Implementation of the FP7 Energy Theme (2007-2013)
Data
Data has been retrieved from the CORDA database on 3 December 2013. Data has been crosschecked for consistency and corrected where necessary. All proposals under negotiation at the time
of data retrieval have been considered "projects", but data for EU contribution and composition of
the consortium might still change (this applies to some proposals submitted under the 2012 and 2013
calls). In total, this analysis encompasses 399 individual projects (362 when excluding those funded
under joint calls) with a total EU contribution from the FP7 Energy Theme budget of EUR 1.9 billion
(only from the FP7 Energy Theme's budget lines; EUR 2.238 billion if contributions to the JTI on
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen are taken into account).
Coverage of technologies
The FP7 Energy Theme consists of 10 Activities which cover in total 40 separate areas. The FP7
Decision fixes the structure of Activities, but not of Areas. Projects have been funded in all Activities
and in 35 out of the 40 areas1. Five areas have not explicitly been opened, but have nevertheless been
covered in different ways:
o CONCERTO (Area 2.8 and 4.4.): all CONCERTO activities have been covered under Area
8.4.
o ECO-Buildings (Area 8.3): Activities in the context of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP
have been covered under Area 8.1.
o Socio-economic research and innovation in energy efficiency (Area 8.6): Projects funded
under Area 9.1 ("Knowledge tools for energy-related policy making") have been addressing
this issue.
o Coal-based poly-generation (Area 6.2): a topic was opened in 2007 which received only very
few proposals of insufficient quality; in the following years poly-generation was covered
through cross-cutting topics in area 5&6.2, such as pre-combustion technologies, and
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC). Coal-based poly-generation projects funded
under area 5&6.2 include H2IGCC, ECCO, COMETH, GHG2E.
The Energy Theme has thus, in respect of the legal base, covered all activities provided for in the
Specific Programme and addressed in an open and flexible way Future and Emerging Technologies.
The largest share of the budget (42%) has been dedicated to renewable energies (bioenergy, solar
energy, wind energy, heating and cooling, ocean energy, geothermal energy, hydro energy).
Substantial support was also given to Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (15%, including contributions to the
JTI), smart grids (15%), CCS/Clean Coal (10%) and Energy Efficiency (13%).
The budget share of the FP7 Energy Theme for research dedicated to renewable energies and energy
efficiency was 55% (when taking into account relevant FET projects the budget share increases to
57%), in compliance with the Commission's guidelines at the beginning of the programme.
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Activity 1 "Fuel Cells and Hydrogen" and Activity 10 "Horizontal aspects" have not been taken into account when
analysing the coverage of Areas. Activity 1 has been managed by the FCH JU since 2008 and Areas in Activity 10 have
been established ad-hoc when needed.
N.B. Projects are counted only once in the area of their "centre of gravity". FET projects are all counted under
"FET/Materials". Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) including contributions to the FCH Joint Undertaking.
At the start of FP7 the Commission had presented an indicative budget breakdown between the
different technology areas (ENERGY-2007-11) that was considered at that time to represent "a good
balance" (see table below).
% of overall budget
39-44%
14-19%
14-17%
15-18%
6-8%
2-3%
Renewable energy sources*
Energy efficiency and savings*
Fuel cells and hydrogen (JTI)
Sustainable fossil fuels (CC + CCS)
Smart energy networks
Knowledge for policy making
* Together not less than 55% of the budget
The budget distribution at the end of the programme period is broadly in line with the breakdown
indicated at the start of FP7. However, the budget dedicated to energy efficiency, fossil fuels and
socio-economic research has been lower than initially indicated. On the other hand, the budget
dedicated to Smartgrids has been significantly higher due to the increased importance of Smartgrids
for achieving the EU's Energy policy targets, notably the increased use of renewable energy and the
creation of an internal electricity market.
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It follows a brief summary of the activities in each of the individual technologies and areas.
Fuel cells and hydrogen
Projects on fuel cells and hydrogen were supported only in 2007, when the Joint Technology
Initiative on fuel cells and hydrogen (FCH JTI) was not yet in place (8 projects with a total EU
funding of almost EUR 24 million). As of 2008, all FCH-related activities were managed by the JTI.
The FP7 Energy Theme contributes some EUR 315 million to the JTI FCH's total budget (20082013).
Under the FET and Materials calls 2008 and 2010 a total of 5 projects (EU contribution: EUR 11.6
million) have been funded related to fuel cells and hydrogen.
Photovoltaics
39 research and demonstration projects on photovoltaics have been funded in FP7 with a total EU
contribution of almost EUR 164 million. In addition, a total of 11 projects on PV have been
supported under the Future and Emerging Technologies calls 2008, 2010 and 2012, with an
additional EU contribution of EUR 30 million.
Whereas the 2007 calls addressed a wide range of different PV technologies – from thin-films to
third generation PV technologies such as intermediate band solar cell (IBSC), as well as cost
reductions and improved manufacturing – the 2008 calls funded demonstration projects addressing
PV for grid optimisation and research on new applications for concentrated PV in the Mediterranean
Countries. In addition, a joint call with NMP resulted in five research projects which address
innovative technological developments in PV through incorporation of nanomaterials into the solar
cell structure. Thin-film PV was supported in 2009 with 5 research projects addressing efficiency and
material issues, and 2 demonstration projects dealing with manufacturing issues. In 2010, two
research projects on crystalline silicon PV and three on the technological development of thin-film
and organic/dye-sensitised PV (co-ordinated call with India) have been supported. Under the 2011
work programme the focus was on the scaling up of the production processes of solar cells (joint call
with NMP Theme), and on demonstration of productivity and cost optimization for the
manufacturing of concentrated PV systems. In addition, projects addressed the development of ultrahigh efficient concentrated PV cells (coordinated call with Japan) and standardized building
components. Under the 2012 calls, 3 demonstration projects on smart multi-functional PV modules
have been supported as well as 2 research projects aiming at improving reliability, performance and
cost effectiveness of PV systems. In addition, an ERA-NET for the implementation of the Solar
Energy Industry Initiative has been supported. The 2013 call financed one research project on high
efficiency c-Si photovoltaics modules, one project aiming at the integration of research programmes
(IRP) and one support action for activities of the PV Technology Platform.
Concentrated Solar Power
18 projects on CSP have been supported in FP7 with a total EU contribution of around EUR 107.6
million. In 2007, a demonstration project dealing with the improvement of the environmental profile
of the CSP installations, and a support action on the use of CSP for water desalination was funded.
Research projects on components for CSP have been funded in the 2008 and 2010. In addition, a
research project on dry-cooling methods for CSP plants was supported under the 2010 call. Under
the same call, two projects have been selected to demonstrate at large-scale the combined production
of electricity and fresh water from CSP in Mediterranean countries. The 2011 calls focussed on
thermal energy storage for CSP plants (4 research projects) and also on advanced heat transfer fluids
(1 project). The 2012 calls supported 2 research projects on solar dish systems and one project
dealing with hybridisation of CSP with other energy sources. The 2013 calls financed one research
project investigating methods for the estimation of the Direct Normal Irradiation (DNI) and one
project aiming at the integration of research programmes (IRP).
Bioenergy
60 bioenergy projects have been supported by the FP7 Energy Theme with a total EU contribution of
around EUR 318.9 million2. In addition, three projects on bioenergy have been supported under the
2008 and 2012 FET call with an additional EU contribution of EUR 9.8 million.
The biggest share of the EU support was for research on second generation biofuels, followed by
biorefineries. Support for biofuels focused in 2007 on demonstration of gasification technologies,
biorefineries, 2nd generation biofuels and hydrogen production, in 2008 on second generation
biofuels (demonstration of ethanol from lignocellulosics) and cooperation with Latin America.
Biorefineries were supported in 2007 by five projects addressing the concept development and the
valorisation of biorefinery side-products, while the cross-thematic Joint Call on Biorefineries in 2009
resulted in four large demonstration projects tackling integrated biorefineries. Also supported in 2009
were 2nd generation biofuels from biowaste and cooperation with Brazil on 2nd generation biofuels.
2010 saw a major effort on demonstration of biofuels from algae, while also research on fuel
production using direct biological conversion of solar radiation was addressed. Under the 2011 calls,
two projects investigating sustainable bio-energy carriers have been supported. Under the 2012 calls,
2 demonstration projects on lignocellulosic ethanol were supported as well as one ERA-NET Plus on
bioenergy demonstrations of the European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative. In addition, research
projects on biofuels for air transport, improved logistics for lignocellulosic biomass and biofuels
from algae have been supported. The 2013 calls funded again an ERA-NET Plus on demonstrations
of the European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative as well as 2 pre-commercial demonstration projects
on paraffinic biofuels for use in aviation. In addition, one research project investigating the
development of regional and pan-European schemes for delivery of non-food biomass feedstock was
financed. Key activities of the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP) have also been
supported through a support action.
In the area of electricity generation, the focus in 2007 was on demonstration of co-firing and
gasification, while in 2008 demonstration of medium-to-large scale electricity generation from
biomass and waste as well as research cooperation with Russia was in the centre. The 2009 call
supported one demonstration project on electricity generation from energy crops and recovered fuels.
Wind energy
27 projects have been supported by the FP7 Energy Theme with a total EU contribution of EUR
154.2 million3 (including three projects from the "Ocean of Tomorrow" call 2011, to which the
Energy Theme contributed part of the budget). In addition, two projects (total EU contribution: EUR
4.9 million) on wind energy have been supported under the 2010 FET call.
In 2007, 5 projects were funded addressing various aspect of wind energy (demonstration of large
scale systems for on-and off-shore wind farms, components for turbines and wind farms, wind and
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This includes projects funded under Area 2.2. (RES-E, Biomass) and under Activity 3 (Biofuels)
This does not include the projects funded under the Activity 7 (Grids) related to the integration of electricity generated
from wind power into the grid.
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resource assessment, pre-normative research). Demonstration of large scale systems was again
supported with one project in 2008, while a substantial research project on very large scale offshore
wind turbines was funded in 2010. Research projects on off-shore renewable energy conversion
platforms, including significant activities on wind energy, were supported in 2009. Under the 2011
calls, three large demonstration projects on floating structures for deep off-shore wind generation
have been funded. In addition, two research projects addressing the development of design tools for
wind farm clusters and – in the context of the call "Ocean of Tomorrow" – three projects on multiuse offshore platforms (with the main focus on wind energy) have been financed in the same year.
The 2012 call supported 2 research projects aiming at larger-than-10 MW turbines as well as 3
demonstration projects targeting reliability improvements of existing scale turbines (2-6 MW). In
2013, one research project addressing aerodynamic modelling, design and testing for large rotor
blades has been supported, as well as one research project on small to medium size wind turbines. In
addition, one ERA-NET Plus project for wind resource assessment at European scale, and one
project integrating research programmes (IRP) in the area of wind were funded.
The integration of renewable energies, in particular wind energy, in the grid was also covered in the
Smartgrids Activity (see below, one substantial research project was funded in 2007, while two very
big demonstration projects were funded in 2009).
Ocean energy
Twelve projects have been funded so far in the area of ocean energy with a total EU contribution of
some EUR 66.9 million. In addition, two projects (total EU contribution: EUR 5.1 million) on ocean
energy have been supported under the FET calls.
One research project was funded in 2007 on new components and concepts for ocean energy
converters, and one on pre-normative research. In 2008 four demonstration projects on innovative
full size systems were supported. A coordination action on off-shore renewable energy conversion
platforms was funded in 2009. The 2011 call for an ERA-NET in the area of ocean energy received
no proposal. The 2012 calls supported 3 projects aiming at demonstrating first ocean energy farms,
while in 2013 one project on facilitating ocean energy converter arrays was financed. In addition, an
ERA-NET for supporting the coordination of national research activities was supported in 2013.
In 2010 and 2011, the Energy Theme contributed to the joint calls “Ocean of Tomorrow”. In 2010,
one project dealing with sub-seabed carbon storage and the marine environment has been supported4
while in 2011 three projects on multi-use platforms (integrating renewable energy) have been
funded5.
Hydro energy
Hydro energy was addressed in the 2007 work programme. As a result two research projects on new
or improved hydro components and concepts have been funded with a total EU contribution of
almost EUR 6 million. One additional project aiming at optimising water turbines has been financed
under the 2013 calls, increasing the total EU contribution of the FP7 Energy Theme to hydro energy
to EUR 10.1 million.
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5
For the purpose of this analysis, this project has been assigned to the category "CCS / Clean Coal".
For the purpose of this analysis, these projects have however been assigned to the category "Ocean energy".
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Heating and cooling / geothermal energy
Under this Activity, 25 projects have been funded with a total EU contribution of EUR 105.1 million
(including geothermal energy).
Solar thermal energy was in the focus of 2007 when projects were funded dealing with collector
design and components, small distributed systems for seawater desalination, and small scale thermal
cooling units. In addition, one project on improved ground source heat pumps was supported as well.
In 2009, a demonstration project addressing hybrid systems was funded, while in 2010 two projects
on the demonstration of a new generation of boilers and stoves were supported. Under the 2011 calls,
substantial activities have been funded in the area of compact storage materials and systems. In
addition, projects dealing with the integration of new insights from the ICT and materials research
into solar-thermal systems, and with low/medium temperature solar thermal systems for industrial
process heat were funded. The 2012 calls supported one research project on solar collectors (medium
temperature range) and two projects on heat pump technologies. In addition, 2 demonstration
projects related to large scale systems for urban heating and/or cooling were supported under the
"Smart Cities and Communities" umbrella. Under the 2013 calls, one research project on innovative
solar thermal façade systems was financed.
Activities targeting innovative solutions for district heating and cooling energy supply have been
supported under the smart cities and communities initiative.
As regards geothermal energy, 4 projects have been funded with a total amount of almost EUR 22
million. With regard to heating and cooling, one demonstration project, funded under the 2007 call,
is addressing improved ground source heat pumps. As regards electricity generation, one research
project dealing with induced seismicity of geothermal energy was funded under the 2009 work
programme and one project on exploration and assessment of geothermal reservoirs was supported
under the 2013 calls. Under the 2011 work programme, an ERA-NET in geothermal energy has been
funded.
CCS and Clean coal technologies
In the area of CCS and Clean Coal Technologies (Activity 5, 6 and 5&6), a total of 53 projects with a
total EU contribution of almost EUR 234.1 million have been supported. In addition, one project (EU
contribution: EUR 2.3 million) on CCS has been supported under the 2008 FET call and one project
under the 2010 call "Ocean of Tomorrow" (contribution of the Energy Theme: EUR 6 million).
As regards CCS, the capture part was addressed in 2007 and 2009, resulting in a total of 8 research
projects covering different capture technologies. Post combustion capture processes were supported
with 2 research and 2 demonstration projects under the 2011 calls. No projects on CO2 capture were
supported in 2012, but 2 projects on the scale-up of advanced high-efficiency capture processes and
6 projects on new generation high-efficiency capture processes were financed under the 2013 calls.
Storage of CO2 was addressed in 2008, when a project on public acceptance and on transport and
storage infrastructure was funded, in 2009, with projects addressing geological storage and
infrastructures, and in 2010 when projects dealing with storage site characterisation and
abandonment, as well as trans-national cooperation and networking, were funded. In the same year,
one large project on sub-seabed carbon storage and the marine environment has been funded in the
context of the joint call on "Ocean of Tomorrow". Under the 2011 call, two projects on the long-term
fate of geologically stored CO2 have been funded. In the same year, also one support action targeting
the CCS Project Network has been supported. The 2012 calls supported one pilot test for CO2
geological storage and 2 research projects investigating the impact of the quality of CO2 on transport
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and storage. Under the 2013 calls, one project addressing mitigation and remediation of leakage from
geological storage was supported.
The development of a value chain for GHG-emissions was supported with projects in 2007 and 2010.
In Clean coal technologies, the demonstration of the advanced fluidized bed combustion technology
and gas turbines for gasification processes was supported with one project in 2008. Substantial
demonstration projects aiming at efficiency improvements of power plants were supported in 2009
(pulverised coal power plants) and 2010 (oxyfuel-based combustion). In 2011, one project dealing
with optimisation of IGCC technologies for use with high content ash coal was funded. No project on
clean coal technologies was funded under the 2012 calls. For 2013, one research project on combined
underground coal gasification and CO2 capture and storage was financed.
Smart Grids
In the area of smartgrids 58 projects (including all projects funded under the joint call with the ICT
Theme in 2009) have been supported with a total EU contribution of EUR 327.8 million6.
For distribution networks, the main areas covered are the integration of renewable and distributed
energy sources, the activation of customers and demand with smart metering, and various aspects of
grid automation. In terms of renewable integration, a research project in 2007 focused on innovative
control strategies and network architectures, 2 big demonstration projects in 2010 and 3 research
projects connecting with national demonstrations in 2012. For metering and customer interaction, a
large project on active demand was launched in 2007, a research project on an open-access standard
for smart multi-metering services was supported in 2008 and 2 projects on the empowerment of
customers to participate in active demand and electricity system efficiency were launched in 2012. A
project on distributed intelligence linked with national demonstrations was launched in 2012 and four
projects addressing methods and tools for network integration of distributed renewable resources
were financed from the 2013 calls.
For transmission networks, projects cover coordinated operations of networks, technology validation,
pan-EU transmission planning, and market design. In terms of operations, a big research project on
simulation and state estimation was launched in 2007 and a project on operational and monitoring
tools for large power systems and a project on TSO cooperation were launched in 2008. Two projects
developing tools for TSO coordination were launched in 2011, and a project on future reliability
criteria for European transmission grids was started in 2013. In terms of technology validation, A
large demonstration project with an emphasis on wind integration was launched from the 2009 call,
and a further technology validation project resulted from the 2013 call. Two projects concerning
long-term planning of transmission networks were started in 2007, and a research project on the
planning for European electricity highways for reliable delivery of renewable electricity has been
supported in 2012. A project on market design resulted from the 2008 call and one project addressing
stakeholder support for future grid infrastructures was started in 2013.
Under the area of cross-cutting issues and technologies, In 2007, an ERA-NET has been supported.
Energy storage has been supported with research projects in 2008 (FET call), 2009 and 2010, and
two very big demonstration projects funded under the 2011 calls 7 and 2 research projects were
supported in 2012, targeting the deployment of safe stationary batteries. In 2013, four projects were
6
This includes the projects funded under the Activity 7 (Grids) related to the integration of electricity generated from
wind power into the grid, and the joint call with the ICT Theme in 2009.
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While the Energy Theme currently supports 12 projects with a total budget of EUR 77 million dealing with batteries,
thermal storage or hydrogen storage, other FP7 Themes (ICT, Materials, Transport) support some 40 projects worth
around EUR 130 million.
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supported investigating interfaces in rechargeable batteries and super-capacitors through in situ
methods. In 2009 two projects on the impact of the roll-out of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles on
grid infrastructure have been funded. Research on electric vehicles was also supported by the Energy
Theme in 2010 through the joint call on "Materials, technologies and processes for sustainable
automotive electrochemical storage applications" in the context of the PPP on Green Cars. The 2013
calls supported two projects dealing with electric vehicles (one project on planning rules for linking
EV to distributed energy resources, one project on the interaction between grid infrastructure and
EV). In 2009, a joint-call with the ICT Theme resulted in six projects being supported on the ICT
infrastructure for the smart grids., In the same year, an R&D project on applications of hightemperature supraconductors was suppoted. In 2012, the networking of national R&D and
demonstration projects on smart metering infrastructure and data processing, and the coordination of
stakeholder activities in the field of Smart Grids were supported. One project aiming at the
integration of research programmes in the areas of smart grids was financed in 2013.
In addition to the projects supported through the Energy Theme, 14 projects supporting the
exploitation of telecommunication networks and ICT tools for smart grids were also supported under
the ICT theme, through calls ICT-2011.6.1 and ICT-2013.6.1 Smart energy grids. Projects under the
Security theme also cover aspects of protection of critical infrastructures, including through cyber
security.
Energy efficiency and Smart Cities and Communities
In the Activity "Energy Efficiency and Savings" a total of 40 projects have been funded with a total
EU contribution of more than EUR 285.2 million. In addition, one project (EU contribution: EUR 1.5
million) on energy efficiency has been supported under the 2008 FET call.
Most energy efficiency projects the have been targeting the manufacturing industry and buildings. As
regards manufacturing processes, one project has been supported in 2007 and two projects targeting
energy intensive industries in 2009. Under the 2011 calls, three demonstration projects targeting the
manufacturing industry and one project addressing specifically low-carbon industrial parks have
been funded.
Research on heat exchangers and boilers was supported with three projects in 2008, while one
project addressing the valorisation of low temperature was funded under the 2010 calls.
Energy efficient buildings have been covered within the PPP on "Energy efficient buildings". Under
the 2010 call, three projects targeting retrofitting of buildings have been funded. Another four
projects dealing with very low energy buildings were funded under the 2011 call, while in 2012 three
demonstration projects targeting the renovation of buildings were supported.
Poly-generation applications with renewable energies were supported with two projects, funded in
2007 and 2008. Energy efficiency in clean urban transport was supported in the CIVITAS call of
2007.
CONCERTO activities, i.e. the innovative integration of renewable energy supply and energy
efficiency in large communities, were supported in 2008 with four large demonstration projects.
The 2012 work programme contained the first call addressing specifically "Smart Cities and
Communities" – 5 projects related to city planning, and 3 demonstration projects addressing nearly
zero energy building renovation have been funded. In 2013, four large-scale demonstration projects
have been supported, combining retrofitting of a district towards zero energy buildings, innovative
solutions for the medium and low voltage electricity distribution grid, and district heating and
cooling energy supply.
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Energy efficiency is a horizontal issue par excellence and thus supported by a number of FP7
Themes and Programmes. An internal analysis showed that, in fact, projects funded under the
Activity 8 of the Energy Theme ("Energy-efficiency and savings") account for only around 15-20%
of the total funding dedicated by the various FP7 Themes and Programmes to this issue. The most
substantial funding comes from the ICT Theme (focussing on ICT issues, buildings, transport and
industry) and the NMP Theme (addressing mainly buildings).
Socio-economic research
Socio-economic research on energy-related issues was supported with funding 9 projects with a total
EU contribution of EUR 17.7 million. In 2007, projects were supported addressing behavioural
changes, the security of supply, as well as technological foresight and scenario development. A
second wave of two projects was supported in 2009 – on the transition planning of European energy
infrastructure networks and systems as well as support for a European scientific multidisciplinary
"think-tank". A multidisciplinary “think tank” was again supported under the 2013 calls.
Future Emerging Technologies and Materials
Bottom-up calls on Future Emerging Technologies (FET) and Materials have been published in
2008, 2010 and under the 2012 work programme. Under the 2008 calls a total of 11 projects have
been funded under the ENERGY-Theme (4 projects of the joint Energy Materials call have been
funded and managed by the NMP Theme), while 8 projects were funded in the 2010 FET call and 10
projects in the 2012 call. FET and Materials projects, being characterised as high-risk/high impact
projects, have been covering the following technology areas: solar energy (11 projects), hydrogen
and fuel cells (5 projects), wind energy (2 projects), ocean energy (3 projects), energy storage (2
projects), bioenergy (3 project), energy efficiency (4 project) and CO2 storage (1 project).
Other
The FP7 Energy Theme has been supporting programme monitoring, dissemination and stakeholders
networking activities through calls for tenders (such as the mid-term evaluation in WP 2010, impact
study in WP 2012, CONCERTO Premium in WP 2009, Energy Research Knowledge Centre in WP
2010, Smart Cities Stakeholders Platform in WP 2011, the Global Energy Assessment in 2012 and
the EERA secretariat in 2013). In addition, a number of SET-Plan conferences, organised by the EU
Presidency, haven been supported through grants to a named beneficiary. In 2013, a network
intended to increase the impact of universities on the SET-Plan has been supported.
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Participation and project characteristics
Unless specified otherwise, data for the following project-related analysis only includes projects
financed solely by the Energy Theme’s budget, i.e. excluding projects funded under joint calls8.
In the various calls of the FP7 Energy Theme9, a total of 284 topics were opened resulting in 362
funded projects (399 including projects funded under joint calls). A large part of these topics were
opened in the 2007 calls while the following years focussed the programme on the SET-Plan
priorities as requested by the Parliament and Council. As a consequence, the number of topics in the
annual work programmes was reduced drastically leading to a lower number of proposals and
applicants. This resulted in higher success rates. The “focussing-trend” was most visible for
demonstration projects.
In line with the concentration efforts in the context of the SET-Plan, the EU contribution per project
and per participant has increased significantly since the start of FP7, especially for demonstration
projects. The number of participants per project remained however rather stable (with the exception
of the 2011 and 2013 calls) – around 11 participants for collaborative projects.
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Projects funded under the following joint calls have not been taken into account: FP7-2009-BIOREFINERY_CP, FP7ENERGY-NMP-2008-1, FP7-ICT-ENERGY-2009-1, FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage, FP7-NMP-ENERGY-2011, FP7OCEAN-2010, FP7-OCEAN-2011. The combined contribution of the FP7 Energy Theme to the common pots of these
calls was EUR 85 million (corresponding to 4% of the total Energy budget for projects).
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The grant agreements for projects to be funded under the 2013 calls have not yet all been signed, thus data on EU
contribution or composition of the consortium might still change during negotiation.
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12
"Demonstration projects" are projects managed by DG ENER, "research projects" are projects managed by
DG RTD.
"Demonstration projects" are projects managed by DG ENER, "research projects" are projects managed by
DG RTD.
"
Demonstration projects" are projects managed by DG ENER, "research projects" are projects managed by DG
RTD.
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Almost 60% of the individual unique organisations participating in the FP7 Energy Theme have been
industrial organisations while universities accounted for 16% and research centres for 13% (public
bodies: 8%; other: 4%). However, in general, research centres seem to have been stronger involved
in the programme since each unique research organisation has been participating on average in 3.5
projects while statistically a single university participated in 2.7 projects and each individual industry
participant in only 1.4 projects. Half of the top 50 unique participants (in terms of participations)
were research centres while university participants accounted for around one third and industry
participants for around one fifth of the top 50 participants.
In terms of EU contribution, half of the FP7 Energy budget has been benefitting industrial
participants, while both research centres and universities received around ¼ of the total budget.
Industrial participants have also been receiving the highest average EU contribution per participation.
However, at the level of unique participating organisations, the individual research centres and
universities have received on average a higher EU contribution than individual industrial participants
because they participated in more projects. SME participants received on average 391.436 € per
participation, significantly less than non-SME industrial participants, and each unique SME
participated on average in 1.2 projects.
EU
contribution
per unique
participant
EU
contribution
per
participation
2,7
€ 968.892
€ 360.102
€ 47.947.126
1,6
€ 521.164
€ 335.295
1882
€ 929.697.110
1,4
€ 704.316
€ 493.994
175
258
€ 115.437.119
1,5
€ 659.641
€ 447.431
300
1036
€ 418.912.441
3,5
€ 1.396.375
€ 404.356
2249
4293
€ 1.876.882.661
1,9
€ 828.249
€ 433.900
unique
participants
participations
EU contributions
362
974
€ 350.739.039
92
143
1320
Public bodies
Research
centres
Universities
Other
Industry
Grand Total
/ Average
participations
per unique
participant
Most unique participants have participated in the area of energy efficiency/Smart Cities and
Communities, smartgrids, bioenergy and fossil fuels. The highest number of participations per
unique participant was in the area of fossil fuels (1.9 participations per unique participant),
smartgrids (1.8), wind (1.61) and PV (1.49).
The highest industry participation has been occurring in the areas of bioenergy (65%), CSP (60%),
smartgrids (57%), wind and ocean energy (both above 50%), while socio-economics, CCS/Clean
Coal, FET/Materials and PV attracted the highest share of research centres. Universities were most
active in the areas of FET/Materials and socio-economics.
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The participation of SMEs in the Energy Theme was among the highest within the FP7 Cooperation
Programme: 18.9% of the EU contribution was to the direct benefit of SMEs which accounted for
19.1% of the participants (656 participations)10. SME participation increased during the course of
programme – between 2011-2013 it reached even 21.4%. Between 2007-2013, there have been 260
projects with SME participation (this corresponds to some 70% of all energy projects). On average,
1.8 SMEs participated in a single energy project.
Country performance
Participants from 68 countries have been participating in the FP7 Energy Theme. The vast majority
of participants came however from EU Member States (86% in terms of participants, 89% in terms
EU contribution) and countries associated to the FP (9% in terms of participants and EU
contribution). Since the level of EU contribution to organisations from a specific country correlates
closely with the country's economic performance and overall national research support, countries
hosting the highest number of participants are mostly the big Member States. However, taking
however into account the number of inhabitants (participants per million inhabitants), smaller
countries are heading the list (see graph below).
See “Tenth Progress Report on SMEs participation in the 7th R&D Framework Programme, June 2013”
(http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/pdf/sme_participaton_in_fp7_june_2013.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none)
10
16
International Cooperation
Participation of organisations from third countries in FP7 projects is one important element of
international cooperation. In general, all calls are open to applicants from third countries. Participants
from many third countries receive EU support, but participants from industrialised do so only in
exceptional circumstances. Other forms of international cooperation are, for example, joint
workshops, twinning of projects or coordinated calls. In the latter, the financial support for the EUfunded project is matched by the partner country which supports a similar national project. During
the course of FP7, a total of 4 coordinated calls have been organised – with Russia in 2008 (on smart
grids and bioenergy), Brazil in 2009 (on bioenergy), India in 2010 (on PV) and Japan in 2011 (PV) –
resulting in 8 projects with a total EU contribution of EUR 17.6 million. If these coordinated calls are
accounted as contribution to a third country, around 2.3% of the total FP7 Energy budget has been to
the benefit of organisation from third countries (1.4% without coordinated calls).
Country Group
ICPC - ACP - Africa
Country
Unique
participants
Participations
MG - Madagascar
1
1
€
216.070,00
ZA - South Africa
7
7
€
501.988,40
8
8
€
718.058,40
17
20
€ 2.720.058,13
IN - India
9
10
€ 2.691.527,86
TH - Thailand
1
1
€
55.554,40
VN - Viet Nam
4
4
€
487.452,00
35
€ 5.954.592,39
ICPC - ACP - Africa Total
ICPC - Asia
CN - China
Republic of)
(People's
ICPC - Asia Total
ICPC
Eastern
Europe and Central
Asia
-
€
1.896,00
152.300,80
KZ - Kazakhstan
2
2
€
RU - Russian Federation
20
23
€ 2.912.329,60
UA - Ukraine
8
8
€
33
€ 3.949.645,10
1
€
32.889,66
313.539,00
ICPC - Eastern Europe and Central Asia Total
ICPC - Latin America
EU contribution
-
883.118,70
AR - Argentina
4
4
€
BR - Brazil
10
12
€ 2.168.788,04
CL - Chile
3
3
€
19
218.277,00
CR - Costa Rica
2
2
€
336.441,00
MX - Mexico
4
6
€
914.692,40
28
€ 3.984.627,10
ICPC - Latin America Total
ICPC
Mediterranean
Partner Countries
-
DZ - Algeria
2
2
€
EG - Egypt
8
9
€ 2.148.694,97
JO - Jordan
4
4
€
340.170,00
LY - Libya
1
1
€
43.924,00
MA - Morocco
13
16
€ 2.009.868,90
PS - Palestine
1
1
€
31.030,00
TN - Tunisia
3
3
€
984.600,00
36
€ 5.781.937,87
ICPC - Mediterranean Partner Countries Total
Other countries
223.650,00
€
AE - United Arab Emirates
1
1
AU - Australia
9
14
€ 2.406.310,43
CA - Canada
7
7
€
HK - Hong Kong
1
1
€
-
JP - Japan
1
1
€
-
KR - Korea (Republic of)
2
2
€
-
SA - Saudi Arabia
1
1
€
-
SG - Singapore
1
1
€
-
SM - San Marino
1
1
€
-
US - United States
16
19
€ 4.045.658,70
Other countries Total
48
€ 6.471.969,13
Grand Total
188
€ 26.860.829,99
20
20.000,00
Annex
Photovoltaics
Year
number of
projects
Topic description
APOLLON
8.258.783 €
Alternative approaches for crystalline silicon PV
HETSI
HIGH-EF
6.264.124 €
Intermediate band (IB) materials and cells for PV
IBPOWER
3.489.529 €
ROBUST DSC
3.980.010 €
Improved production equipment and cost reduction
SOLASYS
3.480.284 €
Innovative/improved PV manufacturing processes
ULTIMATE
3.983.970 €
NACIR
4.397.583 €
METAPV
5.520.794 €
HELATHIS
HIPOCIGS
POLYSIMODE
SILICON_LIGHT
THINSI
20.446.805 €
PEPPER
PV-GUM
15.618.314 €
Concentrating photovoltaics: cells, optics, modules
2007
Dye-sensitised PV solar cells
2008
Enhancing strategic international cooperation initiatives in the
field of concentration photovoltaics
Multiple benefits of PV systems
Efficiency and material issues for thin-film photovoltaics
2009
Solar Photovoltaics: Manufacturing and product issues for thinfilm photovoltaics
Support to the coordination of stakeholders' activities in the
field of Photovoltaics
2011
PV TP – SEC
468.116 €
20Plus
SUGAR
8.597.639 €
Development of novel materials, device structures and
fabrication methods suitable for thin film solar cells and TCOs
including organic photovoltaics
(EU - India Coordinated Call)
AGATHA
ESCORT
LARGECELLS
4.696.115 €
Ultra-high efficiency concentration photovoltaics (CPV) cells,
modules and systems
(EU-Japan Coordinated Call)
NGCPV
4.999.998 €
FAST TRACK
R2R-CIGS
SCALENANO
10.000.000 €
ECOSOLE
CPV4ALL
14.250.307 €
BFIRST
10.213.110 €
Further development of very thin wafer based c-Si
photovoltaics
2010
EC
contribution
Development and up-scaling of innovative photovoltaic cell
processes and architectures to pilot-line scale for industrial
application (Joint call with NMP Theme)
Productivity and cost optimization issues for the manufacturing
of photovoltaic systems based on concentration
Development and demonstration of standardized building
components
Reliable, cost-effective, highly performing PV systems
2012
Demonstration of smart multi-functional PV modules
21
(**25.442.685 €)
CONSTRUCT-PV
PVCROPS
7.144.323 €
PERFORMANCE
PLUS
SUMMIT
EFTE-MFM
SMART-FLeX
9.000.067 €
ERA-NET on Solar Electricity: Implementation of the Solar
Energy Industry Initiative
SOLAR-ERA.NET
1.999.988 €
HERCULES
7.000.000 €
High efficiency c-Si photovoltaics modules
2013
Support to key activities of the European Photovoltaics
Technology Platform (TP PV)
PV TP SEC III
Integrated research programme in the field of Photovoltaics
CHEETAH
TOTAL
39
489.677 €
*9.696.132 €
163.995.668 €
Bioenergy
Year
Topic description
number of
projects
Advanced gas cleaning technologies for biomass
UNIQUE
2.693.628 €
Large-scale co-firing
DEBCO
4.276.224 €
Fuel production using solar radiation
SOLARH2
3.927.810 €
Demonstration of liquid and gaseous biofuels use in
transport/ vehicles
2ndVEGOIL
2.178.356 €
Developing biorefinery concepts
BIOREF-INTEG
SUSTOIL
1.987.279 €
New uses for glycerine in biorefineries
GLYFINERY
PROPANERGY
SUPER METHANOL
7.672.113 €
Harmonisation of biomass resource assessment
BEE
CEUBIOM
3.156.818 €
Promotion and dissemination
BIOMAP
538.782 €
Standardisation and sustainability issues
BIOREMA
626.883 €
Biodiesel from oil crops, animal tallow and used
cooking oils
ECODIESEL
4.971.572 €
High purity syngas cleaning technologies for biofuels
GREENSYNGAS
2.718.461 €
Identifying research needs and technological
opportunities for biofuels production in Latin America
BIOTOP
New and advanced technologies for hydrolysis and/or
fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass
HYPE
Synthetic biofuels via gasification
BIODME
OPTFUEL
Enhancing strategic international cooperation with
Russia in the field of power generation from biomass
BIOLIQUIDS-CHP
High-efficiency medium-to-large scale electricity
generation from biomass and waste
ENERCORN
RECOMBIO
9.985.482 €
Bioethanol production from lignocellulosics
BIOLYFE
FIBREETOH
KACELLE
34.981.218 €
2007
2008
EC
contribution
22
986.562 €
3.662.944 €
15.991.336 €
1.602.319 €
LED
2009
Enhancing international cooperation between the EU
and Latin America in the field of biofuels
BABETHANOL
CANEBIOFUEL
DIBANET
Biomass to electricity from energy crops and
recovered fuels
GAS BIOREF
Sustainable Biorefineries (Joint call)
EUROBIOREF
SUPRA-BIO
BIOCORE
STAR-COLIBRI
(**51.543.207 €)
463.065 €
Algal and other suitable non-food aquatic biomass
feedstock for 2nd generation biofuel production
AQUAFUELS
747.152 €
Biowaste as feedstock for 2nd generation
BIOWALK4BIOFUELS
6.387.462 €
PROETHANOL2G
SUNLIBB
4.395.396 €
Liquid or gaseous fuel production using direct
biological conversion of solar radiation
DIRECTFUEL
3.729.519 €
Biofuels from algae
ALL-GAS
BIOFAT
INTESUSAL
16.123.775 €
Development of new or improved sustainable bioenergy carriers
BIOBOOST
SECTOR
12.654.256 €
Biofuels from microalgae or macroalgae
FUEL4ME
DEMA
Development and testing of advanced sustainable biobased fuels for air transport (Joint topic with Transport
Theme)
ITAKA
Pre-commercial industrial scale demonstration plant
on lignocellulosic ethanol
SUNLIQUID
COMETHA
Development of new or improved logistics for
lignocellulosic biomass harvest, storage and transport
(Joint topic with the KBBE Theme)
LOGISTEC
INFRES
EUROPRUNNING
ERA-NET Plus - Bioenergy Demonstrations of the
European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative
BESTF
2010
Pre-commercial industrial scale demonstration plant
on paraffinic biofuels for use in aviation
2013
27.000.000 €
BIOFUELSTP
Second Generation Biofuels – EU-Brazil Coordinated
Call
2012
8.339.766 €
Support to the coordination of stakeholders' activities
in the field of Biofuels
VALORGAS
2011
8.566.229 €
5.000.000€
(**10.000.000€)
*41.418.764 €
5.000.000 €
(**9.997.516 €)
15.000.000 €
BFSJ
BIOREFLY
Developing regional and pan-European schemes for
the sustainable delivery of non-food biomass
feedstock in a pan-European integrated market
S2BIOM
Support to key activities of the European Biofuels
Technology Platform (EBTP)
EBTP-SABS
ERA-NET Plus – Bioenergy: Demonstrations of the
European Industrial Bioenergy Initiative
BESTF2
23
8.963.416,20 €
* 41.572.983 €
3.999.629 €
496.350 €
7.043.283 €
TOTAL
60
318.858.832 €
Wind energy
Topic description
number of
projects
Demonstration of large scale systems for on-and offshore wind farms
7MW-WEC-BY-11
3.270.285 €
Development of components and systems for
turbines and wind farms
RELIAWIND
5.178.772 €
External conditions, resource assessment and
forecasting for wind energy
SAFEWIND
3.992.400 €
Testing, standards and certification for wind energy
systems
PROTEST
1.980.119 €
Wind mapping for offshore applications
NORSEWIND
3.939.517 €
2008
Demonstration of large scale systems for on-and offshore wind farms
NIMO
WINGY-PRO
5.880.430 €
2009
Deep off-shore multi-purpose renewable energy
conversion platforms for wind/ocean energy
conversion
MARINA PLATFORM
8.708.660 €
Cross-sectoral approach to the development of very
large offshore wind turbines
HIPRWIND
11.021.621 €
Support to the coordination of stakeholders’ activities
in the field of wind energy
TOP WIND
897.050 €
Demonstration of innovative off-shore wind electricity
generation structure
DEMOWFLOAT
FLOATGEN
INFLOW
Development of design tools for Offshore Wind farm
clusters
CLUSTERDESIGN
EERA-DTOC
Joint call "The ocean of tomorrow": Multi-use
offshore platforms
H2OCEAN
MERMAID
TROPOS
Innovative wind conversion systems (10-20MW) for
offshore applications
SUPRAPOWER
INNWIND.EU
17.691.058 €
Demonstration of innovative designs to reduce
fatigue loads and improve reliability of multi-MW
turbines
ARCTICWIND
OPTIMUS
WINDTRUST
18.833.389 €
Advanced aerodynamic modelling, design and
testing for large rotor blades
AVATAR
6.680.489 €
Small to medium size wind turbines
SWIP
4.933.429 €
ERA-NET Plus – European wind resources
assessment
NEWA
*4.826.866 €
IRPWIND
*9.822.218 €
Year
2007
2010
2011
2012
2013
Integrated research programme in the field of wind
energy
24
EC
contribution
35.067.228 €
6.482.476 €
5.000.000 €
(**14.887.256 €)
27
154.206.007 €
number of projects
EC
contribution
TOTAL
CSP
Year
2007
2009
2010
2011
Topic description
Using CSP for water desalination
MED-CSD
999.960 €
Improve the environmental profile of the CSP
installations
SOLUGAS
5.997.752 €
DIGESPO
E2PHEST2US
5.255.898 €
Dry-cooling methods for multi-MW sized concentrated
solar power plants
MACCSOL
4.088.546 €
Main CSP components for high-temperature operation
HITECO
3.440.194 €
Demonstration of innovative multi-purpose solar power
plant
MATS
ARCHETYPE SW550
42.213.482 €
Thermal energy storage for CSP plants
OPTS
RESTRUCTURE
TCSPOWER
STORRE
15.841.544 €
Key components for Concentrated Solar Power
Advanced heat transfer fluids for CSP technology
2012
2013
Research, development and testing of solar dish
systems
2.263.193 €
CSP2
OMSOP
BIOSTIRLING4SKA
8.359.382 €
Hybridisation of CSP with other energy sources
HYSOL
6.165.260 €
Methods for the estimation of the Direct Normal
Irradiation (DNI)
DNICAST
2.994.758 €
Integrated Research Programme in the field of
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
STAGE-STE
TOTAL
18
*9.997.207 €
107.617.176 €
Ocean energy
Year
2007
Topic description
number of projects
EC
contribution
New components and concepts for ocean energy
converters
CORES
3.449.588 €
Pre-normative research for ocean energy
EQUIMAR
3.990.024 €
PULSE STREAM 1200
2008
Ocean: demonstration of innovative full size
systems
STANDPOINT
SURGE
WAVEPORT
2009
Coordination action on off-shore renewable energy
ORECCA
25
20.694.439 €
1.599.033 €
conversion platforms
2012
2013
Demonstration of first ocean energy farms
TIDES
AEGIR
CLEARWATER
Design tools, enabling technologies and
underpinning research to facilitate ocean energy
converter arrays
DTOCEAN
4.178.232 €
OCEANERA-NET
2.205.038 €
Supporting the coordination of national research
activities of Member States and Associated States
in the field of OCEAN energy (ERA-NET)
TOTAL
12
30.739.052 €
66.855.406 €
Hydro energy
Year
2007
2013
number of
projects
Topic description
EC
contribution
HYDROACTION
HYLOW
5.790.687 €
HYPERBOLE
4.325.542 €
New or improved hydro components and concepts
Optimisation of Water Turbines
TOTAL
3
10.116.229 €
Heating and cooling (including geothermal energy)
Year
number of
projects
EC
contribution
GROUND-MED
4.299.695 €
Collector design and components
BIONICOL
1.059.202 €
Small distributed systems for seawater desalination
MEDIRAS
2.118.196 €
ALONE
2.298.988 €
SUNSTORE 4
6.127.548 €
Topic description
Geothermal energy: Improved ground source heat
pumps
2007
Small scale thermal cooling units
2009
2010
Hybrid systems based on solar thermal heating/
cooling, backed up by biomass or geothermal to
compensate heat load intermittence
Geothermal energy: Understanding and mitigation of
induced seismicity associated with geothermal field
development
Demonstration of a new generation of boilers and
stoves
Support to the coordination of stakeholders' activities
in Renewables for Heating and Cooling
2011
GEISER
5.308.869 €
BIOMAXEFF
EU-ULTRALOWDUST
7.123.554 €
SECRHC-PLATFORM
999.423 €
Revisiting solar-thermal systems for using
breakthroughs in scientific and technological fields
MACSHEEP
SCOOP
5.371.885 €
Low/Medium temperature solar thermal systems for
industrial process heat
INSUN
SOLARBREW
6.763.742 €
26
Materials for thermal storage systems
Advanced compact storage systems
Geothermal energy: Supporting the coordination of
national research activities of Member States and
Associated States in the field of GEOTHERMAL
energy (ERA-NET)
Research and development for medium temperature
range solar collectors (100°-250°C)
2012
Next generation heat pump technologies
Large scale systems for urban area heating and/or
cooling supply (Smart Cities)
Innovative solar thermal façade systems
2013
Geothermal energy: Exploration and assessment of
geothermal reservoirs
SAM.SSA
2.769.725 €
COMTES
MERITS
SOTHERCO
13.812.248 €
GEOTHERMAL
ERA NET
1.999.958 €
FRESH NRG
2.499.445 €
NXTHPG
GREENHP
6.156.128 €
CELSIUS
PITAGORAS
22.439.717 €
FLUIDGLASS
3.866.050 €
IMAGE
10.051.045 €
25
105.065.418 €
number of
projects
EC
contribution
TOTAL
Renewable energy – cross-cutting
Year
Topic description
2013
Research cooperation and knowledge creation in the
area of renewable energy with Mediterranean
partner countries
EUROSUNMED
REELCOOP
10.532.485 €
CCS and Clean Coal Technologies
Year
2007
number of
projects
Topic description
EC
contribution
CO2 capture: Advanced pre-combustion capture
techniques
DECARBIT
CO2 capture: Advanced separation techniques
CESAR
3.999.995 €
CO2 capture: Separation techniques in gaseous fuel
power generation (RTD)
CAESAR
2.263.515 €
Cross-cutting: Extending the value chain for GHG
emissions other than CO2 associated with coal
production and use
COMETH
3.050.239 €
Cross-cutting: Initiating a CO2 value chain in the
energy sector using early opportunities
ECCO
3.853.075 €
27
10.215.750 €
2008
2009
2010
Cross-cutting: Support to regulatory activities for
CO2 capture and storage
STRACO2
859.135 €
CO2 capture and storage – public acceptance
NEARCO2
994.256 €
CO2 storage: CO2 transport and storage
infrastructure development
CO2EUROPIPE
1.099.560 €
CO2 storage: Development of a suitable
methodology for the qualification of deep saline
aquifers for CO2 storage
MUSTANG
7.999.579 €
Clean coal: Advanced Fluidized Bed Combustion
Technology
FLEXI BURN CFB
6.413.869 €
Clean coal: Advanced Gas Turbines for solid Fuel
Gasification Processes
H2-IGCC
11.279.697 €
CO2 capture: Innovative capture techniques
CACHET II
CAOLING
DEMOYS
ICAP
INNOCUOUS
18.134.199 €
CO2 storage: Safe and reliable geological storage of
CO2
RISCS
3.958.530 €
CO2 storage: Towards an infrastructure for CO2
transport and storage
CO2PIPEHAZ
COCATE
COMET
7.405.474 €
Cross-cutting: Support to the coordination of
stakeholders' activities in the field of Zero Emission
Energy Production
ZEPPOS
Clean coal: Efficiency increases in existing and new
build pulverised coal power plants with a view to
CCS
NEXTGENPOWER
MACPLUS
CO2 storage: CCS – site abandonment
CO2CARE
3.966.574 €
CO2 storage: CCS - storage site characterisation
SITECHAR
3.720.575 €
CO2 storage: Trans-national cooperation and
networking in the field of geological storage of CO2
CGS EUROPE
2.236.837 €
Cross-cutting: Extending the value chain for GHG
emissions
GHG2E
1.635.775 €
Clean coal: Efficiency Improvement of Oxygenbased combustion
2011
DEMOCLOCK
HETMOC
RELCOM
500.000 €
16.701.555 €
17.187.752 €
6.000.000 €
Joint call "The ocean of tomorrow": Sub-seabed
carbon storage and the marine environment
ECO2
CO2 capture: High-efficiency post-combustion
solvent-based capture processes
CAPSOL
IOLICAP
6.315.410 €
CO2 storage: Understanding the long-term fate of
geologically stored CO2
CARBFIX
ULTIMATECO2
5.596.933 €
Clean coal: Optimisation of IGCC technologies for
use with high ash content coal
OPTIMASH
3.430.036 €
Cross-cutting: Optimising the integration of CO2
capture into power plants
O2GEN
OCTAVIUS
14.532.940 €
28
(**10.500.000 €)
2012
Cross-cutting: Support to the European CCS
Demonstration Project Network
CCS-PNS
2.994.389 €
CO2 storage: Sizeable pilot tests for CO2 geological
storage
TRUST
8.677.241 €
CO2 storage: Impact of the quality of CO2 on
transport and storage
IMPACTS
CO2QUEST
6.923.242 €
Cross-cutting: Support to the coordination of
stakeholders' activities in the field of Zero Emission
Energy Production
ZEPPORT
SCARLET
Scale-up of advanced high-efficiency capture
processes
SUCCESS
500.000 €
*11.911.006 €
ASCENT
GREEN-CC
New generation high-efficiency capture processes
2013
HIPERCAP
INTERACT
*33.030.270 €
M4CO2
MATESA
Mitigation and remediation of leakage from
geological storage
MIRECOL
Combined Underground Coal Gasification and CO2
Capture and Storage
TOPS
TOTAL
*3.756.250 €
2.996.239 €
53
234.139.897 €
Smartgrids
Year
2007
2008
number of
projects
Topic description
EC
contribution
Analysis and scenarios of energy infrastructure
evolution
IRENE-40
REALISEGRID
6.572.252 €
More efficient integration of renewable energy into
future infrastructures
SUSPLAN
3.322.550 €
Stepping up the cooperation of national and regional
research activities on Smart Energy Networks
SMARTGIRDS
ERA-NET
2.479.990 €
Inter-active distribution energy networks: Develop
and validate innovative control strategies and
network architectures for active networks with largescale penetration of renewables sources and
distributed generation
ADDRESS
8.999.997 €
Pan-European energy networks: Simulation and
state estimation of smart electricity transmission
networks
PEGASE
8.622.027 €
Inter-active distribution energy networks: Openaccess Standard for Smart Multi-Metering Services
OPEN METER
2.400.232 €
29
Pan-European energy networks: Diagnostics,
Surveillance, Maintenance and Control of Power
Transmission and Grid Connections
OPTIMATE
SEETSOC
4.916.727 €
Pan-European energy networks: Innovative
operational and monitoring tools for large power
systems
ICOEUR
1.916.767 €
High density /rapid release energy storage
HESCAP
2.298.764 €
HTS Devices for Electricity Networks
ECCOFLOW
2.699.345 €
Strategic impact of the roll-out of electric and plug-in
hybrid vehicles on grid infrastructure
G4V
MERGE
5.504.735 €
Support to the coordination of stakeholders' activities
in the field of Smart Grids
SMARTGRIDS ETPS
Novel ICT Solutions for Smart Electricity Distribution
Networks (Joint call with the ICT Theme)
DLC+VIT4IP
MIRABEL
OPENNODE
HiPerDNO
INTEGRIS
W2E
Inter-active distribution energy networks: Wind-Grid
Integration: overall optimisation of the electricity grid
with wind and storage
TWENTIES
Energy storage systems for power distribution
networks
POWAIR
Inter-active distribution energy networks: Large-scale
demonstration of smart electricity distribution
networks with distributed generation and active
customer participation
ECOGRID EU
GRID4EU
Materials, technologies and processes for
sustainable automotive electrochemical storage
applications (joint call NMP, ENERGY,
ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT)
APPLES
Innovative tools for the future coordinated and stable
operation of the pan-European electricity
transmission system
ITESLA
UMBRELLA
Network of projects developing the future European
electricity networks
GRID+
Storage and balancing variable electricity supply and
demand
ESTORAGE
INGRID
27.104.151 €
Integration of variable distributed resources in
electricity distribution networks
SUSTAINABLE
IGREENGRID
SINGULAR
11.823.036 €
Enhancing electricity networks through use of
distributed intelligence
DISCERN
4.798.717 €
Empowering smart customers to participate in active
demand and electricity supply system efficiency
S3C
ADVANCED
4.796.601 €
Planning for European Electricity Highways to
ensure the reliable delivery of renewable electricity
and pan-European market integration
E-HIGHWAY2050
8.990.672 €
2009
2010
2011
2012
30
379.214 €
10.000.000 €
(**19.956.074 €)
31.774.565 €
3.563.984 €
38.202.448 €
5.000.000 €
17.093.044 €
2.999.494 €
Networking of national R&D and demonstration
projects on smart metering infrastructure and data
processing
METER-ON
1.622.482 €
Facilitating the deployment of safe stationary
batteries
STALLION
STABALID
3.494.546 €
Support to the coordination of stakeholders activities
in the field of Smart Grids
SMARTGRIDSETPS-III
425.285 €
DREAM
EVOLVDSO
Development and validation of methods and tools for
network integration of distributed renewable
resources
2013
IDE4L
INCREASE
Advanced concepts for reliability assessment of the
pan-European transmission network
GARPUR
Large-scale demonstration of innovative
transmission system integration and operation
solutions for (inter)connecting renewable electricity
production
BEST PATHS
Ensuring stakeholder support for future grid
infrastructures
17.934.689 €
7.767.261 €
*45.382.375 €
INSPIRE-GRID
2.571.834 €
Planning rules for linking electric vehicles (EV) to
distributed energy resources
PLANGRIDEV
4.875.290 €
Enhanced interoperability and conformance testing
methods and tools for interaction between grid
infrastructure and electric vehicles
COTEVOS
4.351.777 €
BACCARA
SIRBATT
Understanding interfaces in rechargeable batteries
and super-capacitors through in situ methods
Integrated research programme on smart grids
INFLUENCE
13.100.692 €
HI-C
ELECTRA
9.989.560 €
58
327.775.103 €
TOTAL
Energy efficiency / Smart Cities and Communities
Year
2007
2008
Topic description
number of
projects
EC
contribution
Manufacturing and process industries: Innovative
energy efficient manufacturing processes
NANOBAK
1.430.404 €
High efficiency poly-generation - applications with
renewable energies
ENERCOM
ENERFISH
POLYSTABILAT
9.743.431 €
Testing innovative strategies for clean urban
transport (CIVITAS – joint call with the Transport
Theme)
RENAISSANCE
Promotion and dissemination
SETATWORK
Energy efficiency of industrial heat exchangers and
CEREXPRO
31
7.374.840 €
(**14.749.681 €)
999.972 €
7.717.977 €
boilers
CLEANEX
THERMONANO
High efficiency poly-generation - renewable
energies for applications in industry
EMPYRO
4.949.947 €
CONCERTO communities: the way to the future
ECO-LIFE
GEOCOM
PIME'S
SOLUTION
37.830.296 €
2009
Energy efficiency in energy intensive industry
EE-QUARRY
ENEXAL
8.724.247 €
2010
Demonstration of Energy Efficiency through
Retrofitting of Buildings (EeB)
BEEMUP
E2REBUILD
SCHOOL OF THE
FUTURE
13.203.698 €
Valorisation of low temperature heat
LOVE
3.299.789 €
Demonstration of very low energy new buildings
(EeB)
BUILDSMART
DIRECTION
NEED4B
NEXT-BUILDINGS
20.025.589 €
Energy efficiency demonstration in manufacturing
industry
CRAFTEM
EFENIS
NIWE
13.287.245 €
Energy efficiency in low-carbon industrial parks
LOCIMAP
1.987.993 €
Smart Cities and Communities: Strategic
sustainable planning and screening of city plans
STEEP
TRANSFORM
STEP-UP
PLEEC
INSMART
17.531.357 €
Demonstration of nearly Zero Energy Building
Renovation for cities and districts (EeB)
ZENN
R2CITIES
EU-GUGLE
35.266.856 €
2011
2012
CITYFIED
2013
Smart Cities and Communities: Demonstration of
optimised energy systems for high performanceenergy districts
CITY-ZEN
READY
*101.788.713 €
SINFONIA
TOTAL
40
285.162.354 €
number of
projects
EC
contribution
Knowledge for policy making
Year
Topic description
BARENERGY
Energy behavioural changes
CHANGING
BEHAVIOUR
3.932.988 €
Energy security of supply
REACCESS
SECURE
5.785.705 €
PLANETS
1.541.674 €
2007
Energy technological foresight and scenario
32
development
2009
2013
1.334.405 €
Energy foresight network
EFONET
European energy infrastructure networks and
systems transition planning
ATEST
894.799 €
European scientific multidisciplinary "think-tank" to
support energy policy and to assess the potential
impacts of its measures
THINK
2.188.848 €
European scientific multidisciplinary "think-tank" to
support energy policy and to assess the potential
impacts of its measures
INSIGHT_E
TOTAL
9
*1.999.509 €
17.677.928 €
FET / Materials
Year
number of
projects
Topic description
Future Emerging Technologies (FET)
ASPIS
CO2SOLSTOCK
PLANTPOWER
SOLHYDROMICS
THATEA
Novel materials for energy applications (Joint Call
with NMP)
EFFIPRO
EPHOCELL
INNOVASOL
NANOPEC
POLYZION
SMALLINONE
FlyHY
SOLAMON
ROD-SOL
MAHEATT
Future Emerging Technologies for Energy
Applications (FET)
PEPDIODE
QUASIDRY
CAPMIX
DEEPWIND
HAWE
MOLESOL
R2M-SI
REAPOWER
2008
2010
2012
EC
contribution
13.434.228 €
14.139.451 €
(**23.809.693 €)
20.028.102 €
CYANOFACTORY
H2ESOT
NANOMATCELL
HRC POWER
ALLOXIDEPV
Future Emerging Technologies for Energy
Applications (FET)
PHOTONVOLTAICS
POLYWEC
NEST
POLYWEC
GLOBALSOL
GO-NEXTS
PHOCS
33
33.455.220 €
PROME3THE2US2
TOTAL
36
81.057.001 €
Fuel cells and Hydrogen
Year
2007
number of
projects
Topic description
EC
contribution
Basic research for materials and processes for
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC)
DECODE
ZEOCELL
5.617.397 €
Basic research on materials and processes for High
Temperature Fuel Cells (SOFC & MCFC)
METSOFC
3.587.846 €
Innovative concepts for fuel cells
IDEAL-CELL
3.309.045 €
New materials and processes for advanced
electrolysers
RELHY
WELTEMP
5.277.736 €
Advanced Materials for High Temperature thermochemical processes
HYCYCLES
3.748.823 €
Novel nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage
NANOHY
2.399.629 €
2008
Energy Theme contribution to the JTI FCH
30.000.000 €
2009
Energy Theme contribution to the JTI FCH
51.980.000 €
2010
Energy Theme contribution to the JTI FCH
71.980.000 €
2011
Energy Theme contribution to the JTI FCH
78.970.000 €
2012
Energy Theme contribution to the JTI FCH
39.985.000 €
2013
Energy Theme contribution to the JTI FCH
42.100.000 €
TOTAL
8
338.955.476 €
Other actions
number of
projects
EC
contribution
Year
Topic description
2007
Preparatory activities of the joint technology initiative
for fuel cell and hydrogen
FCHINSTRUCT
684.125 €
Trans-national co-operation among NCPs
C-ENERGY
299.856 €
Towards a low carbon energy: The European
Strategic Energy Technology Plan (grant to a named
beneficiary)
EBC2008
150.000 €
Trans-national co-operation among NCPs
C-ENERGY +
999.996 €
SET-Plan conference in Sweden (grant to a named
beneficiary)
SETPlan_se2009.eu
143.466 €
EERA Secretariat (grant to a named beneficiary)
EERASE
989.565 €
SET-Plan conference in Brussels (grant to a named
beneficiary)
SETBRU
175.000 €
2008
2009
2010
34
2011
SET-Plan conference in Poland (grant to a named
beneficiary)
SET-POLAND
119.564 €
2012
Global Energy Assessment (grant to a named
beneficiary)
GEA
DISSEMINATION
128.400 €
SET-Plan conference in Ireland (grant to a named
beneficiary)
SET_IRELAND
124.005 €
Support for the secretariat of the European Energy
Research Alliance (EERA) (grant to a named
beneficiary)
EERASE2
Mobilising the research, innovation and educational
capacities of Europe’s universities
UNI-SET
2013
TOTAL
35
1.199.996 €
12
1.499.997 €
6.513.970 €