Wolfram Sparber, EUREC’s Vice President, was invited to contribute to the foreword of the new issue of the Innovation Network Platform. In this article, he establishes the measures that Europe must take to optimise its renewables portfolio. Read the article here. Read the 11th edition of The Innovation Platform here.
On 9 June 2022, 17 cleantech investors and NGOs signed an open letter to prioritise climate and energy security in Horizon Europe. Research and Innovation (“R&I”) has been at the heart of the European project and collaboration since 1984. Horizon Europe is the EU’s flagship R&I funding programme and with its budget of €95.5 billion,...
The research unit EVERGi of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel carries out research and delivers innovation support towards the design, optimization, evaluation and demonstration of complex multi-energy systems. More info on EVERGi’s activities HERE.
On 6 June 2022, EUREC, together with 11 organisations and investors, contributed to a joint-letter on how cleantech innovation will boost the Repowering of the EU. When Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine three months ago, Europe’s fossil energy and resource dependence was exposed. Today, just like after the first oil shock in 1973 that spurred...
The Innovation Fund is the EU’s most impactful tool to drive clean energy innovation. But its award criteria put renewable projects at a structural disadvantage. This is contrary to the original policy intent. And it undermines the REPowerEU objective of substituting fossil fuels with renewables. EUREC, together with 8 renewable energy organisations, therefore calls upon...
On 24 March 2022, EUREC contributed to a joint letter “To REPowerEU we must REPower Cleantech”. Fifteen organisations joined forces in a letter proposing FitFor55 policy changes & investment to act for peace, freedom and our climate future. This letter was addressed to the EU Commission, EU Parliament and 27 Permanent Representations of EU Member States. Since then,...
The European Technology & Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) is inviting applications for membership of the ETIP PV Steering Committee. Send your application by 1 April 2022. About ETIP PV The European Technology & Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics is a EC funded network of experts sharing a long-term European vision for PV, helping to...
On 8 June 2021, Hydropower Europe hosted the partner event “Hydropower: how to avoid potential pollution sources and to mitigate environmental impacts by innovative measures and concepts.” The event, a part of EU Green Week 2021, was attended by over 70 participants who joined experts in a roundtable discussion to highlight good practices and approaches...
On the 9th of June we organised the public workshop “Strength through Cooperation: Europe’s PV value chain working together”. The three-hour event focused on cooperation across European PV value chain manufacturing and was chaired by Radovan Kopecek (ISC Konstanz) with support from Simon Philipps (FhG-ISE) and Ingrid Weiss (WIP Renewable Energies) and from media partnership...
EUREC, along with 13 other organisations, co-signed an open letter to the three Executive Vice-Presidents of the European Commission to advocate for climate- and energy-related innovation and its place at the centre of the EU’s Fit for 55 legislative proposals. As the Fit for 55 proposals are in the review process, the letter stressed the...
