When building houses that consume less energy, or even produce more energy than they consume, there are a number of variables to take into account. For example, we need to understand the technologies available on the market, their cost and accessibility, as well as the surrounding environment and climate.
The Historic Building Energy Retrofit Atlas made its debut at REDay 2019. The database of good practices for energy efficient renovation of historic buildings is now online.
Via EUREC members, ZSW ZSW and BDEW on gross electricity consumption in the first three quarters of 2019 Lack of progress in wind power expansion and too few new photovoltaic systems could put 65-percent target out of reach Renewable energies collectively covered 42.9 percent of gross electricity consumption in Germany during the first three quarters...
Climate protection is one of the major challenges of our time. It is becoming increasingly clear that a substantial transformation of industrial value chains and production processes is needed in order to meet the climate protection targets of the Paris Agreement.
On Tuesday 12 November CAPTure – Competitive Solar Power Towers project is organising a workshop dedicated to the value and role of Concentrated Solar Power for the future power grid with high shares of renewables.
The letter had the support of 14 associations or NGOs. They allowed their logo to be added to it and some suggested edits.
A successful energy transition includes the transformation to a completely decarbonised, atomic energy-free and socially, and economically compatible energy system.
AEE INTEC coordinates the development of a seasonal thermochemical storage system based on salt hydrate. The CREATE (Compact REtrofit Advanced Thermal Energy storage) project is a research project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme.
As from January 2019, FOSS is coordinating PANTERA, a European Coordination and Support Action project under DG Energy, for strengthening the R&I capabilities of EU with emphasis on the countries that contribute less through leveraging the lessons learned from countries that are in the lead.
Seize this chance to make your voice and knowledge heard The European Technology and innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling has prepared a draft of the strategic document ‘Vision to 2050: the vision for renewable heating and cooling in Europe’. We would like to collect the input of renewable heating and cooling experts and...
Visit RODA winery and learn how they integrate solar heat to produce wine thanks to SHIP2FAIR tools! SHIP2FAIR consortium is organizing this workshop and guided visit in Spanish. Would you like to learn how to integrate solar thermal energy into agri-food industrial processes in a sustainable and economically viable way? Would you like to see...
The TRACER project was launched on 14-16 May 2019 in Finsterwalde (Germany), where the Kick-off meeting, stakeholder discussion as well as the first study tour took place. The EU-funded TRACER project aims to support nine coal-intensive regions, which are at different stages of their energy transition, to shape or fine-tune their Research and Innovation (R&I)...
Via EUREC Members, ORE Catapult ORE Catapult and China’s Tus Holdings have extended their international collaboration through the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Government of Qingdao and the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao). The parties will cooperate in the Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Revitalization Plan, jointly...
The HYDROPOWER EUROPE (HPE) project is currently undertaking a consultation process which includes wider online inquiries, expert workshops and a series of regional and Brussels-based events. The aim is to collect bottom up inputs from hydro-power operators and manufacturers, as well as research and environmental organizations, to define a Research and Innovation Agenda and a...
Press Release // Six companies investing in a low-emission future meet Undersecretary Davide Crippa (Ministry of Economic Development) in a meeting set up by EUREC Rome, 4-7-2019. A meeting has taken place at the Ministry of Economic Development between Undersecretary Davide Crippa and a delegation of 6 representatives of companies in the energy sector. The...
Comunicato stampa: Al MiSE l’incontro promosso dall’EUREC tra il Sottosegretario Davide Crippa e sei aziende che investono in un futuro a basse emissioni ROMA, 04-07-19. Si é svolto oggi presso il Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico un incontro, promosso dall’Associazione Europea dei centri di ricerca sulle energie Rinnovabili, tra il Sottosegretario Davide Crippa e una delegazione...
On Wednesday 19 June, the interactive, online, free tool specialised in photovoltaics and wind projects participated at the Energy Fair of the Résidence Palace, Brussels CIRCE foundation (coordinator of PV WIND Maps) and EUREC (The Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centres) took this networking opportunity, EUSEW’s Energy Fair, to present PV WIND Maps to...
28 October 2019 • Helsinki, Finland • Original Sokos Hotel Presidentti The European Technology & Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC ETIP) organises the event 100% RHC for a Sustainable Future, the opportunity for RHC experts to learn, network and present their RHC innovative projects. Why joining? The RHC ETIP gathers industry representatives,...
Via EUREC Members, WIP Renewable Energies EU PVSEC is pleased to announce that the conference programme can now be found online (here). The registration is open for this year’s conference and exhibition taking place at Marseille Chanot Conference & Exhibition Centre from September 9-13. REGISTER HERE The European Joint Commission Research Centre coordinates the conference...
Via EUREC members, FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy proudly announces that the SmartPV Project has won the LIFE Citizen’s Prize (#LIFEAwards19). We are grateful for your votes & support! The project The Project “Smart net metering for promotion and cost-efficient grid-integration of PV technology in Cyprus” with the...
Via EUREC Members, ZSW Green Electricity for More Affordable Hydrogen Research platform with optimized electrolyzer up and running at commercial power-to-gas plant Hydrogen sourced from green electricity can increase the share of renewables in the transportation sector and reduce particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions. There is a catch, though – green gas production is...
Via EUREC Members, EURAC Research Each photovoltaic system is composed of numerous components “” photovoltaic modules, cabling, inverters, etc “” keeping them monitored and making available data coming from various stakeholders easily accessible in a centralized platform would optimize the operation and maintenance of PV systems, whether they are residential or large systems. It is...
Via EUREC Members, DLR At the Hannover Messe, DLR is presenting innovative technologies and concepts for implementing the Energy Transition. This year, DLR’s stand will focus on the topic of digitalisation as a key factor for the successful transformation of the energy system. At the DLR stand, visitors can experience, among other things, what the...
Via EUREC Members, AEE INTEC Arrowhead Tools is Europe’s largest project for solutions in automation and digitization for the industry. The project has a budget of EUR 91 million and more than 80 partners, among them some of Europe’s largest companies such as Volvo, Bosch, Philips and Infineon. It is funded within the ECSEL Joint...
Via EUREC Members, CENER CENER is developing technology for future urban biorefineries, to move towards a circular bioeconomy CENER is involved in 4 specific initiatives, in order to develop the most adequate management and valorization routes of different urban biowastes. Sarriguren (Navarre-Spain) on March 4th 2019.- In the Biomass Department of CENER (National Renewable Energy...
Brussels, 13 May 2019 PV IMPACT PRESS RELEASE Kick-off meeting of the PV IMPACT project (Brussels, 17 April 2019) gathers experts from eleven industry and research organizations to impulse the actual execution of the SET Plan Implementation Plan for Photovoltaics. Project partners from eleven industry and research organizations met in Brussels on 17 April 2019...
SHIP2FAIR is looking for interested plants or industrial sites, from the Agro-food sector or other sectors, to develop one of the 10 feasibility studies with focus on one of the tools that the project is creating: the Replication Tool. The Replication Tool is a software to support the concept design of SHIP projects (projects integrating...
EUREC and EUREC members, CIRCE, will have a stand dedicated to PV WIND Maps, the interactive online library, specialised in PV and WIND projects during EUSEW 2019. PV WIND Maps is a free access website designed to locate and learn about European & international projects on Wind and PV technologies. With PV WIND Maps you...
The ETIP PV conference “Readying for the TW era“ will take place on 28&29 May 2019 at the BIP (Rue Royale 2-4) in Brussels, Belgium. PV reached a new milestone of the end of 2018 with half a TW of installed capacity globally and more is expected to come in the coming years, with a...
