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OBSERVER: What impact is Copernicus having on the European Earth Observation Industry? | |
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2020-10-01 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 欧洲 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | OBSERVER: What impact is Copernicus having on the European Earth Observation Industry?One of the core objectives of the Copernicus programme is to help foster the growth of the European Earth Observation Industry and, according to the Copernicus regulation, specifically to create business potential for SMEs by boosting innovation in the downstream sector, developing new services relying on Copernicus information. Many measures have been put in place by the European Commission through different programmes such as the Copernicus Incubation, Copernicus Masters and Copernicus Accelerator to drive innovation and especially the creation of new business ideas. In addition, 5 new services have been established - the Data and Information Access Services (DIAS), designed to make it easier for businesses of any size to access Copernicus resources. What impact are these measures having on the EO services sector?In June 2020, the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC), with the support of ESA, published its 5th State and Health of the Earth Observation (EO) services industry report. This is the latest survey of the industry which has been looking at figures and trends since 2012 and which builds a picture of the impact of the Copernicus programme. So, how important is Copernicus for the European industry? Key figures from the survey are shown below. It shows that overall, revenues and employment continue to grow at around 10% per annum (this includes all data and services). When compared to the Copernicus Market report published in February 2019, which considers that the growth rate for the sector driven by Copernicus is 15% (higher than the overall rate), it appears that Copernicus is having a strong impact on the sector. The same market report notes that the share of market revenues driven by Copernicus was €168m in 2018. EARSC results show that the overall market for the European sector is of €1.25b. This suggests that Copernicus is already the basis for 13.5% of the market and it can be expected to grow significantly over the next few years. Further evidence for anticipating growth comes from the growing number of start-ups, most likely being helped by the various incubator and accelerator programmes. There is a strong upturn in the number of new companies starting in 2015 which now runs at around 40 per year. The last, most-recent year always appears lower as it takes time for new companies to become visible in the market. EARSC therefore anticipates that this growth rate of 40 new companies per year will continue. Figure: Number of Companies formed each year. Turning directly to Copernicus, the more-established companies are very positive towards it. The figure shows the evolution of the companies views on the impact of Copernicus on their business. At the outset, there were several companies concerned about the Free and Open Data Policy. Now, these concerns have abated, and there is no negative sentiment with 96% of the industry being positive about Copernicus. Figure: Companies views on the Impact of Copernicus on their Business. Asked more specifically about their interests and use of Copernicus, the survey showed that more companies are interested in the Sentinel data directly than the outputs from the 6 Copernicus Services. Nonetheless, the latter has grown strongly from around 45% in 2016 to over 60% today. Over 90% of the companies are using the Copernicus Sentinel data as part of their business and, in particular, for generating and delivering value-added services. Figure: Companies use of Copernicus Data and Services. Which of the services are of interest to companies?This has stayed pretty much unchanged over the years: the land service remains the preferred domain of applications – even if it has fallen slightly over the last 12 months. Both the climate and security services have seen an increase in interest. These are relative numbers and do not represent the absolute amount of business in each of the domains. This latter indicator was not a part of the 2019 survey but will be in 2020. Figure: Companies interest in the domains of Copernicus Services How important is Copernicus for their business model?In a 2019 survey of start-ups, EARSC found that 18% of the 82 respondents considered that their business would not be possible without Sentinel data and a further 26% that it improves their competitiveness. Of the rest, 50% of the companies reported that it improves their business performance. Figure: Start-ups views on Copernicus impact on their Business Model. The evidence is there that Copernicus is having a significant impact on the ecosystem and ease of access to the Copernicus products is a key aspect, for which the DIAS play a key role. Regarding the DIAS, 90% of companies have accessed them as a test. Many fewer have continued to use the DIAS for commercial purposes. Figure: Companies' access and use of the DIAS In conclusion, the Copernicus programme is leading competitiveness and fostering growth of the European EO services industry as its data and services are increasingly becoming readily available and used. There is good evidence suggesting that without the Copernicus Programme, the industry would not have the growth rate it has today. If you would like to find out more about the survey, or see the full results, you can find them here. |
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