Philippe Schild DG Research & Innovation

HORIZON 2020 Low Carbon Energy

THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Orientations

Low Carbon Energy - Orientations

• The previous work-programme: • Calls being evaluated in 2015

• Calls done 2014

• Context – Policy & Activities

• The approach and consideration

• Hints to applicants

Low Carbon Energy – 2014/2015 Calls

Low Carbon Energy 2015 Deadlines

Topics* 2014 2015

LCE1, LCE2, LCE11, LCE15, LCE16 01/04/2014 (Stage 1)

23/09/2014 (Stage 2)

LCE22 01/04/2014

LCE4, LCE7, LCE8, LCE10, LCE14, LCE18 07/05/2014

LCE1, LCE2, LCE11, LCE15, LCE17 03/09/2014 (Stage 1)

05/05/2015 (Stage 2)

LCE3, LCE12, LCE19, LCE20 10/09/2014

LCE3, LCE12, LCE19, LCE21, LCE23 LCE4, LCE5, LCE6, LCE9, LCE14, LCE18 05/05/2015

* Corresponds to the topic code in the work-programme

Low Carbon Energy 2015 Budget (383,47M€)

Topics* Short-hand Description 2015 LCE2, LCE11 RES/Fuels – Research 65

LCE15, LCE17 CCS & Flexible PP 36

LCE3, LCE12 RES/Fuels – Demonstration 80

LCE4, LCE14 RES/Fuels – Market uptake 20

LCE5, LCE6 Smart grids 71,48

LCE9 Energy Storage 36,34

LCE18 ERANET 61,25

LCE19 Coordination of national programmes 3

LCE21 Socio-economic research 10

LCE23 ICT 0,4

Low Carbon Energy 2014 Outcomes (269,8M€)

Topics* Short-hand Description Nbre 2015 LCE1 Next generation Technologies 5 18

LCE2, LCE11 RES/Fuels – Research 10 58

LCE15, LCE16 CCS & Shale gaz 6 33

LCE3, LCE12 RES/Fuels – Demonstration 9 94

LCE4, LCE14 RES/Fuels – Market uptake 12 20

LCE18 ERANET Cofund 3 33

LCE19 Coordination of national programmes 1 0,8

LCE20 Socio-economic research 3 13

Lessons Learned from 2014 calls

Over-subscription in term of available budget: • 2 stage evaluation: Stage 1 – a factor 20 • Single stage evaluation: a factor 3 to 5

In the renewable/fuels area, all TRLs have been addressed:

• The full development chain is positive

International Cooperation

• Coordinated call with Brazil did not happened • Morocco (1,1M€), USA

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)

Secure, Clean and efficient Energy Work Programme 2014-2015

H2020 - Energy Challenge - Challenges Support the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system • Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint • Boosting development of renewable and alternative energy technologies and their integration in the energy system • Making the grid more flexible (inclusion of new energy sources, lowering costs of necessary infrastructure upgrades) • Decarbonising the power and other industrial sectors Increase the competitiveness of European industry • Addressing the whole supply chain • Increase energy efficiency in industry, decrease energy costs Building a European Research Area in the field of energy • Coordinating research activities of Member States, Associated States and Regions (promoting SET-Plan)

EU Energy policy goals and priorities

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)

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

The approach and consideration

Looking at the past and the present

Considering what we have • FP7 Projects & Outcome of the 2014 H2020 sub-calls • Industrial sectors

Considering the sectorial needs

• SET-Plan Integrated Roadmap • SET-Plan Industrial Initiatives Implementation Plan • European Technology Platforms Strategic Research Agenda

Considering the EU Energy Policies and climate change

• Energy Union • Renewable Energy Directive • …

Defining over-arching aims

Per sector to complement past and present activities

• Pursuing technology development to be more cost efficient and cost competitive.

• To push emergent technologies Globally to achieve policy objectives

• European industries to be world leaders (technology & market) • Motivate deployment of new technologies • Develop a new energy system

Consideration for cross-sectors issues

• Support market uptake of renewable technologies • Measures to overcome bottlenecks

• Develop new financing tools for First of the Kind installations

• Launch of InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects (EDP) facility to support energy innovators

• Better coordinate EU and MS activities

• Building synergies and benefits

• Better understand the human aspect in the energy system • The social science and humanity issues are important in an integrated energy

system

Global issues

New Emerging Technologies

Rationale ● FP7 Future Emerging Technology (FET) topics have been successful in

identifying and promoting new technologies, especially in energy

● FP7 "FET pro-active" topics have been successfull in focusing emerging technologies

● Open bottom-up challenges help to identify and to validate new concepts

● Focused challenges on emerging concepts help to consolidate technologies

and applications

Renewable Energy integration in the energy system

Rationale ● The integration of an increasing share renewable energy into the energy

system requires that we need to rethink the "system"

● How to manage the system with non traditional service provider? ● What are the "generation-side" solution?

Consideration per sectors

Hydropower

Rationale ● European industries remain the world leaders but competition with Asia.

● Mature industrial sector ● Long technology cycles linked to basic research and improvement of existing

technology.

● Limited potential if only focused on power production but high potential in grid balancing.

● Operating flexibility is essential for further growth

● Reduction of environmental impacts is also necessary

Solar - Photovoltaics

Rationale ● Rapid growth in Europe and worldwide with strong industrial competition.

● Power generation potential is high

● Reducing the total cost of installed solar energy systems and grid-integration

bottlenecks remains a priority for the sector ● PV R&D is necessary to re-launch an innovative and worldwide competitive

industry relying on the existing PV technology knowledge-base in Europe.

● Broadening the knowledge-base through advanced research on technologies, in view to achieving further cost reduction and efficiency gain

Solar - CSP

Rationale ● Strong European industrial presence but the large share of the market is

outside Europe. The competition is growing.

● The sector to remain competitive looks to reduce further the capital and the operational costs

● System operations and performances can still be further improved.

● Environmental footprint should be reduced, in particular the water consumption

Solar – Heating and Cooling

Rationale ● Mature technology exists but it still does remain under exploited

● New technology is needed to enlarge the application sectors.

● Issues of cost, performance and operability still exist

● Industrial applications have been addressed in the past

● Residential and public building application have been less well covered

Geothermal

Rationale ● Geothermal energy is under-used and a wider use would benefit to a

diversified energy mix.

● For "shallow geothermal", retroffiting insisting installation with improved technology (high performance, low environmental impact and low cost) is becoming an issue for the sector.

● For enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), reduction of the drilling costs and risks remains the top objective of the sector with the demonstration of viable technologies to create new reservoirs.

Combined heat and power (CHP)

Rationale ● CHP installations are already in used and commercial applications exist and

have been supported under previous framework programmes

● The sector sees a market potential for residential scale and for specific industrial applications to increase generation flexibility.

● Cost reduction, performance improvement, reliability and ease of operation with a wider spectrum of feedstocks would be needed to raise to the challenge of these new markets.

● Innovative micro and small-scale systems have been identified in the 2014-2015 work-programme.

Wind

Rationale ● European industries are still world leaders but the competition is growing.

● The sector has identified cost reductions to be still necessary, in particular for

offshore, in all the components.

● Offshore is seen as the future market and large turbines would need to be demonstrated

● Issues remain on environmental and social impact, and on public acceptance

Ocean

Rationale ● European industries are leading the emergence of the technologies.

● Many devices are being and prototypes built and tested, but the market

potential has not yet been realised.

● Demonstration of reliable and survivable systems are still needed

● Research are still needed for performance improvement,reliability and operationability.

● Environmental, social and public impacts need to be addressed too

Biofuels

Rationale ● European industries have leading technologies, but it is not exploited in

Europe

● Biofuels are the medium term solution for road and maritime transports and the only solution for the air transport.

● Both biological and thermochemical pathways are necessary to provide the necessary technology diversities and opportunities for a successful deployment, but the challenges in each them are different.

● Large scale demonstration are needed to boost market access

● Research is still needed to reduce cost, to improve environmental impact and performance efficiency.

Decarbonisation of fossil fuels

Rationale ● Fossil fuels will be used in Europe's power generation as well as in industrial

processes for decades to come.

● Meeting our 2050 climate target requires an evolution towards a decarbonised yet robust and secure energy system.

● A forward-looking approach to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and use (CCU) for the power and industrial sectors will be critical to reaching the 2050 climate objectives in a cost-effective way.

● Shale gas can contribute to our energy security, provided that issues of public acceptance and environmental impact are adequately addressed.

● The integration of (fluctuating) renewable electricity generation in our energy system requires new solutions for fossil fuel power plants to provide highly flexible yet efficient back-up power to stabilise the grid.

Hints to applicants

Hints – What we brief the evaluators

• We are looking for innovative proposals The case needs to be convincing

• Greater emphasis on impact Addressing the topic impacts with real arguments Addressing the relevant evaluation criteria • Greater emphasis on innovation Addressing the relevant evaluation criteria

Hints – What we brief the evaluators No grant negotiation phase! • What does this mean for the evaluation of proposal?

− Evaluate each proposal as submitted not on its potential if certain changes were to be made

− If you identify shortcomings (other than minor ones and obvious clerical errors), you must reflect those in a lower score for the relevant criterion

− You explain the shortcomings, but do not make recommendations i.e. do not suggest additional partners, additional work packages, resources cut…

− Proposals with significant weaknesses that prevent the project from achieving its objectives or with resources being seriously over-estimated must not receive above-threshold scores

− Any proposal with scores above the thresholds and for which there is sufficient budget will be selected as submitted

Hints – What we brief the evaluators

− Proposal is only marginally relevant in terms of its scientific, technological or innovation content relating to the call or topic addressed, experts must reflect this in a lower score

− No matter how excellent the science or the technology!

− Does not significantly contribute to the expected impacts as specified in the WP for that call or topic, experts must reflect this in a lower score for the Impact criterion

− Operational capacity: consensus decision made on the information provided in the proposal

− comments should be clear and factual and correspond the criteria

Hints – What you need to remember − Does the proposal address

the challenge as described in the topic ?

the scope as described in topic ?

the impact(s) as described in topic ?

the evaluation criteria ?

− Read the Work programme, the FAQ and the documents related to the calls

− Have your proposal read by someone not involved

− Don't wait the last minutes to submit

Hints – What you need to remember − The proposal needs to be clear

Confusing or irrelevant arguments do not help

Copy/pasting part of EC documents is not an argument

− Based on what you need to achieve your objectives Duration: as long as you need

Resources: budget ranges are indicative

Consortium: as many as you need

Justifications and statements should be based on solid arguments

Further Information • Information Day in Brussels (presentations, videos): Announcement: 14-15 September 2015 • 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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