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strategy, an international non-profi t public-private partnership (PPP) has been set
up: A Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Effi ciency
(A.SPIRE)
1 with the private sector as a partner. A.SPIRE has set further targets for
2030, below. It was launched as part of the Horizon 2020 framework programme,
which is in turn the biggest EU research and innovation programme ever with nearly
€80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020).
A.SPIRE represents more than 114 industrial and research process industry
stakeholders from over a dozen countries spread throughout Europe. It was established through the joint efforts of 8 industry sectors: chemical, steel, engineering,
minerals, non-ferrous metals, cement, ceramics and water. The mission of A.SPIRE
is to ensure the development of enabling technologies and best practices along all
the stages of large-scale existing value chains that will contribute to a resourceeffi cient process industry. Through purposeful cooperation across all sectors and
regions, A.SPIRE has developed a strategic roadmap that addresses research, development and innovation activities as well as policy matters towards the realisation of
its 2030 targets. The ultimate goal is to promote the deployment of innovative technologies and solutions required to reach long-term sustainability for Europe and its
process industries in terms of global competitiveness, ecology and employment.
The 2030 targets are:
1. A reduction in fossil energy intensity of up to 30 % from current levels through
a combination of, for example, energy-saving processes (including enhanced use
of optimisation techniques, monitoring and modelling via ICT tools), process
intensifi cation, energy recovery, sustainable water management, cogeneration
(i.e. combined heat and power) and progressive introduction of alternative
(renewable) energy sources within the process cycle.
2. A reduction of up to 20 % in non-renewable, primary raw material intensity
compared to current levels by increasing chemical and physical transformation
yields and/or using secondary or renewable raw materials. This may require
more sophisticated and more processed raw materials.
The A.SPIRE PPP objective is to develop the enabling technologies and solutions along the value chain, required to reach long term sustainability for Europe in
terms of global competitiveness, ecology and employment.
The low-carbon industrial manufacturing parks (LOCIMAP) project was funded
by the European Commission under the Framework 7 programme. It was set up to
explore this very conundrum, examining not only technical but also economic and
business (and even political) factors as it sought to contribute to the development of
a roadmap for a closed-loop economy in a major continent with the longest industrial history and a relatively stable population. The project was managed by North
East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) and included participation from four industrial parks: the chemical park at BASF Española SL in Spain, Wilton in the UK
represented by Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Ltd, Kokkola Industrial Park in Finland and
Kalundborg Municipality Denmark.
1 http://www.spire2030.eu
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strategy, an international non-profi t public-private partnership (PPP) has been set
up: A Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Effi ciency
(A.SPIRE)
1 with the private sector as a partner. A.SPIRE has set further targets for
2030, below. It was launched as part of the Horizon 2020 framework programme,
which is in turn the biggest EU research and innovation programme ever with nearly
€80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020).
A.SPIRE represents more than 114 industrial and research process industry
stakeholders from over a dozen countries spread throughout Europe. It was established through the joint efforts of 8 industry sectors: chemical, steel, engineering,
minerals, non-ferrous metals, cement, ceramics and water. The mission of A.SPIRE
is to ensure the development of enabling technologies and best practices along all
the stages of large-scale existing value chains that will contribute to a resourceeffi cient process industry. Through purposeful cooperation across all sectors and
regions, A.SPIRE has developed a strategic roadmap that addresses research, development and innovation activities as well as policy matters towards the realisation of
its 2030 targets. The ultimate goal is to promote the deployment of innovative technologies and solutions required to reach long-term sustainability for Europe and its
process industries in terms of global competitiveness, ecology and employment.
The 2030 targets are:
1. A reduction in fossil energy intensity of up to 30 % from current levels through
a combination of, for example, energy-saving processes (including enhanced use
of optimisation techniques, monitoring and modelling via ICT tools), process
intensifi cation, energy recovery, sustainable water management, cogeneration
(i.e. combined heat and power) and progressive introduction of alternative
(renewable) energy sources within the process cycle.
2. A reduction of up to 20 % in non-renewable, primary raw material intensity
compared to current levels by increasing chemical and physical transformation
yields and/or using secondary or renewable raw materials. This may require
more sophisticated and more processed raw materials.
The A.SPIRE PPP objective is to develop the enabling technologies and solutions along the value chain, required to reach long term sustainability for Europe in
terms of global competitiveness, ecology and employment.
The low-carbon industrial manufacturing parks (LOCIMAP) project was funded
by the European Commission under the Framework 7 programme. It was set up to
explore this very conundrum, examining not only technical but also economic and
business (and even political) factors as it sought to contribute to the development of
a roadmap for a closed-loop economy in a major continent with the longest industrial history and a relatively stable population. The project was managed by North
East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) and included participation from four industrial parks: the chemical park at BASF Española SL in Spain, Wilton in the UK
represented by Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Ltd, Kokkola Industrial Park in Finland and
Kalundborg Municipality Denmark.
1 http://www.spire2030.eu
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