Abstract
A cluster of eleven research and innovation projects, funded under the same call of the EU’s H2020 programme, are developing breakthrough and game-changing renewable energy technologies that will form the backbone of the energy system by 2030 and 2050 are, at present, at an early stage of development. These projects have joined forces at a collaborative workshop, entitled ‘ Low-TRL Renewable Energy Technologies’, at the 10th Sustainable Places Conference (SP2022), to share their insights, present their projects’ progress and achievements to date, and expose their approach for exploitation and market uptake of their solutions.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8 |
| Journal | Open Research Europe |
| Volume | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Jan 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright: © 2023 Pérez Caballero LM et al.
Funding
The work presented in this publication has been developed in the context of the following European projects: ●ComBioTES, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 864496. ●CONDOR, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101006839. ●EBIO, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101006612. ●FLEXI-GREEN FUELS, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101007130. ●GreEnergy, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101006963. ●HIGFLY, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101006618. ●PERCISTAND, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 850937. ●REGEN-BY-2, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 851541. ●TELEGRAM, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101006941. ●TRI-HP, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 814888. ●X-ROTOR, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101007135. The growing importance of renewable energy to enable a faster transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions EU economy by 2050 is increasing demand in advanced energy infrastructure. In 2018, the revised Renewable Energy Directive entered into force, as part of the ‘Clean energy for all Europeans’ package, establishing a binding Renewable Energy Sources (RES) target for 2030 of at least 32% of the overall consumed energy in the EU . However, the renewable energy technologies that will form the backbone of the energy system by 2030 and 2050 are still at an early stage of research and development. Bringing new energy conversion solutions, novel renewable energy concepts and innovative renewable energy uses faster to the commercialisation stage, taking into account social acceptance as well as the need for secure and affordable energy supply, is challenging. New technologies should not only have a strong commercial potential but also a lower environmental impact and lower carbon emissions, higher resource and energy conversion efficiency, as well as higher availability for different market and operating environments than the currently existing renewable energy technologies. In this line, a number of research and innovation (R&I) projects, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, are developing breakthrough and game-changing solutions to tackle the above challenges and strengthen the EU’s global leadership in technologies for the exploitation of renewable energy sources.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme | 101006839, 101007135, 814888, 850937, 864496, 851541 |
Keywords
- innovative technologies
- net-zero greenhouse gas emissions
- renewable energy
- research and development
