Research activities having an impact in the short and medium term
Third Call for Proposals - Information Day
22 June 2004 - Brussels, Belgium & Live on the Internet
Live Internet Broadcast Service provided by ManagEnergy, an initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
This event was broadcast live on the internet. The full video recordings (with voice, sound and integrated slide presentations) of the Information Day on 22 June 2004 are now available on the Managenergy Internet Broadcast website. Streaming will be offered in Real Media (adaptive 40 and 100 kbps) and in Windows Media Player (40 kbps) in English, available on the Internet until December 2004.
In the frame of the Third Call for Proposals [FP6-2004-TREN-3], under the 6th Framework Programme, the European Commission Energy & Transport DG organised an Information Day which took place in Brussels on 22 June 2004, immediately after the launch of the Call.
The aim of the event was to give a detailed overview of the third Call for Proposals, and to offer potential proposers an opportunity to meet, find new partners and discuss.
More information on the Third Call can be found on:
ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.html
Any questions can be sent by e-mail to tren-fp6@ec.europa.int
The call text for Identifier: [FP6-2004-TREN-3] can be downloaded from:
fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=144
Download Work Programme for FP6-2004-TREN-3 (212 KB PDF)
1) Cost-effective supply of renewable energies (Activity Code: SUSTDEV-1.1.1)
2) Grid issues (Activity Code : SUSTDEV-1.1.7)
3) Polygeneration (Activity Code : SUSTDEV-1.1.4)
4) Alternative motor fuels (Activity Code : SUSTDEV-1.1.5)
Biofuel-Cities
Hydrogen for transport
5) Thematic Promotion and Dissemination [Activity Code : SUSTDEV-1.1.8]
1) Cost-effective supply of renewable energies (Activity Code: SUSTDEV-1.1.1):
Projects should be aimed at bringing the next generation of more cost-effective renewable energy technologies to the market, with particular emphasis on markets in Europe. The results should enable these technologies to compete in the liberalised energy markets of the future with substantially reduced levels of subsidy, and also help to bring them within reach of developing countries. The main tasks to be carried out will explore ways to reduce the costs of the energy delivered by specific renewable energy technologies, in the form of green electricity, heating/cooling, and liquid/gaseous biofuels.
Priority areas:
2) Grid issues (Activity Code : SUSTDEV-1.1.7):
The demand for electricity is expected to grow significantly over the next decade, but the liberalisation of the energy market has lead to a significant reduction in the installed over-capacity of base load power plants. In some EU countries the demand for electricity peaks more often in summer than in winter, due to a very significant increase in the demand for cooling. In a growing number of regions the low voltage distribution network to the end users shows weaknesses. Some of these problems can be addressed by installing medium and small scale power generation units, including renewable electricity generating plants, in strategic locations to stabilise the grid instead of installing new power lines.
Priority areas:
3) Polygeneration (Activity Code : SUSTDEV-1.1.4):
Projects should be aimed at improving the efficiency of an overall system covering supply and demand; therefore they should cover the complete spectrum from primary energy sources to energy services for private or industrial consumers. Projects should demonstrate the supply of primary energy sources to the project site, their conversion to energy, the supply and distribution of the energy produced, the provision of energy services to consumers and the eventual production of energy carriers or other useful products.
Projects should concentrate on the demonstration of innovative pre-commercial technologies in market oriented actions, and with short to medium term exploitation prospects, addressing one of the following applications:1) Polygeneration for residential and commercial buildings, district networks and the tertiary sector. Emphasis should be placed on measures to improve operating efficiency, security, reliability of performance at reduced costs and a large reduction of green house gas emissions and 2) Polygeneration for industrial applications with significant improvements on energy efficiency.
Priority areas:
4) Alternative motor fuels (Activity Code : SUSTDEV-1.1.5):
The primary aim of the call is to establish European partnerships for innovative demonstration of alternative fuels and energy efficient vehicles. In particular, one in the field of biofuels (European Partnership: Biofuel-Cities) and a second one in the field of hydrogen (European Partnership: Hydrogen for transport). These Partnerships could be composed of new integrated projects financed by this call as well as on-going projects that will constitute a coherent set of European demonstration activities. The two Partnerships will be supported respectively by a Coordination Action. These two coordination actions will give shape to the partnership, provide visibility to it, as well as ensure an common monitoring and assessment framework for the projects.
The purpose of Biofuel Cities is to demonstrate the use of new and innovative technologies that will permit extensive use of biofuels in cities covering the complete chain from feedstock to biofuels production, distribution and utilisation in vehicle fleets. In particular the following topics should be addressed:
The Hydrogen for Transport partnership will provide a coherent European framework for hydrogen demonstration activities. It will coordinate, monitor and assess new and on going projects. This call will supplement existing efforts with new Integrated Projects (IPs) addressing the priority topics (a-b-d-e and when relevant c) of this section embracing all links in the Well to Wheel chain:
The actions proposed here should not replace the dissemination which is carried as part of each individual FP6 project, but should use the combined results from different projects as the basis for a thematic approach to promotion and dissemination.
The actions proposed here should be based mainly on promoting and disseminating the results of technology research and demonstration projects, including any lessons learned concerning the policy and legislative context in which they were implemented. Actions which are designed mainly to tackle non-technological market barriers should be proposed to the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme. Together, these two programmes act as an incubator for the policies and measures that promote renewable energy technologies and the rational use of energy in the EU.
In particular, support is envisaged for actions which address:
EC funding typically represents up to 35% of the eligible costs of energy demonstration projects. This funding will come from the EU's Sixth Research Framework Programme (proposals have to be in line with the relevant work programme, rules and procedures.), and will support integrated demonstration and dissemination actions (with an optional short to medium term research component of up to about 20%) which are carried out with an EU dimension and which involve the real-scale application of new, renewable and efficient energy technologies.
The Commission would like to take the opportunity at this meeting to give an overview of the following 2 Joint Calls, entitled:
Introduction and policy background of the Initiative
Mr. Karl Kellner - Head of Unit D2: Energy RTD Programme Management
The technical priorities on this 3rd Call (short and medium term):
1. Cost-effective supply of renewable energies
2. Grid issues
3. Polygeneration
Mr. William Gillett - Deputy Head of Unit D2: Energy RTD Programme Management
4. Alternative motor fuels
Mr. Inigo Sabater - Unit D4: Clean Transport and sustainable development
5. Thematic Promotion and Dissemination
Mr. Pedro Ballesteros - Unit D3: Promotion and Dissemination of the Results of the Programmes
RTD instruments and contractual aspects (short and medium term)
Ms. Nicola Ostertag - Unit A1: Financial Resources and Activity Based Management, Research Coordination Cell
Presentation of the 2 Joint Calls on hydrogen (medium and longer term) Mr. Barry Robertson - DG Research - Head of Unit J3: New and Renewable Energy Sources
Partner Search Mr. Ismo Gronroos-Saikkala - Unit D3: Promotion and Dissemination of the Results of the Programmes
Questions and discussion
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