Piotr Tulej, Head of Unit –Renewable Energy
DG RTD
European Context
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions levels by 20%
Increase share of Renewables to 20%
Reductions in 2012:-18%
2020 Targets 2020
Projection
Share in 2011:12.7%
2020 Projection
2020 Projection
Reduce energy consumption by 20%
~16-20 %
Current Policy Frameworks – 1/4
2008 Energy & Climate package
SA
FE
Energy Union (Strategy on Research, Innovation and Competitiveness; Strategic Energy Technology Plan – SET-Plan)
COP21 (Mission Innovation)
Supporting further major priorities (Digital Single Market; Jobs, Growth and Investments; EU as a strong global actor)
2015 – Energy Union / COP21 / SET-Plan Roadmap
Current Policy Frameworks – 2/4
Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation
"Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation"(COM(2016)763)
EU's global role
Funding Energy
Science and Technology
Financial Instruments
Policy Signals
• Subsidies• Innovation-
principle• Public
Procurement• Standards
• InnovFin EDP• EFSI
> EUR 2.2 billion in H2020 (2018-2020) on:• Decarbonising EU building stock by 2050• Strengthening EU leadership in
renewables• Affordable and Integrated energy storage• E-mobility and more integrated urban
transport systems
European Innovation Council
• Mission Innovation
• EU-Africa cooperation
Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation
Current Policy Frameworks – 3/4
New Electricity Market Design(including Risk Preparedness)
THE RIGHT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR POST – 2020
Energy Union Governance
" In essence the new package is about tapping our green growth potential across the board"
Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete (2016)
Energy Union 2016 Winter Package
Current Policy Frameworks – 4/4
SA
FE
H2020 – Energy Challenge
Budget (2014-2020): EUR 5.7 billion (as of 2015)
• Develop next generation of clean energy technologies
• Demonstrate innovative solutions
• Removing barriers for market
uptake
Improved energy security
FP7 Energy(2007-2013)
EUR 3.25 bn
Intelligent Energy for
Europe (IEE)
(2007-2013)
EUR 0.73 bn
Contributing to the policy – 1/2
H2020 Energy Challenge - objectives
SA
FE
Basic research Proof of concept Technology development
System launch
Technology push
Market pull
Commercialdeployment
Financing, manufact-
uring
Business model and
initial financing
Market research
and patent protection
PCP/PPIPublic
Procurement
Horizon Prizes
H2020 Collaborative
projects (research, innovation, market
uptake actions)
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen JTI
FTI
Technology development
Com
mer
cial
dev
elop
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ERC - FET
SME instrument
InnovFinEnergyDemo
Project Facility
Contributing to the policy – 2/2
How we translated them into WP 2018-2020
• Global leadership in renewable energies- Exploring emerging technologies (< TRL 4)
- Improving existing technologies (4 < TRL < 6)
- Demonstrating existing technologies (6 < TRL < 7)
- Helping market penetration (market uptake measures, financing tools)
• Being closer to the citizens- Focusing also on renewable energy technology "applications"
• Improving renewable deployement- making technology fit for the energy system and the energy market
• Energy security: Diversity of renewable energy sources- multiple technology options for multiple energy sources
Implementing through available tools
WP
ResearchActions
Joint Actions
International
Prizes
Pre-Commercial Procurement
Demonstration
Global leadership in Renewables
New renewable energy solutions
Renewable energy solutions at the consumer scale
Renewable energy solutions at the energy system scale
Renewable fuels for transport
Market uptake measures
International Actions
Philippe Schild, Senior Expert –Renewable Energy Sources
DG RTD
Next renewable energysolutions
Objectives
• To support research activities aiming at identifying renewable energy breakthroughs that will feed the innovation cycle and become the basis of the next generation of EU technologies.
• Accelerating technology innovation
• Create new industrial leaderships
Next Renewable energy solutions
Developing the next generation of renewableenergy technologies
Beside the development of the technology, the proposal will have to clearly address the following related aspects: the potential lower environmental and climate impact on a life cycle basis, the better resource efficiency, issues related to social acceptance or resistance to new energy technologies, related socioeconomic and livelihood issues.
Support will be given to activities which focus on converting renewable energy sources into an energy vector, or the direct application of renewable energy sources.
Bringing these new energy conversion solutions, new renewable energy concepts and innovative renewable energy uses faster to commercialization
To TRL 3 to 4
RIA
EUR 20 million
LC-SC3-RES-1-2019
Developing the next generation of renewableenergy technologies
• Photovoltaic windows ('transparent' solar cells): development of transparent and economically viable PV cells for integration in building applications
• Bionic leaf technology: advanced renewable fuel production through biological conversion of CO2 and renewable hydrogen in the presence of inorganic catalysts. The process is based on first using solar energy to split water molecules and then using bacteria to consume the hydrogen together with CO2 to produce fuels
è Projects selected under this pilot will follow a stage-gate approach based on milestones and periodic reviews.
Boosting the breakthrough of particular promising technologies … to secure that investment brings innovation that is taken up by the market
From TRL 3 to 5
RIA
EUR 20 million
LC-SC3-RES-2-2018
Piero de Bonis, Policy Officer –Renewable Energy Sources
DG RTD
Renewable energy solutionsfor implementation at consumer scale
Objectives
With this WP we further address aspects concerned with:
v Consumer/Prosumer
v Heating & Cooling
v Integration of energy solutions at the building scale
Renewable energy solutions for implementation at consumer scale
Renewable energy system integrated at thebuilding scale
Solutions combining different renewable energy technologies to cover the highest possible share of electricity, heating and cooling needs
Multi-family residential or commercial or public or industrial buildings (in the case of the industrial buildings, energy needs of the industrial process should not be addressed)
Needs and requirements of users and installers to be addressed (SSH expertise)
Reduction of air pollutants
Decarbonisation of the building sector (heating, cooling, electricity)
Further integration of energy technologies (and storage)
Highest possible share of RES in buildings, considering costs and implications for the user
TRL to 4-5
RIA
EUR 2 to 5 million
LC-SC3-RES-4-2018
Mission Innovation
EeB cPPP
Increased performance of technologies forlocal heating and cooling solutions
One or more of the following aspects to be addressed:
v Optimisation components heating & cooling system
v Tools to optimize design and monitoring of components heating & cooling system
v Integrated control for smart operation heating & cooling system
Residential (single house and apartment blocks) and commercial buildings
Reduction of air pollutants
Use of RES available locally to supply heating & cooling
Innovation needed also in resource mapping, monitoring & control tools
Reduce investments and operation costs & increase the systems' performance
TRL to 6-7
IA
EUR 3 to 10 million
LC-SC3-RES-5-2018
Mission Innovation
EeB cPPP
Demonstrate significant cost reduction forBuilding Integrated PV (BIPV) solutions
BIPV to satisfy multiple building functions
Architectural and aesthetic aspects
Control system for building management functions, grid-feeding, self-consumption and local storage
TRL to 6-7
IA
EUR 6 to 10 million
LC-SC3-RES-6-2018
Proposals to:
v Address new BIPV concepts and cost-efficient production techniques reducing additional cost by 75% by 2030 compared to 2015 levels
v Demonstrate the concepts into a BIPV energy system (life-cycle basis)
Multidisciplinary consortia including the PV manufacturing industry (and building materials industry, certification bodies and market actors where relevant)
Standardization issues to be addressed
Solar Energy in Industrial Processes
Cover the highest possible share of the heating and/or cooling demand of one or more industrial processes by means of solar thermal energy
In the case of heating, the process temperature shall be higher than 150°C
Individual industrial sites and/or industrial parks (coupled to a district heating and/or cooling network) are in scope
Contribution to relevant BREFs under the Industrial Emissions Directive
Large potential of applying solar energy for industrial purposes
Industrial processes might need to be adapted
Limited installation, O&M requirements -easy to operate
TRL to 4-5
RIA
EUR 3 to 5 million
LC-SC3-RES-7-2019
SPIRE cPPP
Combining Renewable Technologies for aRenewable District Heating and/or CoolingSystem
Large potential to integrate substantial shares of renewable energy generation in district heating and/or cooling systems
RE technologies can be combined
Reliable with limited installation and running costs
TRL to 6
IA
EUR 8 to 15 million
LC-SC3-RES-8-2019
Cost-effective solutions for district heating and/or cooling systems which allow satisfying at least 50% of the energy demand of the system by the use in the district of one or more renewable energy technologies
Otherwise wasted excess heat is in the scope
Solutions should be demonstrated in real conditions within an operational district heating and/or cooling system
Operators and final users to be engaged, their requirements to be considered
Maria Getsiou, Senior Expert –Renewable Energy Sources
DG RTD
Renewable energy solutionsfor energy system levelimplementation
Objectives
The focus of these actions is to:
• reduce capital and operational costs,
• increase reliability
• and provide flexibility to the energy system.
Renewable energy solutions for energy system level implementation
Floating Wind Technology development including reliable,cost efficient anchoring and mooring system, dynamiccabling, installation techniques, and O&M concepts;
Onshore Wind Disruptive technologies for the rotor,generator, drive train and support structures for thedevelopment of the advanced or next generation windenergy conversion systems;
Ocean New integrated design and testing of tidal energydevices with behavioural modelling to achieve extendedlifetime and high resistance in marine environment;
Geothermal Novel drilling technologies to reach cost-effectively depths in the order of 5 km and/ortemperatures higher than 250°C;
Achieving or maintaining global leadership in renewable energy technologies requires cost reductions
TRL 3-4 to 4-5
RIA
EUR 2 to 5 million
Reduce the CAPEX and/or OPEX of energy generation
LC-SC3-RES-11-2018 1/2Developing solutions to reduce the cost and
increase performance of renewable technologies
Developing solutions to reduce the cost and increase performance of renewable technologies
CSP Novel components and configurations for linearfocusing and point focusing technologies;
Hydropower Novel components for hydropower hydraulicand electrical machinery to allow efficient utilization also inoff-design operation conditions (ramp up and ramp downphases) and reduce related machinery wear and tear;
Bioenergy Improve small and medium-scale combinedheat and power (CHP) from biomass to reduce CAPEX andOPEX through achieving high resource efficiency and highoverall and electrical conversion performance.
Achieving or maintaining global leadership in renewable energy technology requires cost reductions
TRL 3-4 to 4-5
RIA
EUR 2 to 5 million
Reduce the CAPEX and/or OPEX of energy generation
LC-SC3-RES-11-2018 2/2
Biomass based combined heat and power (CHP)Demonstration of technically feasible and cost-effectiveinstallation of medium to large-scale CHP throughretrofitting of existing fossil-fuel driven CHP or powerplants >10 MW electrical to CHP plants with the use ofsustainable biomass feedstock. Commercial operation ofthe plant with biomass after the end of the project is to beenvisaged;
Geothermal Demonstration of geothermal plants torespond cost-effectively to the heat and to the powerdemand of the network. Proposals are expected to proposetechnologies for more flexible or more efficient geothermalplants or a combination of these two aspects. Associatingother renewable heat sources to geothermal and addingstorage would its increase flexibility (not a necessarycondition).
Progressive replacement of fossil fuels used in the heat and power sectors by means of renewable energy sources
TRL 5 to 7-8
IA
EUR 15 to 20 million
Reduce the cost of combined heat and power generation from renewable sources, making it competitive to fossil fuel based solutions
Demonstrate highly performant renewable technologies for combined heat and power (CHP) generation and their integration in the EU's energy system
LC-SC3-RES-12-2018
Demonstrate solutions that significantly reduce the cost of renewable power generation
Offshore wind Development and validation of newmanufacturing, installation and/or operation andmaintenance techniques, introduction of new materials.Health and environmental impact issues will be takeninto account;
Deep geothermal Demonstration of cost efficienttechnologies to limit emissions and/or to condense andre-inject gases. Turning the emissions into commercialproducts could contribute to cost reduction (not anecessary condition);
CSP Demonstration in operational environment of CSPsolutions based on novel heat transfer fluids and/or ofsolutions which make an innovative use of a heattransfer fluid that is already used in other CSPapplications.
Reduce the cost of energy generation from renewable energy sources
TRL 5 to 7
IA
EUR 15 to 20 million
Reduce the cost of energy generation rendering the renewable energy technologies competitive
LC-SC3-RES-13-2018
Optimising manufacturing and system operation
Marine energy (ocean and offshore wind)Development of a new monitoring system (intelligentsensors, fault detection and communication) foraccurate condition and structural health monitoring toenable predictive and preventive operation andpreventive maintenance processes;
Geothermal Develop a better understanding of thechemical and physical properties of geothermal fluids(including hot and super-hot fluids) as transport media,in order to optimize site development and operation;
Photovoltaics Development of innovative crystallinesilicon wafer growth techniques to produce high-efficiency solar cells and modules.
Optimisation of several key processes in their respective value chains
TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5
RIA
EUR 3 to 5 million
Increased efficiency of the system and/or reduced operational costs of the renewable energy technologies
LC-SC3-RES-14-2019
Increase the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry
Demonstrating manufacturing/product innovation forhighly performing PV technologies (e.g. crystalline-silicon, thin-film and concentration PV). Demonstrationat pilot-line level, showing the potential to be scaled upto GW-size, high-yield-throughput and cost-effectiveindustrial production.
• New production routes for cells and modules basedon innovative materials and/or architectures (e.g.perovskite/crystalline-silicon tandem cells);
• Optimization of one or more steps in the value chain(by e.g. increased automation, laser processing,etc.);
• Tailored development of production equipment;
• Enhanced durability and/or recyclability of the finalproduct.
Improve competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry
TRL 5-6 to 6-7
IA
EUR 10 to 13 million
New investments in the EU PV industry, via the establishment of pilot lines for innovative/optimised production processes/equipment
LC-SC3-RES-15-2019
Development of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system
Bioenergy Development of intermediate bioenergycarriers for energy and transport from biogenicresidues and wastes and energy crops from marginallands not applicable to food or feed production,through feedstock flexible technologies at a conversioncost reduced by at least 25% from the state-of-the-art,with increased energy density storage and tradecharacteristics and improved GHG performance;
Hydropower Development of low and ultra-low headand sea water resistant equipment (such as forexample bulb-pump turbines) guaranteeing at least70% round-trip efficiency and making low-headseawater storage and other low head applications ofhydropower viable for example at unexplored locations(e.g. like at coastal dams and islands), by minimisingat the same time potential impacts on fish.
Increase the potential and performance of dispatchabletechnologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system
TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5
RIA
EUR 3 to 5 million
Penetration of a higher share of variable output renewables in the energy mix without affecting system stability
LC-SC3-RES-16-2019 1/2
Development of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system
Virtual Power Plant Increase the performance of anintegrated portfolio of renewable energy sources tooperate together as a Virtual Power Plant, capable ofproviding flexibility and ancillary services to the energysystem. The solution has to be competitive comparedto solutions combining variable output renewables withelectrochemical storage.
Increase the potential and performance of dispatchabletechnologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system
TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5
RIA
EUR 3 to 5 million
Penetration of a higher share of variable output renewables in the energy mix without affecting system stability.
LC-SC3-RES-16-2019 2/2
Demonstration of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system
Bioenergy Demonstration of the most cost-efficientintermediate bioenergy carrier pathways for energyand transport, addressing solid, liquid and gaseousintermediate bioenergy carriers from biogenic residuesand wastes with increased energy density, storage andtrade characteristics (where relevant) and improvedGHG performance. Production at a scale of up to 5000tons and process feasibility through applications to fuelproduction including for the heavy duty, maritime andaviation sectors, as well as to combined heat andpower generation, are to be included.
Increase the potential and performance of dispatchabletechnologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system
TRL 5 to 7
IA
EUR 12 to 15 million
Technologies that allow plant and system operators to operate successfully in the modern power markets
LC-SC3-RES-17-2019 1/2
Demonstration of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system
Hydropower Improvement of the average annualoverall efficiency of hydroelectric machinery. Projectsare expected to provide high availability and tomaximise performance of hydropower plants of allsizes by adapting to variable speed generation andoptimising maintenance intervals; digitalisationmeasures to increase flexibility can be included.
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Demonstration ofinnovative thermal storage systems. The solutionsproposed will have to achieve much higher storagedensities than current mainstream solutions (i.e. atleast two times higher) while guaranteeing similarperformance in terms of cycles.
Increase the potential and performance of dispatchabletechnologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system
TRL 5 to 7
IA
EUR 12 to 15 million
Technologies that allow plant and system operators to operate successfully in the modern power markets
LC-SC3-RES-17-2019 2/2
Maria Georgiadou, Policy Officer –Renewable Energy Sources
DG RTD
Renewable fuels fortransport
Objectives• Competitiveness of the next generation of biofuels and renewable fuel
technologies
• Up-scaling of advanced biofuels for specific transport needs in a cost-effective way
• European leadership in global development of specific disruptive technologies for a complete ultimate replacement of fossil fuels
• Drop-in renewable fuel solutions for fossil-fuel substitutions
• Feedstock diversification
Renewable Fuels for transports
Development of next generation biofuels andalternative renewable fuel technologies forroad transport
Non-food/feed drop-in biofuel and alternative renewable fuel technologies
Liquid diesel- and gasoline-like biofuels from biogenic residues and wastes by chemical, biochemical and thermochemical pathways, or a combination
Liquid gasoline-like biofuels through biogenic upgrading of biogas
Improved conversion efficiency, cost and feedstock supply, end use compatibility
Reduce cost and improve fuel performance for environment and society
Increase the competitiveness of next generation biofuel and renewable fuel technologies while diversifying the fuel supply pathways
TRL 3-4 to 5
RIA
EUR 3 to 5 million
LC-SC3-RES-21-2018
Demonstration of cost effective advancedbiofuel pathways in retrofitted existingindustrial installations
Demonstrate cost-efficient advanced biofuel pathways which improve the economic viability and reduce CAPEX and OPEX
Retrofitting existing industrial installations with specific innovation to proposed advanced biofuel pathway
Integration in first generation biofuels sites, in pulp and paper industry or in existing fossil refineries
Production of a few thousand tons advanced biofuels
Show economic feasibility and other socio-economic benefits like impact on current first generation sites
Increase the industrial installed capacity for advanced biofuels
Overcome the high cost and high risk of the installation of industrial plants for advanced biofuels
TRL 5 to 7
IA
EUR 8 to 10 million
LC-SC3-RES-22-2018
Development of next generation biofuel andalternative renewable fuel technologies foraviation and shipping
Non-food/feed drop-in biofuel and alternative renewable fuel technologies for aviation and shipping
Liquid jet-like biofuels and alternative renewable fuels from biogenic residues and wastes by chemical, biochemical and thermochemical pathways, or a combination
Bunker fuel-like biofuels for shipping uses
Improved conversion efficiency, cost and feedstock supply
Reduce costs and improve fuel performance for environment and society
Decarbonise the aviation and shipping transport sectors, which are expanding fast and increasing the overall fossil fuel consumption
TRL 3 to 5
RIA
EUR 3 to 5 million
LC-SC3-RES-23-2019
Boosting pre-commercial production ofadvanced aviation biofuels
Demonstrate pre-commercial production of sustainable and cost-competitive advanced biofuels for aviation for boosting their market up-take
Large-scale production of aviation biofuels from non-food/feed sustainable feedstock and certified pathways according to international aviation fuel standards
30 to 50 thousand tonnes of aviation biofuel and continuous plant operation of 1000 hr within project
Pre-commercial plants
Facilitate market entry and increase commercial capacity of advanced biofuels for aviation
Deployment will allow the competitive production of bio-jet fuels on a commercial scale
Reduce the carbon foot-print of aviation in the long-term by producing drop-in advanced biofuels for aviation at pre-commercial scale
TRL 5 to 7
IA
EUR 15 to 20 million
LC-SC3-RES-24-2019
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