JRC releases 3rd edition of low carbon energy technologies map

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published the third edition of its Technology Map of the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan. Produced by the JRC and other European Commission services, the map provides an evaluation of the state of the art of an extensive range of low-carbon energy technologies.

The new edition focuses on 20 different technologies and covers the whole issues of the energy system, including both supply and demand technologies. The catalogue contains estimations for insertion on future markets, data on the current technologies as well as the barriers to their large-scale deployment, the ongoing and planned R&D and demonstration efforts to overcome technological barriers, and reference values for their operational and economic performance. These can be applied for the modeling and analytical work performed in support of implementation of the SET-Plan.

The SET-Plan is considered a first step to set up an energy technology policy for Europe. Adopted by the European Union in 2008, the plan is the principal decision-making support tool for European energy policy.

The main goals are:

• Accelerate knowledge development, technology transfer and up-take of sustainable energy technologies
• Maintain EU industrial leadership on low-carbon energy technologies
• Foster science for transforming energy technologies to achieve the 2020 Energy and Climate Change goals
• Contribute to the worldwide transition to a low carbon economy by 2050.

For additional information and to download the third edition of low carbon energy technologies map: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=1410&obj_id=14350&dt_code=NWS&lang=en