Environmental technology Norway

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Environmental technology - Norway

• Experience from governmental instruments

www.miljoteknologi.no
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Statoil and Shell
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Innovation policy - Norway

• Ministry of trade and industry, 2003 Plan for a
  Comprehensive Innovation Policy
• Norway shall be one of the most innovative
  countries in the world, where resourceful and
  creative enterprises and people are given
  opportunities for developing profitable business.
  Norway shall be in the lead internationally in
  important areas, in terms of knowledge,
  technology and wealth creation.

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The Environmental Technology Project Pollution
control Authority (SFT)

• White paper Ministry of Environment (ME) 2004
  SFT - Make Norway become an Environmental
  technology nation
• Win-win employment and environmental effects
• SFT project reports 2005/2006
• Governmental activities for environmental
  technology (ET) historical view/evaluation
• Drivers and barriers
• Instruments/efforts
• www.miljoteknologi.no

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The SFT project
ideas given to others

• 2005
• COLLECT INFO
• - Mapping and analysis
• Dialogue with stakeholders
• Learning by doing

2006 PROPOSE CHANGE In cooperation with
stake-holders pro-pose measures to promote
development and use
2007 MAKE CHANGE Permanent organizing of
priority tasks to promote development and use
ACCEPTED our job
ACCEPTED we contribute
Left ideas
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Public research and innovations instruments
targeting environmental technology (ET)
Skattefunn, NFR
General
Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena
Forny, NFR
Verdikt/Nanomat/Fuge, NFR
IN
ENOVA/GASSNOVA
TREND
Grants. Institutes, NFR
Norviron, Exsp.council
Renergi, NFR
Ekspomil, NFR
CLIMIT, NFR
Environm.- fund, ME/IN
Guaranties, ME
ET-grants, SFT
Exclusively target ET
ET-proj. SFT
ET-progr. FORFOR Normil, NFR
1990
2005
1996
Source Tor-Petter Johnsen (2005)
www.miljoteknologi.no
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Eksperience from instrument exclusively targeting
ET 1988-2004 (1,2 bill. NOK)

• Effects for institutes, researchers ao.
• Increased level of knowledge
• Integration in higher education
• Strengthen contact with industry
• International competitiveness
• Solid basis for future

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Experience from instrument exclusively targeting
ET 1988-2004 (1,2 bill. NOK)

• Industrial effects
• No locomotives
• A few successes
• Water/waste treatment, surveillance systems..
• Many disappointed stakeholders
• Low demand
• Reduced public ambitions
• Nitrogen removing, polluted soil/sediments

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Barrieres

• Lack of demand
• Functionality
• Risks
• Are the costumers environmentally conscious?
• Environmental regulation can be barriers
• Only national
• In conflict with other regulations or goals

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Driving forces

• Companies invest in RD to maintain and
  strengthen competitiveness
• For environmental technologies, regulations are
  more significant drivers than traditional market
  mechanisms
• But regulations must be well adapted to business
  needs
• Timing development of new technologies takes
  time
• Costs
• National and international regulations
• Dialogue between government and industry/business

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• Recommendations
• Improve our (SFTs) technology expertise, and get
  involved in policy development outside our
  immediate area of responsibility
• Integrate the development of environmental
  technologies in policy development for each
  governmental sector
• New economic incentives should be integrated in
  existing financial instruments through increased
  budgets and focus on users needs
• Better co-ordination of financial and regulatory
  instruments among governmental agencies, e.g.
  saksbehandlerutvalget
• Aim for fine tuning of instruments not
  one-sided focus on supply or demand sides
  instruments
• Learn from experiences with oil/fish export how
  to get into export markets - marketing

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Technology research is important for the
environment developing new ET
Fig dev. from Rejeski 2003
Potential for avoiding environmental damage
Environmental damage
Research
Dev./Design
Production
Consume/waste
Reduced opportunities for influence