TALIS JUHNA, RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY G R E E N T ECHNOLO G I ES IN LAT V I A : I N T E R A C T I O N

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1 TALIS JUHNA, RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY G R E E N T ECHNOLO G I ES IN LAT V I A : ACADEMIA AND BUSINESS I N T E R A C T I O N

2 LAYOUT OF PRESENTATION Green-tech trends: pollutants to profit Landscape of green-tech in Latvia Some lessons learned

3 NO SUSTAINABILITY WITHOUT PROFITABILITY

4 Nutrients are not wastes but rather resources Shift to Circular economy

5 Green Technologies business such as renewable energy, waste managment, transport e.g. growth is some 10%- 15% per year green technologies may stimulate economy growth not only focus on energy and resource saving Finnish cleantech businesses currently employ around 50,000 people, with 40,000 new jobs expected to be created by 2020

6 Latvia is not among leaders yet. We have a good status of environment and more than 40% of renewable resources. To create more businesses we need to continue to improve ecosystem for technology transfer: "We often want the milk without the cow! The linear model, also called technological determinism, is no longer supported by many academics, but is still widely believed in general society (Popp, 2012)

7 GREEN-TECH LATVIAN LANDSCAPE Companies: SME, mostly consulting, low price, low income regions Business clusters: Competence centers (mostly on short-term investments >TRL 7) Business creation: incubators, accelerators are emerging Universities and research institutes: 3 RIS in robotics and materials sciences, education more on operation than business development

8 pilot testing, consulting and expertise, jointed projects Patrick Duleavy, 2015

9 LATVIAN ACADEMIA FOCUS EXAMPLES IN GREEN-TECH Energy saving technologies: smart grids, LED lamps, new isolation materials, energy recovery energy recovery from car robots, heat pumps Waste recovery: fuel from lignocellulose, biogas from milk industry, recycling of waste from roads (100%) and buildings (to produce biogas)

10 Renovation of pilot project building in Riga Energy audits (reduces energy consumptions)

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12 Recycling of heavy metals back to production

13 ALCAS Advanced Low Cost Aircraft Structures 6FP: Integrated Project) Lateral wingupper cover

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15 Energy recovery from heating systems (to save wood chips till 20%)

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17 EARLTY TRL TEHNOLOGIES: BIOFUELS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS Low temperature hydrolysis with enzymes Membrane separation

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19 REMOVAL OF RECALCITRANT ORGANICS FROM WASTEWATER WITH FUNGI AstraZeneca, Sodertalje, Sweden

20 CHALLENGES FOR GREEN-TECH Limited private or state long-term investments Non-private business dominates: wastewater plants and energy grids Large scale: Solution are for urban settings requiring cooperation with many players Approach used address this: bringing technologies to demonstration level

21 PILOT STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATION Water and wastewater treatment plants Biofilters for organic removal testing

22 Prototyping and.. Our technologies are developed to the demonstration stage to encourage lean technology transfer

23 Universities study process is changing

24 Patrick Duleavy, 2015

25 HOW WE GOT THE GREEN TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR? Fall 2010th Mats Kjaer, Mārcis Auziņš, Roberts Ķīlis, Ģirts Rungainis, Jānis Ošlejs, «We need something like IDEON science park in Sweden» meeting with Ministry of Economic «May be Norwegian financial instrument could support incubator» be used to «Green Technology Incubator» started

26 Support for science and hardware technology based Early stage and mentoring Universities (80% of LV science capital and students) involved International, independent board members with real experience Dedicates execution

27 379 applications received 81 - preincubated 41 - linked with universities, R&D institutions 59 - are still being implemented and developed 5 - have attracted investors 11 - are working to attract investors 1 - got on final in Climate Launchpad 2015th 2 - have been accepted in accelerators abroad (FIN, USA) 24 companies incubated 3 companies linked with universities (UL and RTU) In 2015th companies have paid: 1.8M EUR to state budget 0.5M EUR - state social insurance contributions (VSAOI)

28 SaproGlue To glue anything with respect for nature and health Technology from LU

29 Encouraged scientist to convert to entrepreneur ALINA-Eco-Shield technology is used by paint producers to substitute biocides and heavy metals while extending wooden paint and coating lifetime. Accelerated in Plug and Play Nominated as one of winners in Sustainable Build innovation award, Denmark

30 Disinfects water - kills viruses and bacteria. Removes organic pollution without mechanical filters and use of chemicals. Climate Launch pad finalist R&D projects in pipeline

31 81 idea semifinal 10 ideas final («Dragon»)

32 EHO STRECHING SENSORS ELECTRIC WIRES EHO PRESURE SENSORS Eho Textiles - smart textile company, producing apparel for people with movement disorders, to master body motion for better training and recovery process. Accepted in Vertical accelerator Recognized in ULF technology expo Presented in Medicon 2016 event

33 LED light company

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35 OPPORTUNITIES Green-tech is gaining momentum in Latvia Latvia needs long term seed funds for early science based ideas incubation More focus on hands on and entrepreneurship in education Regional scale involvement is needed to reach critical mass

36 NELSON MANDELA: IT IS ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TILL IS DONE! THANK YOU! Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia