Deliverables

The aim of Deliverable 3.2 “Collection of Test Protocols” is to summarize the feedback of Lighthouse Park Managers and S-PARCS partners for the test version of the Initial Assessment Tool (IAT). Also, the specification of the S-PARCS IAT is included, as well as the characteristics of the most engaging contents of the S-PARCS e-Platform, where the IAT tool will be implemented. The S-PARCS e-Platform will create a community of interest within the industrial sector to transfer all the material developed in S-PARCS project that may be of interest, including the IAT as engagement instrument.

The aim of Deliverable 3.3 “Industrial Park Service Initial Assessment Tool” is to explain the main components of the S-PARCS e-Platform and the S-PARCS IAT as well as legal and technical requirements and conditions for their correct use. This deliverable provides information about the final version of the S-PARCS IAT and platform. The final public version of the IAT will be presented in early autumn 2020.

The S-PARCS e-Platform will create a community of interest within the industrial sector to transfer all the material developed in the S-PARCS project that may be of interest, including the IAT as an engagement instrument. Its final version was used within S-PARCS Follower Community first, and is now finally published online on the project website – free-of-charge – to boost the replicability of the S-PARCS solutions and related instruments.

Before the project end, the S-PARCS partners set-up a strategy about the best-possible future use of the S-PARCS Initial Assessment Tool and platform. The S-PARCS partners have defined a 2-year post-project phase for which trouble shooting with potential software issues and online availability of the S-PARCS IAT will be guaranteed. During the runtime of S-PARCS, the management of the tool and platform will be under CIRCE’s responsibility, and it will be located in a virtual server. The Guide for users e-book presented in this document, will serve as a user-friendly guide on how to use the S-PARCS IAT and platform and will provide users with a virtual tour through the platform and the tool’s menus and contents. The post project report will detail how the S-PARCS partners will ensure the post-project availability and usability of the SPARCS IAT.

Summary 

Performance measurement is one of the first steps in process improvement, and involves the choice, designation and use of specific performance indicators as metrics for the effectiveness and success of methods being examined in the most various contexts.  

Within this conceptual context, the aim of this deliverable is to develop a methodological framework that allows the assessment and monitoring of the performance of proposed solutions and instruments in the Lighthouse Parks of S-PARCS. 

The methodology is outlined considering the following key principles: 

• Easily available and simple input data; 
• Synthetic and immediate representation of results; 
• Multi-criteria approach; 
• Focus on industrial parks intrinsic features; 
• Quantitative method. 

The methodology is flexible and it embodies a set of calculation rules yielding to a quantitative output. 

The KPIs are selected according to relevance, interpretability, timeliness, reliability, validity and materiality criteria and cover organizational, financial and economic, legal and regulatory, social, environmental and technical impact categories. For each KPI, clear definition, scale, unit of measure, instruments to measure, monitoring protocol and additional details are given. 

Results can be effectively represented in a radar chart, having axes corresponding to each impact categories. This type of graph allows an immediate and synthetic representation of the impact categories with high rates of performance, as well as those with low rates. 

In addition, the possibilities of weighting and of assessing performance of multiple solutions is studied to enlarge the field of application of the methodology itself and to include specific needs of end-users.

This is the first deliverable under WP5 which is aimed at turning the solutions and respective instruments developed in S-PARCS into real-world feasibility studies and therefore providing proofs-of-concept for their implementability, efficacy and efficiency.

Summary

This power point presentation first, introduces the six S-PARCS Lighthouse Industrial Parks and describes their expectations related to the project. Secondly, it explains the methods that are being used to engage companies within the parks, which already led to the involvement of almost 70 companies. Thirdly, it describes the status of the 13 opportunities for energy cooperation that have been identified from the collaboration among the Lighthouse Industrial Park operators and companies, and the S-PARCS scientific partners. The opportunities range from building new energy infrastructure and installations to managerial actions and contractual instruments.

These opportunities and others that might come up as a result of the work that is being done on the parks will be further explored and assessed throughout the entire project and form the basis of the Energy Cooperation Plans (1 per park) to be produced until the end of the project. Feasibility assessments, assessment and collaboration with similar initiatives, training workshops, networking activities among Lighthouse and Follower Parks and internal park meetings are some of the tools that the S-PARCS partners will perform in the next months to build the adequate capacities for energy cooperation planning and implementation, to safeguard that the identified opportunities identified are duly followed-up, and to foster the creation of adequate framework conditions for the roll-out of these opportunities. A Report on the potential for joint energy services in industrial parks (D5.2.), and a Public report on the feasibility studies of the most promising joint energy projects in the Lighthouse Parks (D5.4) will be delivered in Month 18 and Month 30, prior to the elaboration of Energy Cooperation Plans for each of the six Lighthouse Parks in Month 33.

This report summarizes the key results of the feasibility studies of promising energy cooperation solutions for the S-PARCS Lighthouse Parks. Furthermore, it shows that the involved companies but also their closer environment can benefit from energy cooperation in multiple ways.
The individual feasibility studies take into account technical, economic, environmental and also social, legal and political aspects, i.e. the overall assessment was strongly oriented towards a classic PESTEL analysis. The focus was on technical and economic aspects as these are commonly very decisive for companies, nevertheless environmental aspects are highly valued and of increasing interest, which is why life cycle assessments were carried out. Additionally, S-PARCS’ key performance indicators, which allow the comparison and measuring of different energy cooperation opportunities, were calculated.

The following table gives an overview of the most promising investigated energy cooperation opportunities for each of the S-PARCS Lighthouse Parks. Each feasibility study was carried out in close collaboration of the local scientific and consulting S-PARCS partners and the Lighthouse Park representatives. The life cycle assessments were conducted by Tecnalia on behalf of all other partners involved. Reporting was done by the partners involved, reviews and consolidation were monitored by RINA-C (D5.3) and EI-JKU (D5.4) respectively.The following table gives an overview of the most promising investigated energy cooperation opportunities for each of the S-PARCS Lighthouse Parks. Each feasibility study was carried out in close collaboration of the local scientific and consulting S-PARCS partners and the Lighthouse Park representatives. The life cycle assessments were conducted by Tecnalia on behalf of all other partners involved. Reporting was done by the partners involved, reviews and consolidation were monitored by RINA-C (D5.3) and EI-JKU (D5.4) respectively.

This report showcases the Energy cooperation plans performed in the S-PARCS Lighthouse Parks for the most promising opportunities identified. Each Lighthouse Park representative (i.e. BSI, Cuoiodepur, EHOO and BOREALIS) contributed to the realisation of the plan supported by one consortium partners (i.e. SSSA, EI-JKU, TECNALIA.)

Energy cooperation is an opportunity in view of the dynamic changes in the energy sector in the coming decades, for this reason, each park has identified its own roadmap taking into account its potential and its trajectory on this topic.

For the two Spanish parks, Okamika-Gizaburuaga and Bildosola-Artea, the main objective of a joint roadmap for these parks, is to create and develop a working cooperation and to ensure that the technical and organisational measures to support the development of the energy community are feasible and can be replicated in other parks of the Industrialdeak Society that comprises over 100 parks.

Ponte a Egola presents the road map for two cooperation investments, Heat and Power Plant-CHP and Anaerobic Digestor, taking into consideration that the two plants are strongly related, both in functioning and in timeline.

The park is characterized by small companies with a homogenous production (tannery). the vision is focuses on the potential synergies deriving from the homogeneous type of production, needs and wastes of the park: reduction of waste produced and exploitation of that for the production of thermal and electric energy though an Anaerobic Digestor and CHPs.

Chemiepark Linz in Austria has an exceptional position among the parks under consideration due to the magnitude of its total energy consumption, its history, grown structures and the size of the companies on its premise.

The primary goal of its joint park roadmap therefore is to maintain and further develop cooperation and exchange, explore future options for the park in this regard, and ensure that technical and organizational measures supporting the park’s development are readily available.

Ennshafen park host key companies in the logistics sector (port, handling facilities, container terminal), as well as many production and service companies from various sectors. Cooperation and exchange structures already exist on the site, which are now being expanded to include energy-related aspects.

The draft dissemination plan will detail the strategy for disseminating the findings of the project, the different dissemination channels and the target audiences.

This deliverable introduces the S-PARCS project dissemination and communication strategy and its implementation plan to be used by the Consortium to ensure the high visibility, accessibility and promotion of the project and its results.

This document is a reference framework for planning the activities to be done and evaluating the impact of communication and dissemination activities. It will be updated and adjusted as the project progresses. The ultimate success of the S-PARCS project is strongly dependent on well-coordinated dissemination and exploitation activities so that it can continue after the end of the EU funding.

The main purpose of the S-PARCS’ Dissemination and Communication Plan is therefore to ensure that the project research and outcomes are widely disseminated to the appropriate target audiences, at appropriate times along the project lifecycle, via appropriate methods, and that those who can contribute to the development, evaluation, uptake and exploitation of the S-PARCS outcomes can be identified and encouraged to interact with the project on a regular and systematic basis. 

This 6.4 Training Toolkit deliverable is part of WP6: Capacity building, dissemination and exploitation. The main aim of WP6 is the exploitation of the results of the
S-PARCS project and the dissemination of the project results to industrial parks, enterprises within parks and many other related stakeholders not involved in the project. In order to spread all the information related to the project to the stakeholders, an elaborated dissemination strategy and plan is followed. Thereby the project consortium aims at ensuring the deployment of instruments and solutions for increasing energy cooperation in industrial parks to as many stakeholders as possible and reach all the interested parties: companies, industrial park managers, energy service companies etc. Within this framework, the Training Toolkit is an important tool, which will be explained in this 6.4 deliverable. This training toolkit will summarize and explain the outcomes of the project in an easy to read, attractive, short, understandable and comfortable way.

D6.4 Capacity building in S-PARCS Training Toolkit
S-PARCS TRAINING TOOLKIT FRENCH
S-PARCS TRAINING TOOLKIT GERMAN
S-PARCS TRAINING TOOLKIT ITALIAN
S-PARCS TRAINING TOOLKIT PORTUGUESE
S-PARCS TRAINING TOOLKIT SPANISH