visit: www.globalenergybasel.com

1. Global Energy Basel, 21-22 February 2012
Sustainable Energy Infrastructure, Transmission
and Smart Grids
Julian Randall  National Contact Point Energy and Transport
Euresearch Head Office  julian.randall@euresearch.ch  phone +41 31 380 6010

2. Who am I?
 National Contact Point since 5 yrs, Ph.D. EPFL (Solar),
7 years in industry, Bachelor in Production Engineering
 What I do: Support those based in Switzerland to access
European Commission R&D&I opportunities e.g. funding
 How I do it: Provide free services e.g advice. Partner with
events
What am I looking for?
 Individuals with the ambition and competence to lead or
participate in European research projects
 Organisations with whom to collaborate on promotion via
events, including brokerage events
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3. Overview
 How can «Europe» support my (city) project?
 What European Commission support is there?
 Where can I find out more?
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4. How can «Europe» support my city project?
 Funding
Non-reimbursable grant e.g. 50€/m2 for refurbishment
Around 2 million m2 already supported
 Insight
Generally free information, experience sharing, tools
 Greater acceptance
Positive EC evaluation may be essential for bank
People who the project affects e.g. home owners
Public entity as garantors
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5. What European Commission support is there?
 CONCERTO / Smart Cities & Communities
22 project, 58 communities, 23 European countries
CO2 emission reductions, energy efficiency measures
 Smart Grid Topics
Demonstration e.g. new DC technologies, large scale storage,
offshore wind farms
 Further DEMONSTRATION topics
Previous topics include multifunctional Photovoltaics, multi-MW
Wind turbines, ocean energy, lignocellulosic ethanol, CO2
capture
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6. What European Commission support is there?
 Example CONCERTO project : Act 2
 Act2 = 13 partners, 7-year, 14.1 M€ (5.7 M€ from EC)
 114,000 m2 of demonstration activities (new construction and
refurbishment)
 solar thermal
 solar photovoltaic
 wood energy
 geothermal heat pumps
 waste incineration
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7. Where can I find out more?
 Funding
Next opportunities : National Contact Point
http://www.c-energyplus.eu/search_ncp.aspx
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8. Where can I find out more?
 Insights
http://www.concertoplus.eu/
http://setis.ec.europa.eu/
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