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Monday. 18 March 2019
EU Energy players discuss energy sector synergies and how to leverage new clean energy technologies in an integrated system
The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Smart Networks in Energy Transition held a high-level workshop on how to leverage the latest clean energy technologies and energy system initiatives to achieve energy systems synergies and decarbonisation in line with the ETIP SNET Vision 2050. Brussels, 14 March 2019. The ETIP SNET workshop “Leveraging the Clean […]
Friday. 15 March 2019
New Report: European And International Initiatives Towards Energy Transition
The European Technology and Innovation Platform Smart Networks for Energy Transition launches new report entitled: “Synergies and complementarities of European and International Initiatives towards Energy Transition” In June 2018, the European Technology and Innovation Platform “Smart Networks for Energy Transition”, ETIP SNET, released its Vision 2050 for the Energy system, a vision of “systems of […]
Tuesday. 12 March 2019
EUREC & 7 ETIPs in renewable energy plus ETIP-SNET launch paper on Strategic Planning & Missions
Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research and innovation programme for the period 2021-2027, introduces a few novelties. Among them are Strategic Planning and Missions. Strategic Planning refers to a process whereby the areas of research and innovation that are eligible to be funded are fine-tuned and defined, possibly in a funding plan that spans several […]
Friday. 08 March 2019
Holistic architectures for future power systems
ETIP SNET release White Paper on Holistic Architectures for Future Power Systems. A cost effective and secure transition to lower carbon electricity system will require fundamental transformation of the power system control from a traditional centralised to a decentralised paradigm. This fundamental change will require development of novel architectures that can reliably meet the needs […]
Wednesday. 06 March 2019
New €10 billion EU Innovation Fund for low-carbon technologies
The Commission announced an investment programme worth over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies in several sectors to boost their global competitiveness. The first call for application will be launched in 2020. The Innovation Fund is one of the funding instruments supporting the European Commission’s strategic vision for a climate neutral Europe by 2050 as outlined in its […]
Tuesday. 05 March 2019
Report: Coverage analysis of the present ETIP SNET roadmap (2017-2026)
Following the “Presentation of recent and ongoing R&I projects in the scope of the ETIP SNET“, the platform releases part 2 of its monitoring exercise which analyses in detail the degree of coverage of each RD&I item of the 10-year RD&I roadmap covering 2017-26. CONTEXT: ETIP SNET MONITORING ACTIVITY The European Technology & Innovation Platform Smart Networks […]
Tuesday. 26 February 2019
Call for regional and national energy transition projects
ETIP SNET is looking for regional/national funded projects as well as H2020 projects, with tangible results that are linked to any of the ETIP SNET working groups’ core activities. During the 4 productive regional workshops we organised in 2017, and in addition with 4 more in 2018, the ETIP SNET has been successful in gathering the most […]
Monday. 25 February 2019
Activities of the ETIP SNET Working Groups for 2019
ETIP SNET is organized in five Working Groups (WG), covering the main and focal aspect of the ETIP SNET platform, devoted to the transition toward a decarbonized energy system. WG1 – Reliable, economic and efficient smart grid system; WG2 – Storage technologies and sector interfaces; WG3 – Flexible Generation; WG4 – Digitisation of the electricity […]
Friday. 22 February 2019
BRIDGE Meeting at European Commission on 12th/13th of March 2019
During the 12th and 13th March 2019, the European Commission in Brussels will host the BRIDGE Coordination Meeting. More than 40 European funded projects will be represented during this meeting, they will have the opportunity to exchange on various topics and feed the debates based on their personal experiences. DG Energy from European Commission will […]
Wednesday. 20 February 2019
March 14: European and International Stakeholders Workshop – High level talks among energy systems related initiatives
LEVERAGING THE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES POTENTIAL THROUGH INTEGRATION INTO AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM Thursday, 14 March 2019 Objective This workshop covers four main objectives: To gather the experts and stakeholders of the energy systems to discuss the achievements and challenges of the integration of the electricity networks with other energy carriers (gas, heating, cooling, water, transport […]