Competence Centre for Sustainable Energy

1. Competence Centre for Sustainable Energy Pre-Steering Group Meeting Thursday 9th February 2012

2. Contents

3. Welcome & Introduction’s

4. Competence Centre – Re-cap • Expression of Needs to INI • £10M Centre for industry driven research • Aligns renewable energy expertise at QUB / UU / AFBI with the research needs of participating companies • Potential £5M funding over 5 years from Invest NI (subject to Business Plan approval) • Additional leveragedfunding

5. StructureA ‘Sister’ Organisation to QUESTOR INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARD QUESTOR STEERING GROUP CCSE STEERING GROUP DIRECTOR Dr Wilson McGarel RESEARCH COMMITTEE APPLIED TECHNOLOGY UNIT QUESTOR MANAGER Centre MANAGER Environmental Monitoring Water & WW Treatment Waste & Remediation Energy from Biomass Turbines Integration & Storage Energy Efficiency

6. Turbine Development, Manufacture & Decomissioning • Wind, wave and tidal turbines • Improved design and manufacture: whole life cycle, carbon footprint; use of composites - new materials, fibres, hybrids • Resource and site characterisation: modelling& measurement • Technology breakthroughs: blade technology/manufacture; materials; gear boxes; generator technology Source: Marine Current Turbines

7. Integration & Storage • Smart-grid challenges: Voltage control; Real and Reactive power control • Generation: Device characteristics of emerging distributed generation (DG) technologies • Storage technologies: “The maximum demand in the province is around 1,800MW, but on a summer night, it is around only 600MW. If it is a windy summer night and there is 1,500/1,600 MW of wind, it cannot be used because there is nowhere for the power generated from it to go. (DETI Barriers report, quoting NIE)

8. Energy Efficiency Energy Generation & Consumption Transport Buildings Power Generation Manufacturing

9. Energy from Biomass • Solid biomass to energy via thermal routes: holistic approach from production to end-use ensuring consistent, high quality fuel; technology optimised for biomass resource. • Anaerobic Digestion: evaluation of wastes, manures and energy crops including grass silage – a potential 200-300MWe; technology optimisation and efficiency improvement. • Biogas upgrading & energy conversion:developments in upgrading and processing of biogas and the onward use of the biomethane in fuel cells or conversion to liquid biofuels.

10. Our Goals • Industry led research • Collaborative • Commercialisation • Yr 1 – Business Plan, 3 research projects & 12 companies “The Centre will have a strategic role in helping to position Northern Ireland as an International Renewable Zone”

11. Work done to date – Establishing links • Branding / logo • Draft Business Plan • Initiated Marketing Strategy & collateral • Press • Business development meetings – database • Research • Monthly monitoring – INI Colleges • SWC • BMC • Project work • EnTERNI • Regions of Knowledge • ATBEST • Collaborative Network • Innovation Vouchers

12. EnTERNI • Tidal Turbine Test Centre • Turbine Arrays • Up to 10MW • Crown Estates lease application process underway • FP7 Application? • Partnership approach

13. Regions of Knowledge: BiogasINCREaSE Participating regions in (red) and ‘observing’ (yellow) “Biogas Interregional Network of Clusters for Innovation and RESource Efficiency” (BiogasINCREaSE) Mature Clusters • Northern Ireland • Ruhr (Germany) • Östergötland (SE) - Linköping “Biogas City” Mentored Regions • Észak-Alföld (Hungary) • Dublin & NE

14. Northern Ireland Cluster

15. Funds development of capacity: • Analysis – of regional innovation policy • Understanding of research need in region, and the research offer from research providers • Detailed ‘catalogue’ of each • Development of Action Plans • Including proposals to draw down structural funds and apply for national and EU funding • Mentoring and sharing between regions to aid in development • Leading to strong regional innovation and growth in chosen area Total Project Cost: € 2,931,832 (100% funded) Funding to NI ~€640,000

16. Marie Curie ITN Application ATBEST: Advanced Technologies for Biogas Efficiency, Sustainability and TransportBuilding upon the success of current ATWARM project Budget in range of 3.8M Euro QUESTOR Member companies as Associated Partners (contributing industrial training and secondment opportunities) 8 Full Partners and 11 Associated companies UK, Rep. Ireland, Germany, Sweden Submitted 12th January (results of evaluation in May)

17. Marie Curie ITN - Objectives Objectives Deliver industry-relevant training applicable along the biogas supply chain to 14 researchers Conduct research to deliver innovative technologies within the biogas industry in Europe Optimise energy delivery along the biogas supply chain - contributing to Energy 2020 targets Establish long-term collaborations between the participating partners Outputs 14 researchers (12 PhDs and 2 Post Doctoral Researchers) Of which 4 PhDs at QUB 3 Summer Schools Secondments for all researchers International conference

18. Marie-Curie ITN - Consortium

19. Workshop 1 Steering Committee Framework

20. COFFEE BREAK

21. NISEC CCSE Sustainable Energy Centre Naming the Centre

22. Membership Fees

23. Models • Original Proposal • As QUESTOR • Other Centre’s • NIACE: Tier 1 £10,000, Tier 2: £3,500 (space) • Agri-Food: £500, £2,500, £5,000 • Annual Rates? • Benchmark : £5 – 10K Large Companies, £1 – 5K SME’s • Pay As You Go • R&D Tax Credits

24. Recruitment

25. Recruitment Plans • Centre Launch • One to one BD • Personal contacts • Steering Committee Contacts • Supply Chain Opportunities • Sub-Cluster project based opportunities • Marketing & PR campaign

26. Research Proposals

27. Research Project Proposals

28. To Do Year 1 Targets

29. Targets • Steering Committee Appointed – Feb 2012 • Funding Model Agreed – Feb 2012 • 4 paying member companies – May 2012 • 3 R&D Project proposals – June 2012 • Business Plan – June 2012 • 12 paying member companies with Collaborative & IPR agreements in place – November 2012

30. Collaborative Agreement Propose to use: • EU recognised DESCA model • Contain IPR Agreement DESCA* is a comprehensive, modular consortium agreement for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Initiated by key FP7 stakeholder groups, and co-developed with the FP community, it offers a reliable frame of reference which seeks to balance the interests of all of the main participant categories in FP research projects: large and small firms, universities, public research institutes and RTOs.

31. Your Homework: IPR Agreement Guidelines Please review the IPR agreement (used to date at QUESTOR) and revert with comments – by email directly back to s.mccloskey@qub.ac.uk. This will inform the development of the Competence Centre IPR Agreement.

32. Next Steps • Industry Partners – formal invitation to Steering Group (with ‘agreement’) • Academic Partners – nominate representative – same ‘agreement’ used • Steering Group Meeting: early March • Business Plan Workshop (s) – with cluster representatives: early March

33. Contact Details The Competence Centre for Sustainable Energy David Keir BuildingStranmillis RoadBelfast, BT9 5AG Tel: +44(0)28 9097 5577 Fax: +44(0)28 9066 1462 w.mcgarel@qub.ac.uk s.mccloskey@qub.ac.uk http://questor.qub.ac.uk/