SOPHIA-workshop ‘PV-Module Reliability’

The 2013 SOPHIA-workshop ‘PV-Module Reliability’, organized by Fraunhofer ISE and CEA INES in Chambery (France) on 6-7 June, is dedicated to five up-to-date subjects. First point of attention will be the so called...

Press release - EC publishes the Communication on Energy Technologies and Innovation

EC takes SET Plan gamble: improved coordination in return for new layers of governance Brussels, 3 May 2013 - The EC yesterday adopted a ...

Smart Cities Stakeholder Platform Annual Conference

Join the smart community in Budapest on 5-6 June for a unique conference that brings together technology developers, city representatives, high-level financial managers and EU-level pol...

RHC-Platform SRA launches in Dublin

In Dublin, at the 4th European Conference on Renewable Heating and Cooling, the RHC-Platform launched the highly anticipated new Strategic Research Agenda. Almost 200 delegates were in attendance for the laun...

EUROGIA+: Get your best project ideas funded

EUROGIA+, the EUREKA low-carbon energy technology cluster, announced its latest call (CALL 10) for the submission of transnational low-carbon energy related research and development projects in January 2013. EUROGIA+ ...

Energy Europe Trade Fair & Conference to take place on 23-25 May in Copenhagen

ENERGY EUROPE is the largest renewable energies and clean-tech event in Denmark in 2013, the most important product show in Scandinavia and also the leading trade fair with a major impact on Eastern Europe for all renewable e...

IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe 2013

The IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe 2013 (4th IEEE ISGT Europe) Conference will be held October 6-9, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This premier Smart Grid conference will bring together researchers, indu...

The Updated Programme for the RHC-Platform Annual Conference is Now Available

The RHC-Platform invites you to visit its Preliminary Programme page to to see the newly-updated full version of the programme ...

International Biomethane Conference 2013

The International VDI Conference-Biomethane 2013 will take place on 19-20 March, in Frankfurt, Germany. Since biomethane is chemically identical to natural gas, it can be used in the same efficient and versatile manner...

EUREC Newsletter - Issue March 2013

The March issue of the EUREC Agency's Newsletter is available here: EUREC Newsletter - Issue March 2013 This ...

Algae to meet transportation fuel needs - InteSusAl on the news

InteSusal partners Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and EUREC Agency have elaborated an article on the project for the publication ...

28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (28th EU PVSEC)

The 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (28th EU PVSEC) will take place on 30 Sep - 04 Oct in Paris, France. The exhibiton will be held on 1-3 Oct. The EU PVSEC is the largest international Conference f...

International Congress on Materials and Renewable Energy

The International Congress on Materials and Renewable Energy will be held on 1-3 July 2013 in Athens, Greece. The event will bring together professionals working on materials and renewable energy, offering academics, ...

DERri announces research scholarship opportunities

The FP7 research project "Distributed Energy Resources Research Infrastructure” (DERri) has announced Research Scholarship opportunities free of charge for European energy researchers. DERri provides to European res...

Call for Abstracts for 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition is open

The 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 03-07 June 2013 (exhibition finishing one day before). The Call for Abstracts is now open. Interested participants must su...

ACP-EU Energy Facility 2nd Call for Proposals

The ACP-EU Energy Facility 2nd Call for Proposals is now open.  The Specific objective of this call is to increase and improve access to modern, affordable and sustainable energy services for rural poor by focusi...

COWEC 2013: where the wind energy industry meets

(Duesseldorf, 25.02.2013) Wind energy is on the advance throughout the world. However there are still a number of hurdles to overcome before widespread large-scale utilization is possible. The international VDI conference COW...

Press release - A substantial share of Horizon 2020’s budget must be earmarked for renewables

Brussels,7thMarch 2013 – EUREC Agency organised a press briefing at the association's premises in Brussels. Speaking at the event, EUREC Policy Officer, Greg Arrowsmith, encouraged the Council to...

2nd European Grid Conference launches European Grid Declaration and Report

The Renewables-Grid-Inititative (RGI) and Smart Energy for Europe Platform (SEFEP) successfully concluded the 2nd Euro...

EUREC's input to the EC Communication on Energy Technology Policy

Externalisation, the idea of shifting responsibility for administering grants out of the European Commission, is a big theme of Horizon 2020. ‘Programme Co-fund Actions’, having the appearance of ERA-NET-PLUSs,...

EERA announces the dates for its 2013 Annual Congress

The European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) has announced the dates for its next Annual Congress. The event will take place on 18-19 April at t...

SOLAR-ERA.NET launches its first set of transnational calls in the field of solar power generation

SOLAR-ERA.NET has launched its first Transnational Calls PV1 and CSP1. 15 countries and regions participate with their RTD and innovation programmes in these calls. The total public funding budget for both calls is 12 million...

4th European Conference on Renewable Heating and Cooling

The European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC-Platform) is pleased to announce that its fourth European Conference on Renewable Heating and Cooling will take place in ...

KIC InnoEnergy calls for Smart Innovations

From the Smart Cites Stakeholder Platform "Intelligent energy efficient buildings and cities" and...

Vienna Energy Forum 2013

The Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) 2013 will take place on 28-30 May at the Hofburg Imperial Palace ...

EUREC on the news

EUREC Agency’s President, Dr Keith Melton, elaborated two articles exploring the association activities to be published in research/science European magazines. The first editorial was written for the renewable energ...

4th Annual Renewable Energy Finance & Infrastructure Summit takes place in Vienna

The 4th Annual Renewable Energy Finance & Infrastructure Summit will take place on 28-29 May 2013 in Vienna, Austria. The conference will gather renewable energy experts, decision makers, finance and investment pr...

The Preliminary Programme for the RHC-Platform Annual Conference is Now Online

European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling is pleased to announce that the preliminary programme of the 4th European...

OTTI announces the 3rd Symposium Small PV-Applications

The German organisation Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut (OTTI) has announced the 3rd Symposium Small PV-Applications. Taking place in Ulm, Germany on 17-1...

69 billion € for Horizon 2020

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EUREC Agency provides input to EIB public consultation on its energy sector lending policy

EUREC Agency provided an input to a public consultation launched by the European Investment Bank (EIB) as part of the review of the bank’s energy sector lending policy. We believe the EIB should take more risk whe...

EUREC Agency organises a workshop on “Energy Technology Policy”

Brussels – EUREC Agency successfully concluded t...

ITRE report on Horizon 2020 finds a compromise on energy spending

The Industry, Research and Energy (‘ITRE’) committee of the European Parliament voted this morning to allocate three quarters of the money in the energy societal challenge to renewable energy technology, technology for en...

Interview with Professor Dr Andreas Reuter, Head of the Fraunhofer Institute IWES

Professor Dr Andreas Reuter is Head of the ...

Launch of the ICARE project

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ITRE committee’s amendments on Horizon 2020 ready

Energy-related amendments Several amendments indicate a keenness among MEPs to allocate a defined share of funding to renewable energy and energy efficiency, with proposals typically in the range of 75%-85% of the f...

EUREC President defends smooth innovation chain to ensure the long-term viability of RET

EUREC President Keith Melton has granted an interview to the International Innovation Magazine, a relevant global dissemination publication for the wider scientif...

SOPHIA-workshop ‘PV-Module Reliability’

The 2013 SOPHIA-workshop ‘PV-Module Reliability’, organized by Fraunhofer ISE and CEA INES in Chambery (France) on 6-7 June, is dedicated to five up-to-date subjects. First point of attention will be the so called...