1. The Governance of Water
June 13, 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Umweltcluster Bayern – a strong network.
An example from Bavaria, Germany

2. Umweltcluster Bayern
Part of the Cluster-Offensive Bayern
Minister Zeil:
Element of the modernization strategy for a strong
economic and scientific location in Bavaria.
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3. Cluster-Offensive Bayern
Mobility Human & Environment
 Automotive engineering  Medical technology
 Railway technology  Nutrition
 Logistics  Forrest and wood
 Aerospace  Biotechnology
 Satellite navigation • Energy Technology
• Environmental technology
Media & Finance
 Media
 Financial services
Materials
 New Materials
 Nanotechnology
Information & Electronics  Chemicals
 Information and communication
 Sensoric and power
electronics
 Mechatronics and automation
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4. What is a Cluster?
“A Cluster is a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses,
suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field.”
Michael Porter in “The Competitive Advantage of Nations“ 1990)
Elements of a Cluster Industry Public Bodies
University
Finance
Organizations for
Media Colllaboration
Source: Sölvell, Cluster Redbook, 2008
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5. Framework conditions
Bavaria
Intact ecology and flourishing
economy
 Compliance with the legal
ecologic standards is monitored
 companies provide the necessary
technology
Foto source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten

6. Bavaria

7. Topics / Sectors
Key topics of the environmental technology industries:
 Water and Waste Water Treatment
 Waste treatment and waste removal
 Recycling & re-use of waste and materials, urban mining
 Prevention of ground pollution, environmental remediation
 Energy and material efficiency, mass flow management
 Clean energy production, renewable energies, alternative
energy generation methods
 Prevention of air pollution

8. Environmental Technology in Bavaria
 25% of German environmental technology enterprises are
based in Bavaria
 15 universities offer 51 study courses related to
environmental topics for around 6.000 students
 numerous independent research institutes
 over 700 patent applications in 2009
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9. Environmental Technology in Bavaria
As of 2009:
 55.000 employees working in sector
 revenue in ET 11,6 Bn. €
 export quota 18,2 % (industry 39,6 %, services 8,0 %)
Bavarian share of turnover achieved
in clean tech sector in Germany
19 %
Source: ifo Institute 2009/10
total bavarian clean tech sector
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10. Umweltcluster Bayern - Who are we?
Network of the Bavarian economy and science in the field of
environmental technology.
Aiming at driving innovation and support companies to
develop, produce and sell marketable products through:
 Linking economy with science
 Supporting cooperation between industry, science and
political institutions for example regional authorities
 Developing of pilot projects to promote new technologies
 Bundling strengths (cooperation, contacts etc.)
 Providing information and know-how
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11. Organizational structure
Spokesmen
Board of Directors
Cluster Management
Advisory Board
Director/Secretary
Cluster Offices
General Meeting

12. Business fields of cluster companies
Other services
ground pollution 6%
6%
Waste management /
recycling
MSR techniques,
analytics, production
techniques
6% water
(water supply
and waste water
Air pollution
management)
control
50 %
7%
energy from
waste and
biomass
19 %
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13. Business fields/sectors of supporting members
Others
Sonstige
6%
6%
Municipalities
Kommune water
6% 6% (water supply and
waste water
Wasser
management)
sonstige Dienstleister
Other services
27% 27 %
6%
6%
Energie aus
energy from waste
Biomasse/Abfall
and biomass
7%
7%
Boden
ground pollution
8 %8 %
MSR-
MSR techniques,
Waste management /
Abfall/ Recycling/
recycling
Technik/Analytik/
analytics, production
Kreislaufwirtschaft
8%% Produktionstechnik
techniques
8
19% %
19
Air pollution
Luft
control
13%
13 %
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14. Partners - national
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15. Company members
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16. Supporting members
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17. Partners - international
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18. Actions – What We Do
 Organization of conferences (i.e. Clusterforum “waste to energy”)
 Organization of other events such as cluster days, networking
events, matchmakings etc.
 Establishing workgroups (use of waster water heat, energy from
waste, decentralized waste water treatement, landfill techniques)
 Advising (Clusterfunds, state subsidies, research facilities)
 Establishing contacts (companies ↔ R&D ↔ public authorities)
 Initiating Projects (EcoCluP, cooperation or lighthouse projects)
 Supporting companies on their way to international markets
 Providing information on markets and branches
 Qualification and trainings
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19. Examples – conferences, international forums
network meetings, research & working groups
More than 180 events with
about 9.000 participants
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20. Qualification
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21. Working & Research Groups
 Use of waste water heat
 Energy from waste
 Decentralized waste water treatment
 Wood destillation
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22. Lighthouse projects
Developing and supporting projects that …
 are innovative
 function as model role
 can be reproduced and
 are inspiring for own applications
examples:
 Sludge2energy – Energy and materials from sludge
 Water efficiency in a laundry application
 Mobile water treatment for foreign deployment
 Use of waste water heat in Straubing
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23. Example: Use of Waste Water Heat in Straubing
Advantages:
 Usage of otherwise unused energy (also possible for cooling)
 Savings on conventional energy usage
 Contribution to climate and CO2 reductions goals
 Local value creation (where waste water occurs & energy is needed)
 Waste water as local and sustainable energy source that can be
used independently from rising energy prises
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24. Internationalization
General activities:
 Contact to foreign clusters and networks
 Company business trips, participation on international trade fairs in cooperation with
Bayern International
 Information on supporting programs for internationalization activities
 International events and conferences
Project EcoCluP: Workshops, Coaching for companies:
 Internationalization
 Financing
 Management
 R&D Map
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25. Hand in hand to a better future

26. Muito obrigado pela vossa atenção.
Be connected! - www.umweltcluster.net