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Carbon Matters: Creating Tomorrow's Low Carbon Technologies

Access to funding and support

Ian Holmes Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network

Kenny Legg Enterprise Europe Network South West

Nigel Warren Bishop Fleming

Workshop Agenda

Intro to seminar Brief Introduction

Kenny Legg Enterprise Europe Network

Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network (ESKTN) Services offered for innovative SMEs

Ian Holmes Environmental Sustainability KTN

Enterprise Europe Network Connect, Innovate and grow in Europe


Partner Search Exercise

Sustainable Manufacturing for the Process Industry Opportunities for R&D Funding


European R&D Funding Via Framework Programme Seven and Eurostars schemes


Eco Innovation Funding European support for product commercialisation


R&D Tax Credits Obtaining a extremely valuable yet underused tax relief

Nigel Warren Bishop Fleming

Questions and Answers All

Promoting a sustainable future through innovation and knowledge transfer...

Support for Knowledge Transfer

Ian Holmes


What are Knowledge Transfer Networks?

• Established by the Technology Strategy Board to;

• Stimulate innovation in the UK’s key technology sectors

• Link different organisations - each playing a part in

delivering the objectives

• Provide a means of efficiently using the support

mechanisms already available


Innovation support

“Accelerating the transition to a low carbon, resource and energy efficient

economy by connecting businesses, universities, research organisations

and Government agencies” by:

• Identifying industry challenges

• Brokering new collaborations

• Facilitating access to funding

• Showcasing innovations

• Informing policy

• Connecting members


• ‘At the root most creativity is collaborative; it is not usually the product of a lone

individual’s flash of insight’

Charles Leadbetter

Why are we here?


Key Priority Areas

Four Thematic Areas:

• Sustainable Water

• Sustainable Energy

• Sustainable Land

• Resource Efficiency

15 Priority Areas


ESKTN Stakeholders

• UK and International Companies

• Professional Bodies and Trade Associations

• Universities and Research Institutes

• Investment Firms and Networks

• UK and EU Funding Agencies, Research Councils, TSB

• Regulators

• Other KTNs

• (inter)National Innovation Platforms

Promoting a sustainable future through innovation and knowledge transfer... 9

Interactive Web Portal


www.innovateuk.org/sustainabilityktn


Story so far

• Portfolio of ESKTN projects is £85.0M+ with £50.0M+ from

industry and VC

• 200+ active collaborators

– (100+ companies will directly benefit from new technologies)

• 4800+ new members and growing daily

– Database of 5000+ organisations

• Access to international working groups, advisory panels

and networks


CASE STUDY: NOVACEM

Novacem produces ‘Green Cement’ • A spin-out company from Imperial College,

• Developed a new, carbon-negative cement based on magnesium oxide and magnesium carbonates.

• Progressing the road of towards commercialisation with successful fund raising, globally important partners, and recognition by a leading voice of science

• With opportunities to transform the construction industry, this new cement could, quite literally, change the world!


HAPLA

• Swedish Collaborative R&D project on end of life LCD units

• Member of Advisory board including Swedish Env. Agnecy, Chalmers

CIT, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Swerea IVF

• Has been a catalyst for a number of other collaborative projects with

UK partners for FP7 and Eco-Innovation bids

• E.g. RemANCE and CLEYM

• Meetings with WRAP, Axion Plastics and York Uni.


• Collaboration building /Partner searching

• Proposal advice and feed back

• Promotion and dissemination

• Joint events

• Facilitation

• Provision of speakers for workshops and events

• Letters of support

How can we Help?


Environmental Sustainability KTN

Making a difference...

Ian Holmes

Knowledge Transfer Manager

Environmental Sustainability KTN

email: [email protected]

Web: www.innovateuk.org/sustainabilityktn

@ESKTN

http://www.facebook.com/ESKTN

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.innovateuk.org/sustainabilityktn

http://twitter.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ESKTN

Carbon Matters: Access to funding and support. Introduction to Enterprise Europe Network Kenny Legg

European Commission Enterprise and Industry

© Enterprise Europe Network South West 2011

Enterprise Europe Network

Provides a “one-stop shop” to meet all the European information needs of SMEs in Europe.

Example: Biodigester CE Marking and Legislation

• Enquiry via SW MEP

• Company required support for CE Marking & Local legislation

• Referral to partner organisation for financial support

• Details of local legislation via local offices



Help companies access European R&D funding

Example: FP7 Environmental Funding – Cornish company

• Attend sector specific events

• Discussion of requirements

• Call documentation provision

• Support to develop a proposal

• Support to find partners

• Support in liaison with the EC

• Assistance with bid documentation



Facilitate European Technology transfer

Example: Microalgal growth system

• Discuss partner requirements (e.g. licencing)

• Review current European opportunities

• Produce short profile

• Circulate to 500 offices and direct to similar requirements

• Manage responses

• Assistance with discussions


Partner Search Speed Dating!

• Ten minutes

• Review business opportunities

• Live search on EEN databases

• Discuss requirements

Driving Innovation

Sustainable Manufacturing for the

Process Industry

February 2012 competition for funding

Technology Briefing: Malcolm Hannaby

Lead Technologist, High Value Manufacturing

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Driving Innovation

Technology Briefing

What are we looking for in this competition ?

Development & commercialisation of innovative approaches

to sustainable manufacturing in the process industry

Allowing process industries to manufacture both new and

existing products in an ecologically sound manner,

potentially with savings in cost or other commercial benefits

if this is what your proposed project is about, be sure to tell

us - clearly - in your Application !

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Driving Innovation

In this presentation:

Summary and background

In scope & out of scope technologies

Funding allocation & key dates

Additional information

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Driving Innovation

Summary

Investment of up to £5 million for UK business

Collaborative Research & Development £4.6m

Feasibility Projects £0.4m

Stimulate innovation in sustainable manufacturing

technologies for the process industry

Scope is on “production processes”

Some areas specifically excluded from scope

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Driving Innovation

Summary (cont’d)

Collaborative Research & Development £4.6m

Two stage competition - 1st stage opened 27/02/12

April deadlines noon 18th (registration), 25th (EOI)

2nd stage opens for invited applicants May 21st

July deadline noon 4th (submission)

Projects

Business led & collaborative with an end user

Up to 50% funding with maximum total size £1m

Duration 1 – 3 years and to start September 2012

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Driving Innovation

Summary (cont’d)

Feasibility Studies

One stage competition - Opens February 27th 2012

April deadlines noon 18th (registration), 25th (Submission)

Projects

Business led & may or may not be collaborative

Duration 6-9 months

Up to 75% public funding

Maximum total size approximately £100k

Expected to start July 2012

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Driving Innovation

Working with Industry

Working with Academia

Working with Government

Working together

Understanding challenges and opportunities

Prioritising investment in key areas

HVM Strategy update published,

23rd February. www.innovateuk.org

High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Strategy

Driving Innovation

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Energy generation, storage, management

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Design & manufacture for sustainability

and through life

Design and Manufacture for lightweight

vehicles, structure & devices

"Hot spot" high potential opportunity

"Gap" from technology capability

Securing UK

manufacturing against

scarcity of energy & other

resources

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HVM Competence Framework

5 key themes

identified

Increasing the

global

competitiveness

of UK

Manufacturing

technology

Creating innovative

products through

integration of new

materials, coatings

and electronics

Exploiting new

technologies to

design and develop

products, processes

and services faster

Securing UK

manufacturing

against scarcity

of energy and

other resources

Building new

business models to

realise superior value

Competence spans

industry sectors

Driving Innovation

Scope - 1

Support business-orientated innovation in

production processes

One of the four pillars of HVM strategy;

most important for sustainable manufacturing in the UK

Focus on production technologies that, can create;

high value through novel processes,

advanced product manufacture,

resource efficient production techniques and

facilitate greater environmental sustainability

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Driving Innovation

Scope - 2

New innovations and approaches leading to step-change

improvements in UK manufacturing sustainability. Including:

Changing batch to continuous process creating greater sustainability

less waste, ‘greener’ chemistry and lower carbon footprint

Use of novel catalysts

to improve conversions, remove scarce or toxic materials, enable novel

reaction steps; improving process economics

Innovative heat management e.g.

process integration or co-production or use of novel sources of energy

such as microwaves

Solvent free reactions or use of novel solvents e.g. super critical CO2

Process measurement and analysis supporting process innovation

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Driving Innovation

Scope -3 What do we mean by “process industries ?

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Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology

Agrochemicals

Bulk & fine chemicals & chemical

products

Oil & fuel

Coatings & lubricants

Home & Personal care products

Food & drink

Water

Mining

Construction materials .....

The above list is not exhaustive, but represents some sample sectors

Process industries where intermediate products are (at least for part of the

process) liquids and are formulated into finished products.

Driving Innovation

Scope - 4

Must be collaborative;

can involve science-to-business or business-to-business interactions.

Show positive contribution in the triple bottom line

economic, environmental and social impacts through full product life cycle

Where appropriate projects should calculate the reduction in carbon

footprint using the CCaLC Tool available at www.ccalc.org.uk

Projects based on existing plant that include upgrades or innovation in

process steps are allowed!

Projects across multiple process industries, e.g. across the food,

chemicals and pharmaceutical sectors are encouraged

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Driving Innovation

Out of scope

To ensure the required focus and avoid

overlap with other competitions, this HVM

strategy and technology area, including its’

associated production processes, is out of

scope for this competition:

The development of industrial

biotechnology routes to existing or new

biologically derived feed-stocks

The use of ‘biological catalysts’ or

enzymes

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Driving Innovation

Funding Allocation CR&D - 1

The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has allocated up to £3.6m

To fund businesses, universities, HVM Catapult centres and other research

technology organisations

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) up to

£1m additional funding

for work-packages with a significant high quality academic component , in

particular for projects that add value to its existing portfolio;

Applicants invited to apply for stage 2 must to identify any potential such

work-packages at that stage

Where EPSRC funds the academic work packages, the TSB’s £3.6m

can be wider spread so that additional projects may win funding

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Driving Innovation


Projects must involve at least two partners and be business led

University participation is encouraged where needed in the project

TSB will invest between £250k and £500k in each project, although

projects outside this range will be considered

Fund applied research projects attracting up to 50% public funding

No partner may contribute more than 70% of the overall project cost or

less than 10% of this overall cost

Projects must last no longer than three years and should deliver a

tangible outcome such as a novel process or process demonstrator

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Driving Innovation

CONSORTIUM PROJECT

COSTS (£)

% PROJECT

COSTS

GRANT

REQUESTED

% of GRANT

REQUESTED

Company 1 800,000 80% 300,000 60%

Company 2 100,000 10% 100,000 20%

University 100,000 10% 100,000 20%

TOTALS 1,000,000 100% 500,000 100%

CONSORTIUM PROJECT

COSTS (£)

% PROJECT

COSTS

GRANT

REQUESTED

% of GRANT

REQUESTED

Company 1 500,000 50% 200,000 40%

Company 2 300,000 30% 100,000 20%

University 200,000 20% 200,000 40%

TOTALS 1,000,000 100% 500,000 100%

One partner carries

>70% of project cost (exceeds TSB/State Aid cost

limit of 70% in one partner)

Complies with State

Aid and TSB limits

Case 1:

One partner

dominates cost

Case 2:

Business shares

majority of costs

and grant


Important Competition Conditions to limit academic share

of grant and to limit cost burden in any one company.

Driving Innovation

Key Dates CR&D

Competition opens 27th February 2012

Main briefing day 8th March 2012

Registration deadline 18th April 2012 noon

Expressions of interest deadline 25th April 2012 noon

Stage 2 opens (for invited applications) 21st May 2012

Deadline for receipt of full applications 4th July 2012 noon

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Driving Innovation

Funding Allocation Feasibility

Allocated up to £0.4m to fund businesses to conduct small-scale

technical feasibility studies

Projects must be business led don’t have to be collaborative. University

participation is encouraged where needed in the project

Will invest up to £75k in each project

Fund applied research projects attracting up to 75% public funding

If project is collaborative no partner may contribute more than 70% of the

project cost or less than 10% of this cost

Projects must last six to nine months

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Driving Innovation

Key Dates Feasibility

Competition opens 27th February 2012

Main briefing day 8th March 2012

Registration deadline 18th April 2012 noon

Expressions of interest deadline 25th April 2012 noon

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Driving Innovation

Additional Information

Further information

For more information about this and other competitions and details

of how to register and apply, visit www.innovateuk.org under

Competitions

Competition helpline

If you have any queries about the competition, including application

forms, guidance documents and events, please contact the

competition helpline on: 0300 321 4357

Email: [email protected]

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http://www.innovateuk.org/


Carbon Matters: Access to funding and support.

European R&D Funding Via Framework Programme Seven and Eurostars schemes

Kenny Legg

European Commission Enterprise and Industry


What is Framework Programme Seven?

• The European Commission’s main funding programme for collaborative research in Europe.

• 7 year programme running from 2007 - 2013

• A total budget allocation of over €50 billion.

• 4 main programme areas: • Capacities • People • Ideas • Co-operation


What is the Co-operation theme?

• Budget of € 32B for transnational research by consortia of industry and academia.

• Ten Key Thematic Areas • Health • Food, Agriculture and fisheries and biotechnology • Information and Communication Technologies • Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, materials and new production

technologies (NMP)

• Energy • Environment • Transport (including aeronautics) • Socio-economic sciences and humanities • Space • Security


What are the benefits of participation?

• Engage in cutting edge research • Implement your R&D strategy • Access to new ideas, perspectives and approaches • Partnership with market leading companies • Generate new Intellectual Property • Access to new markets & supply chain development • Long lasting business relationships • Contact with promising young researchers and potential

new employees • Training opportunities • Generation of new industry standards


Who can participate in FP7?

• Small or medium sized enterprises (SME’s) • Large companies • Research groups at universities or research institutes • Public or governmental administration (local, regional

or national) • Postgraduate researches/Experienced researchers • International Organisations • Civil society organisations • Charities


What are the application criteria?

• Co-finance basis. 75% support – more for an SME

• Projects are collaborative. You need to work with partners from at least 3 EU27 and associated countries

• Project has to align with the contents of the annual work programme and subsequent calls

• Projects can be >£20m and >20 partners


What’s a Work Programme?

• Each sector has an annual WP which details call contents

• Only projects that meet the aims of the relevant WP

• Don’t try to create a project to fit the WP

• Adhere to Guidelines for applicants


Any chance of a peak at the Energy Work Programme?

• Hybrid CPV and CSP systems • Biofuels for use in aviation.

• Offshore wind energy sector

• Demonstration of photovoltaic power into the grid

• Scale-up high-efficiency carbon capture processes

• Smart cities

• Design and operation tools for ocean energy converter arrays

• Exploration and assessment of geothermal reservoirs


How long does it all take?

1

2

3

4

5

6 7

8

9

10

11

12

Months Call Opens

First Payment

Evaluation

Preparation of Grant

Agreement etc

Negotiation

Call Closes

HINT


What is Eurostars?

• First European R&D funding stream focused solely on SMEs.

• Any technology area

• Bottom up approach

• Minimum 1 European partner from 1 Eurostars country

• Administered by national funding bodies - in UK by TSB

• Deadlines

1st March 2012/September 2012


What are the eligibility criteria?

• Lead partner must be an R&D performing SME

• No partner or country contributing more than 75% of costs

• At least 50% of the project’s core activity should be carried out by SMEs

• Separate legal entities & trading for more than 12 months

• Additional criteria for micro companies


What should a project look like?

• Any technology area

• Maximum project duration of 3 years

• Ready for launch onto market within 2 years of project completion

• Universities and large companies can participate

• Consortia containing expertise to carry out work

• Average project size 1.2m Euro


How can Enterprise Europe Network help me?

• Promotional events/activities

• Discussion of requirements

• Help you find partners

• Work with you to ensure your application is as robust as possible

• Legislation/Market

• Scientific Officer

• Review prior to submission


How can I contact Enterprise Europe Network?

• [email protected]

• 07980 795239

• www.enterpriseeuropesw.org.uk


http://www.enterpriseeuropesw.org.uk/

Driving Innovation

CIP Eco-innovation Programme

Driving Innovation

• The only EU programme which helps innovative green ideas to market

• Suitable for post-research, post-prototype, ready for market products, technologies and processes which need incentives to enter European markets

• SMEs are the main target group, application process simplified to encourage business participation

• Budget ~ €45 million per year

• Funding rate of 50% of total eligible costs (staff time, equipment, travel, dissemination), typical project is €1.5m, up to 3 years

Call Opens : 8th May 2012, closes 6th September

CIP ECO-INNOVATION PROGRAMME: Key facts

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Driving Innovation

The programme promotes solutions which result in prevention or

reduction of environmental impacts and contribute to resource efficiency:

• Materials recycling (sorting and treatment methods, new products)

• Food and drink (cleaner production, packaging, logistics)

• Water (water-less processes, water efficiency solutions)

• Construction materials (less raw materials, new technologies)

• Greening business (supply chain solutions, bio-based products,

industrial symbiosis, materials substitution)

CIP ECO-INNOVATION PROGRAMME: Main priorities

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Driving Innovation

How does it work?

Risk sharing for green ideas (50%)

Market orientation

Bridging the gap between RTD and

commercialisation

Direct funding (no intermediaries)

A kind of public business angels

Good for business, good for the environment

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Driving Innovation

Key design elements:

Life Cycle thinking

Flexible - no partnerships required but

EU added value important

Leverage factor and replication crucial

Approximate project size: €1.4 m total

costs

Good for business, good for the environment

How does it work? - Key design elements

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Driving Innovation

Materials recycling

• Improve quality of recycled material,

better waste sorting and treatment methods

• Innovative products using recycled material

or facilitating material recycling

• Business innovations to strengthen the

competitiveness of recycling industries, such as

new market structures for recycling products,

processes and services

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Driving Innovation

Sustainable building products

• Construction products and related processes

(construction, maintenance, repair, retrofitting or

demolition) that reduce consumption of resources,

embodied carbon and wastes.

• More environmentally friendly construction

materials and innovative manufacturing processes.

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Driving Innovation

Food and Drink Sector

• Cleaner and innovative products, including

packaging methods and materials, reduction of

waste and greenhouse gas emissions, or/and

increasing recycling and recovery

• New or improved production processes with high

water efficiency and improved water quality

• Innovative cleaner products, processes and

services reducing the environmental impact of

consumption of food and drinks

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Driving Innovation

Water

• Water efficient processes, products and technologies (reduce water

consumption by at least 30%)

• Water-free processes

• Water and wastewater treatment: solutions that offer greater

efficiency and reduced environmental impact

• Smart distribution systems; the saving of water,

chemicals, energy and materials: innovative

systems for measuring and adjusting chemical

dosing, flow and pumping rates; leakage detection

and repair, novel pipe materials etc.

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Driving Innovation

Greening businesses and smart purchasing

• Green products and services

• Substitution of materials by others leading

to a reduced environmental impact

• Clean production processes

• Re-manufacturing mechanisms and

innovative repairing services

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Driving Innovation

CIP ECO-INNOVATION PROGRAMME: Contact details

Ewa Bloch

UK National Contact Point for CIP Eco-innovation

Tel. 0777 137 2409

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @eco_uk

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Tax Breaks For Research &

Development

Nigel Warren

Tax partner

Content

R&D tax credits for SMEs

Capital allowances for R&D assets and ‘green’ assets

Future developments

R&D tax credits -tax benefits?

A ‘super tax’ deduction of 100% - 200% tax deduction for

qualifying expenditure (225% in 2012)

Tax repayment for loss making companies (e.g. start ups) –

potential cash payment of up to 12.5% of trading loss

Qualifying expenditure includes:

Costs of staff directly and actively engaged in R&D project

Consumables or transformable materials

Computer software

Externally provided workers

Payments to sub contractors

Clinical trials

Subsidies/Grants may prevent/reduce claim

R&D tax credits - what qualifies as

R&D? A scientific or technological advancement

An intangible or tangible advance in overall capability in a

field of science or technology

Includes adaptation of existing knowledge or capability in

another field

An appreciable improvement to an existing process,

material, device, product or service through scientific or

technological changes

The resolution of a scientific or technological uncertainty

where the solution or method or arriving at the solution is

not readily apparent to an appropriately skilled and

experienced technology professional

R&D tax credits - making a claim:

Identify the R&D project

Document the R&D activity

Collect data to support the claim

Prepare the claim

Submit to HMRC

Don’t forget capital allowances!

100% capital allowances for capital assets used in

qualifying R&D activities – includes plant and buildings

100% enhanced capital allowances for environmentally

friendly plant – see Eca.gov.uk

For manufacturers get your

product listed

- Energy saving P&M

- Water conservation P&M

Future Developments

Patent box election

Expected April 2013

All profits from

qualifying patents taxed

at 10%, whether

royalties or embedded

in price of product

Applies to UK patents,

EU patents and ‘data

exclusivity’ rights

Practical issues

SMEs – claims <£1m

Tax Breaks For Research &

Development

Nigel Warren

Tax partner [email protected]

Tel: 01803 291100

This presentation contains information in summary form only and is intended for general guidance

only. Bishop Fleming cannot accept any responsibility for loss arising to any person acting or

choosing not to act as a result of any material in this presentation. On specific matters, further

professional advice should be obtained from an appropriate advisor.

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