Green Bridge Forum 2015. Regional Spotlight Day, April 16th. Presentation of Mr.Talis Juhna.

1. G R E E N T E C H N O L O G I E S F O R G R O W T H
I N T R A N S I T I O N E C O N O M I E S :
O P P O R T U N I T I E S F O R C O O P E R AT I O N
TA L I S J U H N A , R I G A T E C H N I C A L U N I V E R S I T Y

2. • “green theologies” may stimulate economy growth
not only focus on energy and resource saving
• balance between imported and home-made advanced
technologies
• not just invention but rather innovation

3. • The linear model, also called “technological
determinism”, is no longer supported by many
academics, but is still widely believed in general
society (Popp, 2012)
• Social, political, economical and all other “societal”
pressures are established (not forming) while shaping a
technological innovation (Callon and Law, 1987)
• "We often want the milk without the cow!"

4. • Finnish cleantech businesses currently employ around
50,000 people, with 40,000 new jobs expected to be
created by 2020
source: Parad et al 2014

5. • OECD Eurasia
Competitiveness
Programme: increase
in foreign direct
investment (FDI)
• Some countries (Tajikistan)
in-doing-business are
leaders in terms of change

6. O P P O R T U N I T I E S
• more dedicated investments in start-ups
• jointed dedicated (e.g. Indigo with India) research
programs with SME to leverage technology transfer
from research to market
• involvement in international networks for research and
entrepreneurship
• launch bilateral educational program

7. FOUNDED1862
9 FACULTIES
34 INSTITUTES
134 STUDY
PROGRAMS
MORE THAN
100.000
GRADUATES
14.000
STUDENTS
767 ACADEMIC STAFF
500 RESEARCHERS
13 RESEARCH CENTRES
RESEARCH FIELDS:
ENERGY&ENVIRMENT
INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATION
MATERIAL SCIENCE &
CHEMISTRY
SAFETY & SECURITY
TRANSPORT
CITIES&DEVELOPMENT

8. RESEARCH FIELDS
Renewable and Alternative Sources
of Energy & technologies for their
Conversion
Energy saving and Efficiency
EnvironmentalTechnologies
Environmental Management
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Interaction of Multifactor in
Landscape Development
Real Estate Process Prognoses
CITIES & DEVELOPMENT
High Capacity Automatics
Power Supply forTransportation,
Electrical Grids
Communications in Optical Grids,
Smart Lighting Grids
Cleaning of Water Supply systems
SMART NETWORKS
TRANSPORTS
Unmanned Aircraft Design,
Aviation Control Systems
Aeronautics & Space
Technologies,Vehicles Design,
RailwaysTransport
Transport Economics and Logistics

9. RESEARCH FIELDS
Sol-gel (optics, power supply)
Surfaces of Polymercomposits
Arterial Implants, Composite
Materials (plains, ships)
Biomaterials, Electrochemical
Surface Coverage
Nanoparticles, Organic Synthesis &
Quality Control
Microclimate Regulated Clothing
Bionano & Microsensors,
Superellastic Pressure Sensors
MATERIALS, PROCESSES &
TECHNOLOGIES
Modeling (vehicle,
groundwater) & Simulation
Artificial Intelligence,
Intelligent Robotics
Viable Systems Approach
Hybrid Simulation-Based
OptimizationTools
INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATION
Electrical Controls, Power
Quality & Delivery Safety
Water Safety & Security,
Cyberphysical systems,
Customs & Border Protection
SAFETY & SECURITY

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Research7knowledge/ideas$
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and$society$
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commercializa.on$–$research$management$
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• coopera0on/cri0cal(mass(
• sustainable$financing$
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• prototyping(infrastructure(
(in(universi0es(
• involvement(of(students(
• “seed$money”$$for$
crea.ng$science7based$
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11. E X A M P L E S O F C L E A N - T E C H AT R T U
• Renewable energy:
• alcaline materials to stabilise biogas production
• combined solar and biomass heaters
• Advanced water treatment:
• use of advances oxidation for removal of recalcitrant
organic matter
• advanced groundwater treatment

12. • Biofuel production (enzymes, ..) and biogas production (use of
advanced catalysts)

13. 0
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80
120
160
200
240
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Cumula&ve)methane)amount,)
mL/g)COD)
Time, days
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http://zorg-biogas.com/

14. • Energy recovery from heating systems (to save wood chips till
20%)
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TT05
From boiler
TT07-02
TT07-01
TT01
TT06
FT01
TT09
TT10
FT03
TT12
TT11
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15. DC Micro-Grids in AC Environment

16. • Advanced water and waste water treatment (advanced and
photo-Fenton oxidation, fungi-based wastewater treatment)

17. C O O P E R AT I O N W I T H L AT V I A N
( E N G I N E E R I N G ) R E S E A R C H :
• pilot testing of advanced technologies on-site (biogas container, water
treatment devise)
• consulting and expertise
• jointed H2020 projects (demonstration projects in Water, Energy, …) with
governmental co-financing (RTU has more than 35 FP7 projects)
• establishing jointed Cleantech incubators between universities (e.g. we have in
RTU/LU)
• researchers/ students mobility programs for learning environmental
management
• prototype developments and testing (examples with biogas cleaner)

18. Pilot plant: mobile biofilter for groundwater treatment;
developed in cooperation with “Resetilovs & Co”

19. C O N S U LT I N G
• Water management in urban
setting (water loss control,
water quality control)

20. Renova'on
of
pilot
project
building
in
Riga
• Energy audits (reduces energy consumptions)
• Environmental assessment and monitoring (online methods)

21. Green%Technology%Incubator

23. T H A N K Y O U !
• talis.juhna@rtu.lv Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia