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European Research Infrastructure supporting Smart Grid Systems Technology Development, Validation and Roll Out (ERIGrid)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

Renewable energy sources are key enablers to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and to cope with the anthropogenic global warming. The intermittent behaviour of them and their limited storage capabilities present new challenges to power system operators in maintaining power quality and reliability. However, the increased availability of advanced automation and communication technologies has also pr ...
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Linking Climate and Development Policies - Leveraging International Networks and Knowledge Sharing (CD-LINKS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

An important question for policy makers, in the G20 and beyond, is how to bring climate action into the broader sustainable development agenda. Objectives like energy poverty eradication, increased well-being and welfare, air quality improvement, energy security enhancement, and food and water availability will continue to remain important over the next several decades. There have been relatively ...
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New Cost Efficient Business Models for Flexible Smart Grids (NOBEL GRID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

NOBEL GRID will develop, deploy and evaluate advanced tools and ICT services for energy DSOs cooperatives and medium-size retailers, enabling active consumers involvement –i.e. new demand response schemas – and flexibility of the market – i.e. new business models for aggregators and ESCOs.Through the dual-use of telecommunication networks, and validating the integration of renewable generation pre ...
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European Liaison on Electricity Committed Towards long-term Research Activities for Smart Grids (ELECTRA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

...tion and engagement. Together, the JP SG and ELECTRA will establish significant coherence across national research efforts critical to the stable operation of the EU power system of 2020+. The EU energy strategy sets ambitious goals for the energy systems of the future that foresees a substantial increase in the share of renewable electricity production. The whole-sale deployment of RES connected ...
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Demonstrating Managed Aquifer Recharge as a Solution to Water Scarcity and Drought (MARSOL)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region are facing the challenge of managing its water resources under conditions of increasing scarcity and concerns about water quality. Already, the availability of fresh water in sufficient quality and quantity is one of the major factors limiting socio economic development. Innovative water management strategies such as the storage of reclaimed water or ex ...
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Concepts, Capacities and Methods for Testing EV systems and their interOperability within the Smartgrids (COTEVOS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...alities and technologies, aim to open new markets of added value services.The performance and interoperability of all those systems need to be assessed from different perspectives, including electric energy, communications and information management. This way, the whole system will be able to offer charging and other services, which will allow the creation of sustainable new business models. COTEV ...
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Small scale thermal solar district units for Mediterranean communities (STS-Med)

Start date: Nov 16, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

The project in brief In the Mediterranean area, a large share of energy is consumed by households and in buildings. In addition to the dependence on fossil fuel, oil and natural gas, the primary energy demand is growing at a regular pace. Increasing the share of solar energy sources in the overall energy mix is a crucial goal for the Mediterranean area, as the exploitation of a sustainable renewab ...
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Energy management and decision support systems for Energy Positive neighbourhoods (EEPOS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

EEPOS focuses on neighbourhood energy management and decision support systems that will integrate local consumers & producers (prosumers) with the main electrical and heating grids.The objectives are to develop:• Visionary scenarios and business models for neighbourhood energy services for energy trading between prosumers in neighbourhoods and the grid.• Management systems for energy positive neig ...
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Energetic Recovery of Waste (VEDER)

Start date: Feb 19, 2013, End date: Aug 18, 2015,

Development of a sustainable energy sector in perspective of a sustainable use of energy resources, through the implementation of a system for electricity and heat production from biomass, municipal, agricultural and industrial waste. Expect ...
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Transnational Initiative for guidance of graduated and entrepreneurship (TRIGGER)

Start date: Oct 13, 2013, End date: Aug 12, 2015,

The projects scope is to unleash dynamic economic activities and employment opportunities in the light of worsening of the socio-economic situation surfacing from the global crisis. Investing in the human capital of the area, the project intents to promote networking establish synergies between the Academic Institutions and the business community and create more opportunities for young people and ...
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Assessing subsurface potentials of the Alpine Foreland Basins for sustainable planning and use of natural resources (GeoMol)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

To meet the EU’s ambitious targets for carbon emission reduction, renewable energy production must strongly be upgraded and made more efficient and capable for grid energy storage. Alpine Foreland Basins feature a unique geological inventory which can contribute substantially to tackle these challenges. Deep ‘Molasse’ basins at the fringe of the Alpine mountain range offer an abundant geothermal p ...
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From Development to Dissemination (D2D)

Start date: Jan 6, 2014, End date: Feb 27, 2015,

The D2D project, which stands for “Development to Dissemination” and vice versa, builds on the results of the Cradle to Cradle Islands (C2CI) project. The main aim of the project is to create a process that enables small and locally developed innovations, achieved during the C2CI project and beyond, to be realized and commercialized across the regions of the North Sea. The D2D intends to provide t ...
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PhotoVoltaic European Research Infrastructure (SOPHIA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

The objective of the SOPHIA project is to strenghten and optimise research capabilities, mainly by coordinating efforts on important but precompetitive issues. Large research infrastructures working together will avoid the useless replication of a large number of small efforts. The SOPHIA project aims at pulling together the main European photovoltaic research infrastructures in order to provide t ...
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Energy exploitation of non-recyclable urban waste in a sustainable waste-to-energy market (ENERGY-WASTE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...d hydrogen, by reacting it at high temperatures with a controlled amount of oxygen and/or steam. The resulting ‘synthesis gas’ can be used as a fuel. Using gasification to extract renewable energy from organic waste is a much more environmentally-friendly management option than sending it to landfill. The thermal utilisation of non-hazardous bio-residues and waste streams could be a key elemen ...
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Added value from high protein & high oil industrial co-streams (APROPOS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...y and environmental impacts. The assessment will also include study on how the developed residue producer-end use value chain will affect the existing value chain from the residue producer to feed or energy. The multidisciplinary research group and cross-industrial SME group together cover the whole value chain from residue producers and processors to various end-users. The expertises of the partn ...
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Alpine space In Movement, targeted to water & energy capitalization (AIM)

Start date: Sep 30, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The project Alpine space In Movement (AIM) aims at becoming a “megaphone” of the Alpine Space Programme (ASP) projects active in the field of water & renewable energy. AIM will capitalise on the achievements of the numerous ASP projects dedicated to the promotion of energy production from renewables and on the optimization of water resource exploitation. The importance of the issue was highlighted ...
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Strengthening networking on BiomAss researcH and biowaste conversion – biotechnologY for EurOpe India inteGration (SAHYOG)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

The main objective of the SAHYOG project is to establish a partnering initiative to coordinate research activities carried out in Europe and India on biomass production and biowaste conversion through biotechnological approaches. The integrated project activities will be carried out by a partnership of stakeholders from EU and India involving public and private organizations that conceive and fund ...
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Biocommodity refinery (BIOCORE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

...t are closer to the market 6) Assess the environmental, economic and social sustainability of the biorefinery concept considering the entire value chain 7) Ensure efficient technology transfer to the energy sector, chemical and biotech industries, agro and forestry sectors, and the general public and policy makers"
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Distributed Energy Resources Research Infrastructure (DERRI)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

DERRI has as its primary objective the further integration of the European Distributed Energy Re-sources research community through the provision of User Access to a unique portfolio of important European Laboratories in the field of Distributed Energy Resources, focusing mainly system and architectural aspects of smart energy network based on Distributed Generation.
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From strategies to activities (Bioenergy Promotion2)

Start date: Sep 28, 2011, End date: Dec 27, 2013,

The aim of the project "Bioenergy Promotion 2- from strategies to activities" was to promote and increase the sustainable production and use of bioenergy in the Baltic Sea Region.Bioenergy Promotion 2 was a follow-up to the Main stage project Bioenergy Promotion. The Main stage project started in 2009 and concluded in 2011. The initial project consortium consisted of 33 partners, who were involved ...
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European responses to climate change: deep emissions reductions and mainstreaming of mitigation and adaptation (RESPONSES)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

...ation objectives and for developing alternative policy options; applying this framework in five EU policy sectors (water and agriculture, biodiversity, regional development/infrastructure, health and energy), linked by a set of cross-sectoral integrative activities; and synthesizing the results to new policy strategies. The main outputs of the project will be: a set of global low emission scenario ...
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Opportunities for Community groups Through Energy Storage (OCTES)

Start date: Mar 14, 2011, End date: Mar 14, 2013,

The project will develop a business model that can deliver a new Integrated Renewable Energy Management Service (IREMS) that can be adapted to suit local needs in a transnational context. The developed Renewable Energy Management Service incorporating smart grid technology with existing renewable energy (RE) know-how will be made available to existing advisory services across the NPP region.The co ...
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Pan-European infrastructure for management of marine and ocean geological and geophysical data (Geo-Seas)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

The overall objective of the Geo-Seas project is to effect a major and significant improvement in the overview and access to marine geological and geophysical data and data-products from national geological surveys and research institutes in Europe by upgrading and interconnecting their present infrastructures.The Geo-Seas partnership has taken a strategic decision to adopt the SeaDataNet interope ...
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Cradle to Cradle Islands (C2CI)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

The project will focus on the development of new and sustainable energy-related technologies and strategies in islands around the North Sea Region. C2CI will develop and implement the cradle-to-cradle (C2C) methodology for NSR islands, i.e. designing intelligent products and materials that can be used over and over again and thus replace the concept of waste. Three development clusters that focus ...
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Renewable Energy Scenarios in Islands (RESI)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

The project has defi ned common strategies to overcome the gap which separates Sicily and Malta from the European average in the use of renewable, in particular, solar energy sources and in encouraging the transfer of technology and good practices. Furthermore, measures have been taken to compare and evaluate energy strategies from the environmental and socioeconomic view point as well as identify ...
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Risk-based management of chemicals and products in a circular economy at a global scale (RISKCYCLE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

Many potentially hazardous compounds are traded as chemicals or incorporated as additives in products. Their release to the environment has been a concern of EC, UNO, WHO and OECD. The discussion of the assessment and management of chemicals and products led to the OECD program Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The World Summit encouraged countries to i ...
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Multi-scale data assimilation, advanced wind modeling and forecasting with emphasis to extreme weather situations for a secure large-scale wind power integration (SafeWind)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

... of meteorological conditions or large forecasting errors (phase errors, near cut-off speeds etc), are very costly for infrastructures (i.e. unexpected loads on turbines) and reduce the value of wind energy for end-users. The state of the art in wind power forecasting focused so far on the "usual" operating conditions rather than on extreme events. Thus, the current wind forecasting technology pre ...
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Solutions for Microgeneration to ALLow Energy Saving Technology 4.8 (SMALLEST)

Start date: Jun 14, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

...vice across all Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) partner regions to raise the scale and quality of training, mentoring and support for rural communities needed to help them convert from traditional energy generation to renewable energy generation. The SMALLEST service will assist rural communities by increasing their awareness of the potential benefits of renewable energy generation for their co ...
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SEE HYDROPOWER, targeted to improve water resource management for a growing renewable energy production (SEE HYDROPOWER)

Start date: May 31, 2009, End date: May 29, 2012,

SEE HYDROPOWER is based on the European Directive on the promotion of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (RES-e) respect to the Kyoto protocol targets, that aims to establish an overall binding target of 20% share of renewable energy sources in energy consumption and a 10% binding minimum target for biofuels in transport to be achieved by each Member State, as well as binding national targe ...
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HighNoon: adaptation to changing water resources availability in northern India with Himalayan glacier retreat and changing monsoon pattern (HighNoon)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

... capacity. Socio-economic development determines the level of adaptive capacity. It is a challenge to find appropriate adaptation strategies with stakeholders for each of the sectors agriculture, energy, health and water supply by assessing the impact outputs of the hydrological and socio-economical models. The principal aim of the project is to assess the impact of Himalayan glaciers retreat an ...
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The Baltic Sea Region Bioenergy Promotion Project (Bioenergy Promotion)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

The project aimed to: Raise awareness that there is a significant potential of employment and business possibilities within bioenergy in the Baltic Sea Region, facilitate conditions for the reduction of emissions by sustainable use of bioenergy, develop regional management plans and tools for planning within bioenergy, exchange experiences through up-t-date conferences, seminars and workshops in b ...
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Strategic Alliance for integrated Water Management Actions (SAWA)

Start date: May 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2011,

SAWA strives to strengthen the member states for their current implementation of the EU Flood Directive (FD) by developing a transnational implementation strategy. The aim is to adapt existing water management systems to the effects of extreme flood events due to climate change, focusing on sustainable development of society and regional economies. Based on case studies and pilot implementations S ...
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Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Oct 29, 2011,

Aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel) are crucial for infrastructure and construction. SEE countries are rich in aggregates, but supply is not coordinated within or across the area. Challenges are illegal and damaging quarries, unreclaimed sites, limited recycling and community opposition. Fulfilling demand requires efficient and sustainable supply chain (planning, extraction, transport, use ...
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Full Costs of Climate Change (ClimateCost)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

...in physical terms, and economic costs, the ‘costs of inaction’ for these scenarios, with bottom-up disaggregated (spatial) modelling for market and non-market sectors (coasts, health, ecosystems, energy, water, infrastructure) in the EU and other major negotiator countries (US, China, India). To extend analysis to quantify and value the costs and benefits of adaptation, and the residual costs of c ...
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Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Asia (ISSOWAMA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

The general inadequate, when existing, methods of collection and disposal of solid waste in most Asian cities are causing important environmental and social harms, as human diseases spreading, environmental pollution and ground and water pollution. In order to raise awareness, promote an adequate waste collection and treatment system and the economic growth of this activity sector in a technologic ...
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Sustainable energy technology at work: thematic promotion of energy efficiency and energy saving technologies in the carbon markets (SETATWORK)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

The overall objective of the SETatWork proposal is to undertake thematic promotion of energy efficiency and saving technologies in industry sectors connected with the carbon markets Core actions are:- Identification of concrete projects in ETS Companies (WP3)- Matchmaking events bringing market actors together for project realization (WP4)- Parallel project identification and match-making at CDM m ...
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Small hydro action for the promotion of efficient solutions (SHAPES)

Start date: Dec 1, 2007, End date: Nov 30, 2009,

The overall objective of SHAPES is to facilitate and strengthen the co-operation between EU Small Hydropower (SHP) Research and Market actors, with the overall objective of streamlining future research & development and promote R&D results in order to enhance penetration of SHP and know-how with the EU and on new markets in developing countries. The SHAPES action is highly relevant with the aim of ...
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New Bioenergy Business During Emission Trading (ET-BIOENERGY)

Start date: Jan 6, 2005, End date: Jan 5, 2007,

..., or even emission allowances. In addition, new business concepts may be needed for this emerging market. The EU Emission Trading system has brought new challenges, but also new opportunities for the energy market in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) countries. Typically in some EU countries the decreasing of greenhouse gas emissions tends to be more expensive to achieve than in the others.The objective ...
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Greek-Albanian cross border cooperation in Biomass Exploitation (GABE)

Albania and Greece both seek for new advances in the Energy sector. The specific area of interest has a huge potential for becoming an energy point for biofuel and biomass production, as it combines the existence of a strategic geopolitical and economic position and abundance of biomass resources. Based on this fact, the proposed project concerns the implementation of actions that aim to promote t ...
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EDUCATION MODULES' DEVELOPMENT FOR TECHNICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN ENERGY SECTOR TECHNOLOGIES

Energy sources used in industry that begin with the transformation of coal energy into steam are not infinite.In parallel to the increase of population, the increase in energy need is at high levels all over the world.This increasing need for energy and industrialization have also brought about urbanization and also significant environment problems.Every country is in fact in competition to discov ...
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