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International Resources and Recycling Institute ‘Making resources stretch to meet our needs’

International Resources and Recycling Institute ‘Making resources stretch to meet our needs’. Rural Innovation and Business Systems Conference Nairn 27 th February 2013 . Rural Innovation Ewan Ramsay International Resources and Recycling Institute . What is IRRI?.

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International Resources and Recycling Institute ‘Making resources stretch to meet our needs’

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  1. International Resources and Recycling Institute‘Making resources stretch to meet our needs’

  2. Rural Innovation and Business Systems Conference Nairn 27th February 2013 Rural Innovation Ewan Ramsay International Resources and Recycling Institute

  3. What is IRRI? • International Resources and Recycling Institute (IRRI) is an environmental charity dedicated to seeking practical and innovative solutions to improve global resource use. • IRRI achieves this through International Partnership Projects, Direct Services and a charitable campaign, ‘The Resource for Life Programme’.

  4. Partnership Projects • IRRI works on international grant-funded projects to explore new solutions to problems concerning energy, water, waste and other resources • Recent Projects

  5. Innovation • What do we mean by Innovation? • What is the purpose of Innovation? • Why are IRRI interested in Innovation?

  6. Hydro Nation • The new legislation aims to cement Scotland's global reputation as home to a dynamic, world class water industry with knowledge and expertise in water management. • Global Ambitions • Delivering World Leading Innovation and Investment • How can Scotland accelerate the development and commercialisation of new water technologies and services? • This sets a challenge for commercial delivery from Scotland

  7. What does this commercial challenge mean? • If you don’t sell your product or service to a target customer, one of your competitors will. • It does not matter if you have a measurably better product or service than your competitor. • You have to be better at selling to your target customer than your competitors. • You have to be better at convincing your target customer that your product or service is better than your competitors’

  8. What does this mean for the Water Sector? • There are high levels of interest in new technologies • Driven by the unrelated challenges of scarcity in one part of the world and • Energy opportunities (renewable) and challenges (high user) in another • Both support a strong political agenda • Historically highly specialised and driven by engineering requirements • Currently changing to a wider market which is less interested in the science, more interested in the outcomes

  9. How can the Water Sector respond? • The levels of competition are increasing • Levels of investment are increasing • New requirements in the market are creating new opportunities • New opportunities are bringing new technologies • In turn, new kinds of investor are becoming interested • This brings a new dynamism • Hydro Nation is both stimulating and is able to harness this dynamism

  10. WARES • Water Assets Renewable Energy Solutions • A project to link the opportunities of running water, a range of land assets, and a climate well suited to generating renewable energy • WARES aims to achieve Renewable Energy Enterprise • By means of PPP’s using the unexploited assets of water companies to support resilient communities

  11. WARES The Problem – • Energy costs for the provision of water • An unconsidered “hidden cost” • An acute problem in the Northern Periphery • Problems of a dispersed, sparse population • The single largest energy user • Pumping and Treatment costs • Traditional energy user

  12. WARES - Benefits • An innovative service in the NPP region • 9 pilot sites in separate regions demonstrating the value of the service • Job creation • Enterprise creation • Energy independence • Reduction in emissions • Scalable Innovation

  13. Funding • A New Green Angel Syndicate • A new concept for Scotland • Investment Capability • Business building knowledge • Water sector knowledge • A winning combination • An opportunity to be ambitious and Innovative

  14. Funding • Access to upwards of £25 million funding • Investment in all stages of business / community development • Wide range of expertise • Practical hands on assistance • Virtual incubation

  15. Contact details Ewan Ramsay International Resources and Recycling Institute ewan.ramsay@irri.org.uk 0131 202 1649

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