Chiles Commitment to Environmental Innovation

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Chiles Commitment to Environmental Innovation
Alto Baguales Wind Farm Coyhaique Chilean
Patagonia
Darío Morales, Ph. D. Energy and Environmental
Coordinator InnovaChile of CORFO dmorales_at_corfo.cl
www.corfo.cl
Ignacio Garrido Mining and Infrastructure Deputy
Director InnovaChile of CORFO igarrido_at_corfo.cl
www.corfo.cl
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Outlook
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Chile has seen outstanding growth and stability
during the past two decades. Todays challenge
is to continue the forward movement so that Chile
can reach greater levels of technological
sophistication and development to contribute to
the country's consolidation of its ICT,
electronics, mining, aquaculture, forestry, and
food industries. Chile has set the stage for
development and innovation in Latin America.
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CORFOs Organizational Structure
Council
Executive Vice-presidency
Executive Vice-presidencys Planning Team
Corporate Management Division
General Counsel Division
Internal Control Division
General Secretariat
Legal Division
Information Systems Division
Investment Atracttion Division
Administration and Finance Division
Financial Support Division
SME Support Division
Regional Branches
InnovaChile
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• Created in march 2005, InnovaChile is the
  Government Innovation Promotion Agency, dedicated
  to support Chilean firms to improve their
  competitiveness in national and international
  markets, by promoting the development of
  innovative process
• InnovaChile provides matching funds to meet the
  needs of individuals, companies or groups of
  companies, universities and technology-related
  institutions wishing to undertake an innovative
  enterprise.

• CLIENTS
• Companies
• Entrepreneurs
• Technological Institutes
• Universities

SERVICES Grants (shared costs, risk,
apropiability) Expert assessing in the innovation
cycle Development of innovation support networks
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Chile Investment in Innovation for
Competitiveness
(millions of US)
600
360
2005
2008
Source CNIC
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InnovaChile Supporting Innovation
US95 millons

• Between 2005 and 2007, more than 6.400
  entrepreneurs, companies, and technological
  centers have been subsidized.

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Main Innovation Areas



PUBLIC INTEREST AND PRE-COMPETITIVE
INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CORPORATE INNOVATION
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Prioridades InnovaChile 2008
OUR OFFER TO SUPPORT INNOVATION
Innovative Entrepreneurship
Corporate Innovation
Public Interest and Pre-competitive Innovation
Technological Transfer
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Innovative Entrepreneurship
Seed Capital Pre-feasibility study Start-up Busi
ness Incubators Angel Fundings Spin Off IC2
U.Texas Program (Offset)
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Fabrication and Installation of Public Lightning
Equipment Using Solar EnergySeed Capital 2,

• Company name
• CHISOL S.A.
• InnovaChile
• US65.000
• Total cost
• US320.000

• Achieve a competitive production cost of public
  lightning equipments based on solar energy.
• Increase CHISOLs market participation.

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Corporate Innovation

• Individual Corporate Innovation
• Technological Business Support
• Technological Consortiums
• Internationalization of innovative efforts
• Business Platforms for innovation
• Supports Technological Business
• Support for Industrial Property
• Management Platforms for Innovation

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BIOGAS PRODUCTION USING POULTRY MANUREIndividual
Corporate Innovation

• Company name
• INGENIERIA INDUSTRIAL SAME LTDA.
• InnovaChile
• US100.000
• Total cost
• US240.000

• The aim of this project is to reduce the hydrogen
  sulfide concentration by developing a new
  anaerobic biodigestion technology to treat
  poultry manure produced in small and medium size
  farms.
• A new business division is expected to be
  created. The Biogas produced may be used for
  both, commercialization or electricity production.

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Objetivo de la Convocatoria

InnovaChile

• Up to 50 of total cost Up to U1 millions
• 4-5 years projects

• CEO
• Business plan
• Development of new products and services

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Objetivo de la Convocatoria

BIOMASS
TRADITIONAL CULTURES (EUCALIPTUS, PINE)
NO TRADITIONAL (NOTHOFAGUS OTHERS)
PROCESS
CREATION AND ADAPTATION OF PROCESS HIDRÓLISIS
ACID AND ENZIMATIC PIROLISIS PRODUCTIVE SCALE-UP
ADAPTATION OF BIODIESEL PROCESS
PRODUCTS
BIOETHANOL (Alcohol)
BIODIESEL
BIO OIL
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Technology Transfer

• International Expert Consulting
• Technological Internship
• Technological Missions
• Technology Dissemination Program
• RD Taxes incentives
• Human Capital Program

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CTA Environment Technology CentreCapacities
development

• Company name
• FUNDACIÓN CHILE.
• InnovaChile
• US1.3 millions
• Total cost
• US3.6 millions

The aim of the project is to create a Regional
Techological Centre, focused on Technology
Transfer and Research and Development into
environmental affairs that contribute to
guarantee the coexistence and the sustainable
development of the main economic activities of
the Atacama Region.
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Efficiency in the industrial waste management at
mining suppliersTechnology Dissemination Program
Developer Universidad Arturo Prat InnovaChiles
subsidy US110,000 Total MM 160,000
Search abroad technological solutions for the
waste management at metalworking industry SMEs
and related professionals in order to enhance
their competitiveness and participation in the
mining cluster
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Public Interest and Precompetitive Innovation
Public Innovation Assets Pre-competitive
RD Prospection and Foreign Market
Research Strengthen of Regional Capabilities
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Drainage Acid Prediction and ManagementCommon
Goods for Innovation

• Company name
• FUNDACIÓN CHILE.
• InnovaChile
• US445,000
• Total cost
• US 1 million

Fundación Chile and three major mining companies
do an alliance to develop this national program
with the aim of evaluate and adapt methodologies
and standard technologies used for acid drainage
prediction in order to reduce the potential
generation of acid drainage and its impact to the
environment. The adapted methodologies will be
validated with laboratory tests at the Centro
Tecnológico Ambiental de Atacama CTA and with
fields tests in order to estimate the potential
acid drainage in arid and semiarid zones
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Remediation of environmental liabilities by
integrating Magnetic-Chemical instruments and the
phytotechnologies Precompetitive Innovation

• Company name
• Universidad Católica del Norte
• InnovaChile
• US545,000
• Total cost
• US1.3 millions

• Mining has affected large land extensions by
  contaminants accumulation, which has produced an
  intensive and accelerated acidification process.
• In order to fulfill the future law of
  environmental liabilities and mining closure, the
  project seeks to offer to mining companies viable
  solutions to solve this liability at low cost an
  efficiently.

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Chiles Commitment toEnvironmental Innovation
Seno Última Esperanza Puerto Natales Chilean
Patagonia
Darío Morales, Ph. D. Energy and Environmental
Coordinator InnovaChile of CORFO dmorales_at_corfo.cl
www.corfo.cl
Ignacio Garrido Mining and Infrastructure Deputy
Director InnovaChile of CORFO igarrido_at_corfo.cl
www.corfo.cl
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Seed Capital

• What kind of project can apply?
• Stage 1 Definition and formulation of projects
  with high growing potential.
• Stage 2 Supports the start-up process
• Who can apply?
• New Enterprises
• How much?
• Stage 1 Up to 80 of the total value of the
  project with a US1.000 limit.
• Stage 2 Up to 90 of the total value of the
  project with a US 65.000 limit.

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Corporate Innovation

• Corporate Innovation
• What?
• Innovation projects concerning goods or services
  which dont exist in Chile.
• Innovation projects concerning goods or services
  that need capabilities or skills that dont exist
  in Chile
• Who?
• Chilean Private Enterprises
• One-person Enterprise.
• How much?Up to 50 of the total value of the
  project with a US650.000 limit. (48 months)
• Support to Technological Projects
• What?
• Supports the commercial implementation of good
  or services obtained through RD activities.
• Who?
• Technological Centers associated with at least
  one enterprise
• Chilean Private Enterprises
• How much?Up to 50 of the total value of the
  project with a US 85.000. (12 moths)

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Technological Holdings

• What?
• Stage 1 (Pre-feasibility)
• Searching and selection of partners in Chile or
  abroad
• Normative analysis, market analysis, project
  elaboration to apply to the next stage.
• Stage 2 (Development)
• Supports projects which contribute
  strengthening strategic alliances between
  advanced technological platforms.
• .
• Who?
• Chilean or foreigners enterprises
• High-tech centers
• Universities (Chilean or foeringers)
• How Much?
• Stage 1 (Pre-feasibility)
• Up to 80 of the total value of the project
  with a US50.000. (6 months)
• Stage 2 (Development)
• Up to 50 of the total value of the project
  with a US1.000.000. (48 months)

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Technology Transfer

• Technological Missions
• Who?
• Between 5 and 15 participants
• What?
• 2 types of missions
• Technology prospection
• International congress
• How much?
• Up to 70 of the total value of the project with
  a US75.000 limit. (3 months)
• Expert Consulting
• Who?
• Chilean private enterprises or tenchology
  transfer centers, research institutes.
• What?
• Supports hiring Chilean or foreigners experts to
  solve specific problems whose solution has an
  immediate application and improves
  competitiveness of applying enterprises.
• .
• How much
• Up to 50 of the total value of the project with
  a US 50.000 limit. (10 months)

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Technology Transfer

• Technology Internship
• Who?
• Chilean enterprises or corporations.
• What?
• Supports training of Chilean professionals or
  technical personnel
• How much?
• Up to 70 of the total value of the project with
  a US25.000 limit. (10 months)
• Technology Disemination Program
• Who?
• High-tech centers
• Universities (Chilean or foeringers)
• Both must be associated with a Chilean company
• What?
• Supports projects in order to identify
  productive problems of a given economical sector.
• Contact foeringer experts in order to bring
  knwoledge to a given economical sector.

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Public Interest and Pre-competitive Innovation

• Who?
• High-tech centers
• Chilean Universities
• Both may be associated with a Chilean company
• What?
• Public goods Supoorts project which are able to
  produce public goods destinated to improve market
  condition.
• Pre-competitive RD Supports projects which are
  able to produce knowledge that can be used by any
  actor of a given economical sector in order to
  produce innovative process, goods, services,
  organizational methods, etc.
• How much?
• Depend on each call.