MAGHRENOV deliverable 3.7: Workshop articulating with ESFRI agenda

D3.7 Workshop articulating with ESFRI agenda

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DELIVERABLE Project Acronym: MAGHRENOV Grant Agreement number: 609453 Project Title: Convergence between EU and MAGHREB MPC innovation systems

in the field of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE&EE) – A test-bed for fostering Euro Mediterranean Innovation Space (EMIS)

D3.7 WORKSHOP ARTICULATING WITH

ESFRI AGENDA

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Authors: Mouhcine BENMEZIANE (IRESEN) Internal Reviewers: Olga Mackiewicz (KIC SE) Claude Ayache (KIC SE) Josep BORDONAU (UPC) Abdelhak Chaibi (R&D MAROC) Hélène BEN KHEMIS (ANME) Franck HASHAS (ITEMS) Dissemination Level

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C Confidential, only for members of the consortium and the Commission Services



Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. 2

Revision History ............................................................................................................... 3

1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 4

1.1 Outcomes ............................................................................................................. 4

2 Program of the workshop ............................................................................................... 5

2.1 Agenda ................................................................................................................ 5

3 PANEL I: Perspectives for RE&EE Research and Innovation infrastructures regional needs .................. 6

3.1 Mrs Pilar GARCIA - European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (Spain) ....................... 6

3.2 Mr Amenallah GUIZANI - Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l'Energie (Tunisia) ............ 6

3.3 Mr Brahim BENHAMOU - National Center for Studies and Research on Water and Energy CNEREE (Morocco) ................................................................................................................... 7

4 PANEL II: Sharing of infrastructures and optimization of resources ............................................. 8

4.1 Mr Philippe MALBRANCHE - Sophia RI Project (France) ....................................................... 8

4.2 Mr Zakaria NAIMI - Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles IRESEN (Morocco) 9

4.3 Mr El Mustapha ELFAHIME - Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique CNRST (Morocco) ................................................................................................................... 9

5 Outcomes and Recommendations ................................................................................... 11



Revision History

Revision Date Author Organization Description

0.1 20/01/2015 Mouhcine

BENMEZIANE

IRESEN Draft Version

0.2 02/02/2015 Reviewers Minor review

remarks

1.0 03/02/2015 Mouhcine

BENMEZIANE

IRESEN Final Version

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1 Introduction The objective of the workshop was to address the perspectives for research and innovation infrastructure

regional needs and to discuss the development and the investment opportunities for Research

Infrastructures (RIs) in the field of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (RE&EE) among the partners

of MAGHRENOV project and selected actors in EU and MPC (Maghreb Partner Countries).

This workshop took place January 16th, 2015 at “Green Energy Park”, Ben Guerir, Marocco.

1.1 Outcomes • Perspectives for research and innovation infrastructures regional needs,

• Sharing of infrastructures and optimization of resources methodologies,

• Investments opportunities on research infrastructures,

• Articulate the workshop’s results with ESFRI Agenda (Next report 2015-2016).



2 Program of the workshop Several round tables was organized to debate the main themes centered on the major challenges for

achieving progressively the development of research infrastructures dedicated to RE&EE in EU&MPC.

2.1 Agenda 10:30 - 11:00 - Welcome and introduction by Mr. Zakaria NAIMI - IRESEN

Program of the workshop, objectives and the roadmap of the Project.

11:00 - 13:00 - PANEL I: Perspectives for RE&EE Research and Innovation infrastructures regional

needs

The speakers will show their view about the regionals needs in term of research

infrastructures dedicated to renewable energies and energy efficiency by presenting the

existing RIs in their respective region and highlighting the areas where more RIs should

be developed.

• Mrs Pilar GARCIA - European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (Spain)

• Mr Amenallah GUIZANI - Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l'Energie

(Tunisia)

• Mr Brahim BENHAMOU - National Center for Studies and Research on Water and

Energy CNEREE (Morocco)

• Debate and conclusions

13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch

14:30 - 16:00 - PANEL II: Sharing of infrastructures and optimization of resources

Will be discussed in this panel the methodologies of sharing and mutualizing research

infrastructures for the best optimization of resources. The speakers will talk about which

of these actions are more effective and will give their opinion about how they can be

implemented in MPC area.

• Mr Philippe MALBRANCHE - Sophia RI Project (France)

• Mr Zakaria NAIMI - Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies

Nouvelles IRESEN (Morocco)

• Mr El Mustapha ELFAHIME - Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et

Technique CNRST (Morocco)

• Debate and conclusions

16:00 - 16:30 - Coffee break & networking

20:00 - 22:00 - Social dinner & networking



3 PANEL I: Perspectives for RE&EE Research and Innovation infrastructures regional needs

3.1 Mrs Pilar GARCIA - European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (Spain)

Member of CIEMAT which is a research center for Energy,

Environment and Technology, Mrs GARCIA is also a Spanish

representative of the European Strategy Forum on Research

Infrastructures (ESFRI) with the mission:

• Support a coherent and strategy-led approach to policy-

making on EU RIs,

• Facilitate multilateral initiatives to the better use and

development of RIs,

• Act as an incubator for pan-European and global RIs,

• Facilitate decisions on their implementation and ensure

follow-up after assessment.

To days ESFRI Roadmap, the roadmap of 2010 contains 3 RIs in the Energy Sector: ECCSEL, Wind-Scanner

and EU-SOLARIS.

The next ESFRI Roadmap that is programed for 2016 will be completed with fewer and more mature

projects, it will be more of a strategy document.

During the discussion, Mr MALBRANCHE raised the question about the presence of PV RIs in the 2016’s ESFRI

Roadmap, PV which is considered one of the most important renewable energy sources in the world. But

with a restricted roadmap of 2016 we could see lesser RIs dedicated to RE&EE addressed.

3.2 Mr Amenallah GUIZANI - Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l'Energie (Tunisia)

As an expert in Solar and Wind Energy, Mr Amenallah GUIZANI

started by presenting the CRTEn, which is a center for research

in energy technologies with the objectives of R&D in RE systems

and integration in economic world, Science & Technology survey

and Training of competencies. He continued by presenting the

three laboratories that constitute the CRTEn and their



equipment infrastructure:

• Laboratory of Thermal process LPT,

• Laboratory of photovoltaic LPV,

• Laboratory of Wind Power Control and Energy Valorization of Waste.

Mr GUIZANI finished by rising important considerations showing the needs in term of research

infrastructures nationally and multilaterally:

• National level :

1. Need of mapping existing equipment

2. Need of sharing equipment

3. Need of certification bodies for RE&EE equipment

4. Take into account O&M for R&D equipment

• Multilateral level

1. Agreements for multilateral use of heavy equipment

2. Implementation of projects for staff exchange using existing equipment

3.3 Mr Brahim BENHAMOU - National Center for Studies and Research on Water and Energy CNEREE (Morocco)

Mr Brahim BENHAMOU talked during his presentation about 4

centers and team that he belong too:

• RE&EE at Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (UCA) :

- Ranked 1st in R&D in Morocco

- Composed by 13 research groups

• CNEREE: National Center for Studies & Research on

Water and Energy :

- Deals with R&D in Energy and Water

- Composed by 3 laboratories (Renewables & Energy Efficiency, Waste Water Treatment and

TREAM joint international laboratory)

• CAC: Center for Analysis and Characterization

- Affiliated to the Research and Innovation City (CIM)

- Constituted by 3 platforms (NanoSciences, BioTechnology and Molecular Biology)



4 PANEL II: Sharing of infrastructures and optimization of resources

4.1 Mr Philippe MALBRANCHE - Sophia RI Project (France)

Mr Philippe MALBRANCHE was invited to talk about the Sophia TI

Prohect, Sophie which stands for Solar Photovoltaic

Infrastructure. This project was the first to promote on a large-

scale an increased coordination with the resolution to join forces

to offer better services for researchers from academia and

industry. The main of Sophie RI project were:

• Access of European researchers to a portfolio of

laboratories and test facilities,

• Coordination of partners from academia and research

institutes in order to address some specific challenges.

As the project come to an end in January 2015 it knows some

interesting results during its 4 years of existence:

• 8 Calls for research

• 56 proposals submitted

• 40 TNA access granted

Mr MALBRANCHE continued his presentation by sharing the main lessons learned and the conclusions from

his 4 year the Sophia RI Project. The idea behind sharing and mutualizing research infrastructures for him is

to increase efficiency by providing better value for a given budget and reinventing the wheel.

For example in the field of photovoltaics details the actions was to:

• Reviewing our Research Infrastructures

• Increasing our coordination

• Developing joint strategies

• Collaborating on selected topics

The last suggestion from Mr MALBRANCHE was that

the “Research Infrastructure” concept has to be

enlarged to cover the needs of all European

researchers and Mediterranean neighbouring

countries.



4.2 Mr Zakaria NAIMI - Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles IRESEN (Morocco)

Mr Zakaria NAIMI introduced the Green Energy Park which is the

first platform in Africa to allow on hand the creation of synergies

and sharing of infrastructure for several Moroccan research

institutions to create critical mass and achieve excellence and in

the other hand the acquisition of knowledge and skills by the

various partner universities and the Moroccan industrial.

The idea behind creating this kind of platform is to gather

different technologies and to attract different partner to try to

answer to the local and regional needs.

For photovoltaic, the Green Energy Park positions itself to:

• Identify the different PV technologies adapted to the national context

• Develop new PV technologies adapted to the local climate conditions

• Secure the national market against unfair competition

• PV integration into the network of the green city Benguerir

4.3 Mr El Mustapha ELFAHIME - Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique CNRST (Morocco)

Mr Mustapha ELFAHIM introduced to the audience the Technical

Supporting Unit for Scientific Research (UATRS) which is an

adapted concept of sharing of infrastructures and optimization

of resources in Morocco lunched by the National Center for

Scientific and Technical research (CNRST).

The CNRST:

• Shares infrastructure, resources and services;

• Supports the development of research;

• Support for international openness;

• Promotes the exploitation and dissemination of research results.



The UATRS makes available to the scientific community and Moroccan companies, technological platforms

for advanced analysis and characterization.

In developing countries like Morocco, the introduction of many centralized, high-end technology facilities

that specifically cater to multiple institutions and organizations becomes a necessity. These organizations

also have dedicated facility managers and support staff to ensure the smooth running of the facilities and

proper maintenance of equipment.



5 Outcomes and Recommendations Mr Claude AYACHE from KIC InnoEnergy SE and member of the

MAGHRENOV consortium wrapped up the workshop and came at

with some relevant conclusion and lines that should be pushed

for research infrastructures:

• For photovoltaic, which considered one the most

important renewable energy sources, we need to

organize a task force to integrate it in the next ESFRI

roadmap,

• The networking is to be developed for better use,

sharing and optimizing of RIs around the Europe and

Mediterranean regions,

• For wind energy its considered a mature sector and the

lines of RIs are not clear enough,

• For Energy Efficiency in building a lot specificities varies depending on the region, which makes the

definition of an RI to address the same topic quite difficult and complicated in Europe and in the

Mediterranean region,

• The ESFRI roadmap should include a clear definition of what is a research infrastructure depending

on the subject (pv, wind, ee…) and the lines that should be pushed including the Mediterranean

region,

• To address a technology we need research infrastructures covering all the value chain with

laboratories in universities, testing facilities and research infrastructures in the field to get all the

data that should be collected, managed and analyzed via an e-infrastructure.

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