
Industrial
Competitiveness
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