ENEA experiences on industrial symbiosis in Italy Dr Grazia Barberio Senior researcher ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development Berlin, March 13, 2015
Pills of Industrial Symbiosis Open system Natural resources Closed loop Natural resources Products Products Waste and disposal Products Waste and resources Natural resources Economic advantages: costs reduction for raw materials and energy supply and for landfilling; creation of business network and new market opportunity. Environmental advantages: optimizing the use of resources, mitigation of pressure on environment, saving emissions and landfilling. Social advantages: occupation (green jobs); cultural change (sharing economy). Industrial symbiosis engages traditionally separate industries and other organisations in a network to foster innovative strategies for more sustainable resource use (including materials, energy, water, assets, expertise, logistics etc) (Lombardi & Laybourn, 2012) Waste from one industry could became resource for other industries (called synergy )
Methodology: the ENEA Industrial Symbiosis Platform Network (including companies, innovators, entrepreneurs, regulators, academics, regional government); Data (geo-referred): general DBs, local framework; specific DBs, available resources; Skills: including technical and scientific, which allow the identification of possible synergies (identify connections, facilitate communication across sectors, deal with technical, financial or regulatory barriers); Participation of users: the interface with potential users through a web portal and dissemination and promotion activities. Users - Registered - Associated - Cooperat.
ENEA projects on Industrial Symbiosis Name Ecoinnovation Sicily Green Industrial Symbiosis EcoIndustrial Park Rieti Main aim Actions for sustainability and competitivity of tourisms and industrial areas Cross-relations between production sectors, industrial research and territory A green development opportunity for the Rieti's industrial cluster Territory Funding Duration Stakeholders Value chain Main results Sicily region Funded by Italian Government (art. 2 - c.44, financial law. 2010) 05.2011 05.2015 Confindustria Sicilia, Chamber of Commerce (ENEA= technical and scientific coordination) Regional waste (WEEE, plastics, agrifood, construction,..) Successful cooperative approach! 90 participating companies are geo-refereed and provide about 400 I/O; 600 potential synerigies «Network» model Emilia-Romagna region Unioncamere Emilia Romagna and ASTER 1 phase 10.2013-02.2014 ; 2 phase 10.2014-06.2015 Unioncamere Emilia-Romagna and ASTER (ENEA= technical and scientific coordination) Agro-industrial waste and residues Successful cooperative approach! 10 companies are geo-referred and provide about 100 I/O; 90 potential synergies Industrial Cluster: ASI Rieti Lazio PhD co-funded by ENEA and Tuscia University 09.2014 03.2016 Consortium for industrial development in Rieti province (ENEA= coordination) Local waste (WEEE, plastics, agrifood, construction,..) Creation of companies DB to select the suitable ones Work in progress «Industrial Park» model
Excavation materials Experience in Ecoinnovation project: Synergy Scheme Excavation Material 42 km G46.004 149 km H49.006 C23.032 79 km Waste basalt C23.033 78 km Marble waste F42.006 149 km Milled Road Landfill C25.035 64 km Waste sawing 127 km 64 km Grinding waste 127 km 64 km Landfill Stone waste Batch continuous C23.032 F.lli Lizzio S.r.l. C23.033 F.lli Messina S.n.c. F42.006 G46.004 SICS S.p.A. Metal Ferro S.r.l. C25.035 Nuovoart S.p.A. H49.006 Sicula Ciclat S.C.
Experience of industrial symbiosis in Emilia-Romagna AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTE ARP Anaerobic digestion/ Energy recovery Waste streams: Tomato residues Pea hulls Bean residues Tomato seeds and skins IRCI OPOE Schmack Biogas Companies ARP= agro-industrial consortium IRCI= Consultant company OPOE= agrifood company Schmack Biogas= equipment/machinery production FEASIBILITY STUDY to enhance energy from waste agro-industrial system through anaerobic fermentation (biogas) ARP Tomato (July 2014): Consulting: University of Bologna IRCI, partnership with Schmack Biogas Action within the Pioneers Into Practice project (Climate-KIC) NEW METHOD incentive of biomethane injected into network of natural gas (February 2015) leads to the design and construction of a plant for the company ARP
ENEA ongoing activities on Industrial Symbiosis Industrial Symbiosis platform: www.industrialsymbiosis.it Symbiosis Users Network: Italian network of Industrial Symbiosis, promoted by ENEA. www.sunetwork.it Eur-ISA, launched on November 6 th 2013, aims to connect the industrial symbiosis networks across European member states. ENEA is a founding member (with Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Turkey). www.eur-isa.org
Thanks for your attention Working Group on IS Eng. Laura Cutaia - coordinator Dr. Grazia Barberio Eng. Antonella Luciano Dr. Erika Mancuso Eng. Silvia Sbaffoni Dr. Marco La Monica Eng. Claudia Scagliarino Rome CONTACTS web sites: www.sunetwork.it www.industrialsymbiosis.it e-mail address: industrialsymbiosis@enea.it SUN Piattaforma Simbiosi industriale Symbiosis Users Network ENEA Technical Unit for environmental technologies grazia.barberio@enea.it laura.cutaia@enea.it
EIO and ENEA activities on IS Citation in «Eco-Innovation Observatory- EIO. Country report 2014. Eco-innovation in Italy» (P. Markianidou) ENEA Industrial Symbiosis Platform cited as «Selected ecoinnovation areas and new trends «Ecoinnovation Sicily» cited in «Good practice examples»
Industrial Symbiosis in Europe The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) was initiated by International Synergies Limited in 2003 in 2 English regions and Scotland. In 2005, the UK government provided the investment necessary to roll out NISP nationally. NISP was cited as best practice under the EU Waste Framework Directive (2009) and incorporated as best practice in the Resource Efficiency Flagship Initiative, part of the Europe 2020 growth strategy for Europe whose vision is a smart, sustainable and inclusive Europe. The launch of the Resource Efficiency Flagship Initiative led to the publication of the Roadmap for a Resource Efficient Europe (2011), which recommends exploiting resource efficiency gains through IS as a priority for all member states. DG Enterprise and Industry has since incorporated IS into its policy Sustainable industry Going for growth & resource efficiency (2011); DG Regions into Connecting Smart and Sustainable Growth (2012); and DG Environment into Opportunities to business of improving resource efficiency (2013). As recently as March 2014 the final report of the European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP), Manifesto and Policy Recommendations states that Member States should foster a network of industrial symbiosis initiatives.
«Ecoinnovation Sicily» project and Industrial Symbiosis Platform Idea and approach Cooperative approach: consultation in Sicily with stakeholders ENEA signed a specific Cooperation Agreement with Confindustria Sicilia The platform acts in supporting the business in the territory and offers a range of tools that may be of interest and use especially for SMEs. Selection of companies database of 2200 companies located in Sicilia Region Selection of 500 companies on the basis of location, activities sectors and employees number Operative meetings (90 participating companies) Sharing data and resources Inventory of input-output data of companies, taking into account materials, energy, services, skills as resources and using code systems officially used in Italy (according EU regulation) for different kind of inventories (e.g. Nace codes, ATECO codes, ProdCom, EWC) 400 Input and output provided by companies 600 potential matches Individual report for participating companies with information about the resources and the potential match. Potential synergies Selection of more promising synergies (dimension, relevance, replicability, willingness of company,..) Creation of technical dossiers on 3 main resource streams: wastes from construction and the demolition, plastics and biowaste. These dossiers include European, Italian and regional regulations, guidelines, technical regulations, standards, barriers, etc. ENEA will support companies in the implementation of synergies
«Green Industrial Symbiosis» project Who works? Selection of companies and research laboratories (13 companies and 7 laboratories) Organization of a Focus Group (10 participating companies) fill-in input-output tables for sharing information on resources used and waste/by-products generated by the production processes Data processing Providing indications about how to valorise resources shared by companies, suggesting technologies and valorisation processes for a productive reuse of industrial scraps Association of codes to each company and resource ENEA s know-how and tools: <origin-destination> string s logic. Potential synergies 8 main flows were identified: agro-food scrap, industrial lime, packaging, building construction and demolition waste, textile waste, oil refining and natural gas purification waste, waste of woodworking, digestate 90 potential synergies identified between companies From potential synergies to.. Companies and relevant stakeholders should contribute to next steps: Feasibility studies Budget and economic issues Logistics Legal and administrative aspects, involving local authorities and control bodies