1. EAST OF ENGLAND David Morrall, International Director East of England Development Agency Driving EcoInnovation in the East of England

2. The East of England in Context £100bn economy 5.5m people >500,000 businesses ~7,000 miles 2 /19,000km 2

3. A true ideas region Europes leading innovation region: >25% UK private R&D £1 in every £5 of venture capital investment in the UK Some of worlds leading research institutes and Europes most mature and successful clusters Innovation is key foundation for economic recovery, competitive advantage and of sustainable solutions to climate change

4. Clusters of Excellence & Enterprise Hubs OrbisEnergy: Off-shore Renewables InCrops: BioRenewables Hethel: Advanced Manufacturing & Automotive BRE: Building Research Establishment EcoInnovation Centre: Water & Environment ICT: Innovation Martlesham

5. ERDF: low carbon growth East of England European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Competitiveness Programme 2007-13 Programme theme Towards Low Carbon Economic Growth Responds to climate change threat to region Builds on strengths in innovation, knowledge and entrepreneurialism Meaning of low carbon economic growth? Broad definition… Must have low carbon at the heart of the activity Vertical lower carbon technologies Horizontal lower carbon practices

6. Virtual hub connects SMEs with knowledge base stimulate commercialisation of alternative / non-food crops lever world class research capability in plant science facilitate supply chain development, market integration and product innovation for plant derived renewable products stimulate the rural economy through high value enterprises assist 200 SMEs > 70 new jobs > 50 new businesses 13 partners, includes 4 universities, 4 R&D organisations £4.06m £1.15m ERDF, £1.05m EEDA, £1.86m partners project lead, Dr. John French, University of East Anglia www.incropsproject.co.uk InCrops enterprise hub

7. Low Carbon Healthcare SBRI : Small Business Research Initiative Innovations meet NHS low carbon healthcare objectives SMEs win R&D contracts normally beyond their reach Research procurement competition 1: Eleven SMEs win up to £100k. 2: Four win £250k - £750k 100 SMEs assisted to improve healthcare economics Managed by Health Enterprise East (HEE) £2.5m project funded by NHS East of England £1.0m ERDF £0.8mTechnology Strategy Board £0.5m EEDA £0.2m

8. Vision: effective EV charging network across region Capital to coast ~ 7,000 square miles /19,000km 2 Used as innovation test bed & catalyse new EV economy 2 year delivery 2011-13 ~ 600 charging points Close to European partners Opportunity to connect & share Incentivise switch to ultra low carbon transport Electric vehicle charging network

9. Application to UK government Plugged in Places Complementary ERDF proposal aims to encourage: Innovation in new EV business models Innovation in EV technology and network data Business lead partnership and innovation networks Electric vehicle charging network

10. Where? Norwich: day commute using actual road network with fully charged EV Bedford: day commute using actual road network with fully charged EV London Stansted airport: maximum range using actual road network with fully charged EV Integrated transport nodes (varying colours)

11. Sharing EcoInnovation Hardstaff biomethane dual-fuel produced from waste biomass or purpose grown crops/residues Example: CIVITAS Smile biofuels Research, development and demonstration Aims to improve urban air quality, create sustainable, safe & flexible traffic systems Biodiesel trials in buses, taxis & fleets 5 country territorial cooperation Centre for Carbon Reduction CRed with City of Norwich and… Malmö (Sweden) Tallinn (Estonia), Suceava (Romania) and Potenza (Italy) Knowledge applicable to other cities www.lcic.com

12. Low carbon growth – a global objective World-class solutions from the East of England Opportunities for investment and collaboration Innovation and knowledge transfer New transnational ERDF objective A plugged in region Space for ideas! Future of low carbon innovation

13. Space for EcoInnovation : contact us www.eeda.org.uk/lowcarboninnovation lowcarboninnovation@eeda.org.uk www.eastofengland.uk.com/business/plugged-in-places EValu8@futuretransportsytems.co.uk www.eeda.org.uk/erdf erdf@eeda.org.uk

14. EAST OF ENGLAND Low Carbon Innovation Programme 2009-14 David Morrall, international director East of England Development Agency Driving EcoInnovation in the East of England