Philippe Schild

DG Research & Innovation

HORIZON 2020 Low Carbon Energy

THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

The next waves of calls

Low Carbon Energy - Orientations

• Context – Policy & Activities

• The approach and consideration

• Hints to applicants

Context

• H2020 new focuses

• Policies

• Activities

Horizon 2020 – New considerations

• A single programme bringing together three separate programmes/initiatives (former FP7, CIP, EIT)

• Coupling research to innovation – from research to retail, all forms of innovation

• Focus on societal challenges facing EU society, e.g. clean energy, health and transport

Secure, Clean and efficient Energy Work Programme 2014-2015

Horizon 2020 – New principles

• 2-year work programme to allow for better preparation of applicants

• Challenge-based approach

• Definition of specific challenge to be tackled - broader scope of topics

• Applicant can propose the most appropriate solution to the challenge

• Integration of cross-cutting issues (social sciences, international cooperation, etc.)

• Cross-thematic cooperation in strategic 'focus areas'

• Covering the full innovation cycle (use of TRLs to specify scope of activities)

EU Energy policy goals and priorities

Towards a European Energy Union COM(2015) 80 final

• Energy security, solidarity and trust;

• A fully integrated European energy market;

• Energy efficiency contributing to moderation of demand;

• Decarbonising the economy

• Research, Innovation and Competitiveness - Priorities

• World leader in developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies,

• Participation of consumers

• Efficient energy systems,

• Energy systems integration

• A forward-looking approach to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and use (CCU)

• Nuclear energy

Policy Initiatives in progress

• More than 40 policies to be revised or initiated by 2017

• Research and Innovation Strategy:

• Toward an Integrated Strategy Energy Technology Plan (Published in September 2015)

• A strategic transport research and innovation agenda (2016)

• A strategic research, innovation and competitiveness roadmap (2016)

Global challenges need global approaches

Towards a European Energy Union COM(2015) 80 final

A reinforced SET Plan (COM EIT 2013)

• Energy efficiency - end use consumption

• Solutions for a competitive & sustainable energy system

• Flexibility and security

• Continuity of electricity supply and rationalise demand for infrastructure

• Active consumer participation

• Portfolio of cost effective and sustainable energy solutions

• Interfaces with other sectors

• Fostering innovation in real environments

• Market uptake measures

• Smart cities and Communities

TOWARD AN INTEGRATED ROADMAP AND ACTION PLAN OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS (EC AND MSS)

Toward an Integrated Strategy Energy Technology Plan (September 2015)

A more targeted focus (10 actions)

A more integrated approach

New Governance

Increased Accountability

SET - Plan What we are doing

Integrated Roadmap Energy Union SET-Plan Objectives

Themes* 4+2 R&I priorities Ten Actions Measure progress

T10: Wind, PV, CSP, SHC RES 1. Develop RES 2. Reduce cost

OWE: 30% by 2030…

T6: Smart grids

Smart 3. Smart home

4. Smart System

T5: En. eff. industry

Efficiency 5. Building 6. Industry

T13: Biofuels, FCH Transport 7. Battery

8. RES-fuels

T11: CCS CC(U)S 9. R&I on CC(U)S

T12: Nuclear Nuclear 10. Safety Nuclear

T9: Smart cities

T3: En. eff. buildings

T4: En. eff. H/C

T2: Activating consumers

T1: Engaging consumers

T7: Energy storage

T8: System flexibility

SET - Plan What we are doing

Low Carbon Energy – 2016/2017 Calls

Revision of the Work-Programme – July 2016

Wave 3 (LCE)

Types of Action Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)

Innovation Actions (IA)

Status : Open for submission since 11th May

13

Topic Activity Budget (€)

LCE-09-2016 Increasing the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry 25,000,000

LCE-13-2016 Solutions for reduced maintenance, increased reliability and extended life-time of off-shore wind turbines/farms

10,000,000

LCE-15-2016-2017 Scaling up in the ocean energy sector to arrays 15,000,000

LCE-19-2016-2017 Demonstration of the most promising advanced biofuel pathways 15,000,000

LCE-20-2016 Enabling pre-commercial production of advanced aviation biofuel 15,000,000

LCE-22-2016 International Cooperation with Brazil on advanced lignocellulosic biofuels

5,000,000

Total 85,000,000

LCE-09-2016: Increasing the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry

Scope:

Demonstrating manufacturing innovation and scale-up of highly performing PV technologies at pilot-line level, targeting GW-scale, high-yield throughput and cost-effective industrial production of cells and modules.

Expected Impact: Trigger new investments in the European PV industry, via the establishment of pilot lines which target innovative/optimised production processes and/or tailored development of equipment for mainstream PV technologies at the state of the art of research, and show the potential for cost and performance competitiveness of the final product

LCE-13-2016: Solutions for reduced maintenance, increased reliability and extended life-time of

off-shore wind turbines/farms

Scope:

…The focus is to reduce the need for maintenance of wind turbines/farms and to develop measures for life-time extension, demonstrating innovative solutions and tools…. The action can include the development of tools for doing predictive maintenance, hereunder models of component/soil degradation, and establishment a database with operational and failure data for validation of tools. The actions should consider not only the wind turbines but also the substructure and the soil conditions. Participation of wind turbine manufacturers and large wind farm operators is expected.

Expected Impact: … reduction of component failure and increased reliability. … more reliable wind turbines and plants. …improved performance for new and operating off-shore wind power plants and therefore to the cost of energy. … exploitation potential in the onshore wind sector. …. strengthening the European industrial technology base, thereby creating growth and jobs in Europe.

LCE-15-2016: Scaling up in the ocean energy sector to arrays

Scope:

Applying projects will have to clearly describe the selected technology. The chosen project technology will have to bring evidence at the date of application of previous technology demonstration in real conditions connected to the grid to enhance the likely success of the project and provide a clear cost reduction roadmap that deploying in the pilot project will achieve. Installing more than one technology in the same array is permitted, but this should clearly have added value to this action. The installation has to be grid-connected.

Expected Impact: The action will deliver a cost-effective array and hence will demonstrate pathways to reduce the cost of energy. It is expected that as a result of this action, ocean energy would become more commercially attractive for investors. The action should contribute to the strengthening the European industrial technology base in the ocean energy field, thereby creating growth and jobs in Europe.

LCE-19-2016-2017: Demonstration of the most promising advanced biofuel pathways

Scope:

…. Projects should target the most promising advanced liquid biofuel production pathways incorporating new or improved biochemical/thermochemical/chemical conversion together with upgrading technologies and valorisation of co-products that improve the economic viability of the fuel production.

The proposals should respect the principle of the minimum bioenergy content laid out in the EIBI Implementation Plan: 'At least 70% of the bioproducts produced by the plant shall be bioenergy (biofuels, heat, power) , calculated on energy basis…..

Expected Impact: … reduces the technological risks and paves the way for subsequent first-of-a-kind industrial projects. … Favourable energy and GHG balances are expected. The demonstrated industrial concepts should ensure the techno-economic feasibility of the entire value chain and have the potential for a significant social and economic impact, notably in terms of job creation, economic growth and safe and affordable energy supply

LCE-20-2016-2017: Enabling pre-commercial production of advanced aviation biofuel

Scope:

…. Projects should target the most promising advanced aviation biofuel production pathways incorporating upgrading technologies and valorisation of co-products that improve the economic viability of the fuel production. The ultimate production target of aviation biofuel for the complete plant shall be in the range of several tens of thousand tonnes per year. The aviation biofuel must be fully compliant with international aviation fuel standards and therefore suitable for commercial flight operations. Where relevant, projects should also make use of existing infrastructures for transportation, logistics, and fuelling for performing commercial flights with the produced fuel. Relevant datasets shall be collected for these operations. …..

Expected Impact: … respond to the EU FlightPath objectives for commercial deployment and … and its target of using 2 million tons aviation biofuel by 2020… Favourable energy and GHG balances are expected. The demonstrated industrial concepts should ensure the techno-economic feasibility of the entire value chain and have the potential for a significant social and economic impact, notably in terms of job creation, economic growth and safe and affordable energy supply

LCE-22-2016: International Cooperation with Brazil on advanced lignocellulosic biofuels

a. Gasification of bagasse to syngas and advanced liquid fuel production, including biofuels for aviation.

b. Applied research to biomass production logistics and applied research for feedstock diversification for advanced biofuels.

c. Development of new fermentation and separation technologies for advanced liquid biofuels and applied research to increase the energy efficiency of advanced biofuel processes.

…

Biofuels produced from starch, sugar and oil fractions of food/feed crops are excluded. Joint work can - where relevant - build upon the Brazilian sugarcane ethanol model, and should benefit from the Brazilian and European experience in biofuels.

…

Wave 1 2017 (1st Stage)

Type of Action : Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)

Status : Submission opening foreseen 29th July 2016

Stage 2: August 2017

20

Topic Activity Budget (€)

LCE-06-2017 New knowledge and technologies 20,000,000

LCE-07-2016-2017 Developing the next generation technologies of renewable electricity and heating/cooling

64,500,000

LCE-31-2016-2017 Social Sciences and Humanities Support for the Energy Union 10,000,000

Total 94,500,000

LCE-06-2017: New knowledge and technologies

• New renewable energy technologies: Developing the new energy technologies that will form the backbone of the energy system by 2030 and 2050

• Wind energy: Improved understanding of the physics of wind as a primary resource and wind energy technology

• Sustainable Fuels: Diversification of renewable fuel production through novel conversion routes and novel fuels

…

New knowledge and more efficient and cost-competitive energy technologies, including their conventional and newly developed supply chains, are required for the long run. It is crucial that these new technologies show evidence of promising developments and do not represent a risk to society.

…

LCE-07-2016-2017: Developing the next generation technologies of renewable electricity

and heating/cooling

• Photovoltaics: Developing next-generation increased-efficiency high-performance perovskite PV cells and products

• Concentrated Solar Power (CSP): New cycles and innovative power blocks for CSP plants

• Solar Heating and cooling (SHC) : Development of components for residential single-family solar-active houses

• Wind Energy: Reduction of environmental impact of wind energy

• Ocean Energy: Development of advanced ocean energy subsystems: innovative power take-off systems and control strategies

• Hydropower: Increasing flexibility of hydropower

• Geothermal Energy: Deep Geothermal (medium-high temperature) - Materials for geothermal installations

• Combined Heat and Power: Transforming renewable energy into intermediates

• RES integration in the energy system: RES system support functions for the future energy system

LCE-31-2016-2017: Social Sciences and Humanities Support for the Energy Union

• Socioeconomic incentive structures that encourage or discourage energy-responsible behaviour;

• Political, institutional, and organizational frameworks that condition and structure citizen participation, including questions of inclusiveness, gender, democracy, organizational formats and business models

Wave 2 2017 (Single Stage)

Type of Action : Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)[mainly]

Status : Submission opening foreseen 20th September 2016

24

Topic Activity Budget (€)

LCE-08-2016-2017 Development of next generation biofuel technologies 10,000,000

LCE-27-2017

Measuring, monitoring and controlling the potential risks of subsurface operations related to CCS and unconventional hydrocarbons

15,000,000

LCE-28-2017 Highly flexible and efficient fossil fuel power plants 15,000,000

LCE-29-2017 CCS in industry, including Bio-CCS 20,000,000

LCE-30-2017 Geological storage pilots

LCE-21-2017 (CSA) Market uptake of renewable energy technologies 15,000,000

Total 75,000,000

Wave 3 2017 (Single Stage)

Status : Submission opening foreseen 20th September 2016

25

Topic Activity Budget (€)

LCE-01-2016-2017 (RIA)

Next generation innovative technologies enabling smart grids, storage and energy system integration with increasing share of renewables: distribution network

19,000,000

LCE-04-2017 (IA)

Demonstration of system integration with smart transmission grid and storage technologies with increasing share of renewables

15,000,000

LCE-05-2017 (RIA) Tools and technologies for coordination and integration of the European energy system

15,000,000

Total 49,000,000

Wave 4 2017 (Single Stage)

* Topics with 2 cut-off dates: 16/02/2017 & 07/09/2017

Status : Submission opening foreseen 20th September 2016

26

Topic Activity Budget (€)

LCE-35-2017* (ERA-NET Cofund)

Next generation innovative technologies enabling smart grids, storage and energy system integration with increasing share of renewables: distribution network

26,000,000

LCE-37-2017* (ERA-NET Cofund)

Demonstration of system integration with smart transmission grid and storage technologies with increasing share of renewables

7,500,000

LCE-36-2016-2017 (CSA)

Tools and technologies for coordination and integration of the European energy system

600,000

Total 49,000,000

Wave 5 2017 (Single Stage)

Status : Submission opening foreseen 11th May 2017

27

Topics (IA) Activity Budget (€)

LCE-10-2017 Reducing the cost of PV electricity 10,000,000

LCE-11-2017 Near-to-market solutions for reducing the water consumption of CSP Plants

12,000,000

LCE-12-2017 Near-to-market solutions for the use of solar heat in industrial processes

8,000,000

LCE-14-2017 Demonstration of large >10MW wind turbine 25,000,000

LCE-16-2017 2nd Generation of design tools for ocean energy devices and arrays development and deployment

7,000,000

LCE-17-2017 Easier to install and more efficient geothermal systems for retrofitting buildings

8,000,000

LCE-18-2017 EGS in different geological conditions 10,000,000

LCE-19-2016-2017 Demonstration of the most promising advanced biofuel pathways 15,000,000

LCE-20-2016-2017 Enabling pre-commercial production of advanced aviation biofuel 10,000,000

Total 105,000,000

Further Information

• Information Day (web streaming):

Announcement: September 2016

• Horizon 2020 Helpdesk - Research Enquiry Service: http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=enquiries

• National Contact Points (NCPs): http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html

• Enterprise Europe Network:

http://een.ec.europa.eu/about/branches

• Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

HORIZON 2020

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