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Greg Arrowsmith, Policy Advisor of EUREC, contributed to an article from Adjacent Open Access about how effective projects drive the EU to keep powering renewable energy research and innovation. The piece was entitled ‘Driving renewable energy research and innovation in FP9’ Read the full article here

ETIP SNET IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ONLINE CONSULTATION 1 DAY LEFT TO LET US KNOW YOUR OPINION ON NEXT RD&I PRIORITIES FOR EUROPE’S ENERGY TRANSITION If you have not done so yet, you have until 10 August to provide your feedback on the draft ETIP SNET Implementation Plan 2017- 2020 (IP 17-20), don’t lose this opportunity! The ETIP...

Press release: Innovation in the Renewable Heating and Cooling sector fills up entire conference room at the EUSEW Brus­sels, 30th June 2017 – The ses­sion “In­no­va­tion in the Re­new­able Heat­ing and Cool­ing sec­tor” or­gan­ised by the Eu­ro­pean Tech­nol­ogy and In­no­va­tion Plat­form on Re­new­able Heat­ing and Cool­ing (RHC-ETIP) as part of the of­fi­cial pro­gramme of the...

‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package should promote local energy communities and apportion network charges fairly On 23 May, EUREC held a workshop on “Digitalisation of the energy system”. Members presented results from their research in this area, then discussed more broadly the changes needed to operation of Europe’s energy networks, particularly electricity networks. A...

5TOI_4EWAS survey on University – Business cooperation in South Mediterranean Neighbourhood Top Countries performance With the aim of enriching our knowledge, 5TOI_4EWAS has conducted a rigorous investigation spanning from December 2016 till May 2017. 5TOI_4EWAS has spent the last six months to investigate on barriers and motivators, supporting mechanism and good practises which are carrying out...

In the framework of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package proposed by the European Commission in November, EUREC and other associations from the renewable energy field have signed a letter addressed to the members of the European Parliament. The letter aims to encourage the European Commission to increase the investment on renewable energy. You...

PRESS RELEASE BRUSSELS, 21st June 2017 – The Annual Event “Innovation in the Renewable Heating and Cooling sector” of the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC-ETIP) was successfully held yesterday in Brussels, Belgium.   Over 50 experts attended the event at CENELEC with the aim to discuss the conditions to...

A MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE FELLOWSHIP WITHIN THE MSCA-ITN PROJECT SOLAR-TRAIN Location: Bolzano, Italy Employment contract for 3 years Participation in a Training Network Deadline: 14 July 2017 Eurac Research is offering A Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship within the MSCA-ITN project SOLAR-TRAIN on the topic: Uncertainty in PV Energy Performance: a Framework to Link Technical Failures,...

PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 22 June 2017 Open Letter from the European PV Community: “Urgent Call for Action to Ensure a Sustainable Future for European PV Manufacturing” Organized by the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV), EUREC – The Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centers and Solar United – The Global Solar...

eseia is getting ready for new exciting edition of its International Summer School. The 2017 edition will focus on “Balancing of bio-resources and energy production“ and will take place at the Centre for Advanced Academic Studies of the University of Zagreb, Croatia, between 26 June-1 July 2017. Students and young professionals will have the chance to explore how to convert...

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH (HMC) is organizer of the trade fair WindEnergy Hamburg, which is to be held at the Hamburg Fair site from 25 to 28 September 2018. This letter of intent describes the cooperation between HMC and the partner as supporting association of WindEnergy Hamburg 2018 – hereinafter called WindEnergy. Benefits offered...

The 52 College of Members (CoMs 52) took place in Brussels, at the Museum of Natural Sciences, on the 23rd and 24th May 2017. The second day was dedicated to the association’s internal affairs and on the first day, EUREC organised an expert workshop on ‘Digitalisation of the energy system’.  Werner Friedl (AIT) during his presentation on...

IK4 TEKNIKER, EUREC Partner in the Competitive Solar Power Towers, CAPTure project, will present at the 12th International Modelica Conference. The event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 15-17, 2017. It is organized by The Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics (CSKI) and Politecnico di Milano, in cooperation with the Modelica Association....

21 Jun 2017 from 4 pm to 5.30 pm Location: Brussels – Belgium The RHC-ETIP will or­gan­ise a ses­sion dur­ing the of­fi­cial pro­gramme of the Eu­ro­pean Sus­tain­able En­ergy Week (EUSEW). The programme of the EUSEW Policy Conference is available online here The RHC-ETIP session aims to pre­sent in­no­v­a­tive pro­jects in the re­new­able heat­ing and cool­ing...

For the 6th year, EUREC will deliver 3 awards to the best students’ undergraduate projects on Renewable Energy. Through these awards, EUREC would like to stimulate interest in research in Renewable Energy and encourage young students to pursue a career in the field. The award is open to all students in the last year of...

The 52 College of Members (CoMs 52) will take place in Brussels, at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences,  on the 23rd and 24th May 2017. EUREC will organise an expert workshop on ‘Digitalisation of the energy system’. The second day will be dedicated to the association’s internal affairs.  As part of the EUREC...

From 2015, the experts of the Steering Committee Panel of the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC-ETIP) have been contributing to monitor the implementation of the Roadmaps. The work of the Cross-Cutting Panel currently focuses on these three areas: District Heating and Cooling Thermal Energy Storage Hybrid Systems Since one...

Renewables Global Futures Report: Great debates towards 100% renewable energy 114 renewable energy experts from around the world share their views on achieving 100% renewable energy by 2050 Read the report As sustainable energy experts from around the world gathered at the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in New York this week, the REN21 multi-stakeholder...

ManagEnergy is a technical support initiative of the Intelligent Energy – Europe (IEE) programme of the European Commission which aims to assist actors from the public sector and their advisers working on energy efficiency and renewable energy at the local and regional level. The initiative was launched in 2002 and over the past 3 years...

   #RogerLeronAward Press Release: 13 March 2017 FEDARENE is pleased to announce the launch of the 3rd edition of the Roger Léron Award. The purpose of this Award is to nominate an individual for their acknowledge persistency, who is bringing a successful contribution to sustainable energy at the regional and / or local level in...

Universities in the Energy Transition: Science & Skills for Renewables Integration Universities in the Energy Transition: Science & Skills for Renewables Integration gives name to the event hosted by KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) from 31 May to 2 June 2017. On this occasion you will have the opportunity to participate in discussions with world-class speakers, including academics, industry...

Present your project at the RHC ETIP annual event! 20 June 2017 in Brussels APPLY NOW The Eu­ro­pean Tech­nol­ogy and In­no­va­tion Plat­form on Re­new­able Heat­ing & Cool­ing (RHC-ETIP) in­vites ex­perts in the RHC sec­tor to pre­sent in­no­v­a­tive pro­jects at our an­nual event to be held in Brus­sels on 20th June. The pro­jects will be di­vided...

 PRESS RELEASE – 7th March 2017 NEW EU RESEARCH TOOL MAKES ENERGY PLANNING FOR GOVERNMENTS EASIER An EU-funded research project has launched a tool that allows European governments,businesses, consultants, academics, planners and energy enthusiasts to assess thermal resources and thermal demand in any given region. The Pan-European Thermal Atlas (Peta4), launched today in Brussels, is an interactive online...

New approach for matching production and consumption of renewable electricity promotes large-scale integration of solar and wind power Source: EUREC Member, VTT VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating the BALANCE project, which brings together leading European research institutes in the field of electrochemical conversion. The project aims to demonstrate a technology that enables...

On 15 March 2017, ERIGrid ‘Connecting European Smart Grid Infrastructures’ will open the 2nd call for free Transnational Access. If you are looking for sophisticated smart grid infrastructure with top know-how and innovative installations for conducting your own experimental research, then ERIGrid offers an invaluable opportunity for you. Users from research, academia and industry are invited...

On Monday 20th February, Fraunhofer ISE published on their website a press release on their new record: ‘The potential of photovoltaics (PV) has not yet been exhausted. Both industry and research continue to work intensively on increasing the efficiency and reducing the costs of solar cells, the basic component of every PV power plant. Now...

The Competitive Solar Power Towers (CAPTure) Project concentrates its efforts into increasing plant efficiencies and reduce levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) by developing all relevant components that allow implementing an innovative plant configuration.   To have an overview about the CAPTures project you can consult its new leaflet here The EUREC member, CENER, coordinates CAPTure’s...

As part of a large European Horizon2020 project Quintuple helix approach to targeted Open Innovation in Energy, Water, and Agriculture in the South  Mediterranean Neighborhood (5toi_4EWAS) is conducting this study on the collaboration between universities and industry in the Southern Mediterranean Countries in relation to innovation in Energy, Water and Agriculture. The questionnaire seeks information on...

The EUREC Position Paper “The Future Shape of European Renewable Energy Research and Innovation” is a combined input to three related EU initiatives: Energy Union’s R&I dimension the SET Plan and Horizon 2020’s interim evaluation. These are all affected by, and themselves affect, the framework for the exploitation of renewable energy in Europe, and at...

The EUREC College of Members #51 was successfully held on 6-7 December 2016 at the premises of Fraunhofer-ISE in Freiburg, Germany. On the first day EUREC organised a workshop dedicated to Energy System Modelling. In the event EUREC members presented their experience with the topic. A roundtable and discussion followed the presentations. In the afternoon, the...