Piotr Tulej, Head of Unit – Renewable Energy

DG RTD

European Context

Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions levels by 20%

Increase share of Renewables to 20%

Reductions in 2012: -18%

2020 Targets 2020

Projection

Share in 2011: 12.7%

2020 Projection

2020 Projection

Reduce energy consumption by 20%

~ 16-20 %

Current Policy Frameworks – 1/4

2008 Energy & Climate package

Energy Union (Strategy on Research, Innovation and Competitiveness; Strategic Energy Technology Plan – SET-Plan)

COP21 (Mission Innovation)

Supporting further major priorities (Digital Single Market; Jobs, Growth and Investments; EU as a strong global actor)

2015 – Energy Union / COP21 / SET-Plan Roadmap

Current Policy Frameworks – 2/4

Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

"Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation" (COM(2016)763)

EU's global role

Funding Energy

Science and Technology

Financial Instruments

Policy Signals

• Subsidies • Innovation-

principle • Public

Procurement • Standards

• InnovFin EDP • EFSI

> EUR 2.2 billion in H2020 (2018-2020) on: • Decarbonising EU building stock by 2050 • Strengthening EU leadership in

renewables • Affordable and Integrated energy storage • E-mobility and more integrated urban

transport systems

European Innovation Council

• Mission Innovation

• EU-Africa cooperation

Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Current Policy Frameworks – 3/4

New Electricity Market Design (including Risk Preparedness)

THE RIGHT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR POST – 2020

Energy Union Governance

" In essence the new package is about tapping our green growth potential across the board"

Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete (2016)

Energy Union 2016 Winter Package

Current Policy Frameworks – 4/4

H2020 – Energy Challenge

Budget (2014-2020): EUR 5.7 billion (as of 2015)

• Develop next generation of clean energy technologies

• Demonstrate innovative solutions

• Removing barriers for market

uptake

Improved energy security

FP7 Energy (2007-2013)

EUR 3.25 bn

Intelligent Energy for

Europe (IEE)

(2007-2013)

EUR 0.73 bn

Contributing to the policy – 1/2

H2020 Energy Challenge - objectives

Basic research Proof of concept Technology development

System launch

Technology push

Market pull

Commercial deployment

Financing, manufact-

uring

Business model and

initial financing

Market research

and patent protection

PCP/PPI Public

Procurement

Horizon Prizes

H2020 Collaborative

projects (research, innovation, market

uptake actions)

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen JTI

FTI

Technology development

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ERC - FET

SME instrument

InnovFin Energy Demo

Project Facility

Contributing to the policy – 2/2

How we translated them into WP 2018-2020

• Global leadership in renewable energies - Exploring emerging technologies (< TRL 4)

- Improving existing technologies (4 < TRL < 6)

- Demonstrating existing technologies (6 < TRL < 7)

- Helping market penetration (market uptake measures, financing tools)

• Being closer to the citizens - Focusing also on renewable energy technology "applications"

• Improving renewable deployement - making technology fit for the energy system and the energy market

• Energy security: Diversity of renewable energy sources - multiple technology options for multiple energy sources

Implementing through available tools

WP

Research Actions

Joint Actions

International

Prizes

Pre-Commercial Procurement

Demonstration

Global leadership in Renewables

New renewable energy solutions

Renewable energy solutions at the consumer scale

Renewable energy solutions at the energy system scale

Renewable fuels for transport

Market uptake measures

International Actions

Philippe Schild, Senior Expert – Renewable Energy Sources

DG RTD

Next renewable energy solutions

Objectives

• To support research activities aiming at identifying renewable energy breakthroughs that will feed the innovation cycle and become the basis of the next generation of EU technologies.

• Accelerating technology innovation

• Create new industrial leaderships

Next Renewable energy solutions

Developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies

Beside the development of the technology, the proposal will have to clearly address the following related aspects: the potential lower environmental and climate impact on a life cycle basis, the better resource efficiency, issues related to social acceptance or resistance to new energy technologies, related socioeconomic and livelihood issues.

Support will be given to activities which focus on converting renewable energy sources into an energy vector, or the direct application of renewable energy sources.

Bringing these new energy conversion solutions, new renewable energy concepts and innovative renewable energy uses faster to commercialization

To TRL 3 to 4

RIA

EUR 20 million

LC-SC3-RES-1-2019

Developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies

• Photovoltaic windows ('transparent' solar cells): development of transparent and economically viable PV cells for integration in building applications

• Bionic leaf technology: advanced renewable fuel production through biological conversion of CO2 and renewable hydrogen in the presence of inorganic catalysts. The process is based on first using solar energy to split water molecules and then using bacteria to consume the hydrogen together with CO2 to produce fuels

Projects selected under this pilot will follow a stage-gate approach based on milestones and periodic reviews.

Boosting the breakthrough of particular promising technologies … to secure that investment brings innovation that is taken up by the market

From TRL 3 to 5

RIA

EUR 20 million

LC-SC3-RES-2-2018

Piero de Bonis, Policy Officer – Renewable Energy Sources

DG RTD

Renewable energy solutions for implementation at consumer scale

Objectives

With this WP we further address aspects concerned with:

Consumer/Prosumer

Heating & Cooling

Integration of energy solutions at the building scale

Renewable energy solutions for implementation at consumer scale

Renewable energy system integrated at the building scale

Solutions combining different renewable energy technologies to cover the highest possible share of electricity, heating and cooling needs

Multi-family residential or commercial or public or industrial buildings (in the case of the industrial buildings, energy needs of the industrial process should not be addressed)

Needs and requirements of users and installers to be addressed (SSH expertise)

Reduction of air pollutants

Decarbonisation of the building sector (heating, cooling, electricity)

Further integration of energy technologies (and storage)

Highest possible share of RES in buildings, considering costs and implications for the user

TRL to 4-5

RIA

EUR 2 to 5 million

LC-SC3-RES-4-2018

Mission Innovation EeB cPPP

Increased performance of technologies for local heating and cooling solutions

One or more of the following aspects to be addressed:

Optimisation components heating & cooling system

Tools to optimize design and monitoring of components heating & cooling system

Integrated control for smart operation heating & cooling system

Residential (single house and apartment blocks) and commercial buildings

Reduction of air pollutants

Use of RES available locally to supply heating & cooling

Innovation needed also in resource mapping, monitoring & control tools

Reduce investments and operation costs & increase the systems' performance

TRL to 6-7

IA

EUR 3 to 10 million

LC-SC3-RES-5-2018

Mission Innovation EeB cPPP

Demonstrate significant cost reduction for Building Integrated PV (BIPV) solutions

BIPV to satisfy multiple building functions

Architectural and aesthetic aspects

Control system for building management functions, grid-feeding, self-consumption and local storage

TRL to 6-7

IA

EUR 6 to 10 million

LC-SC3-RES-6-2018

Proposals to:

Address new BIPV concepts and cost-efficient production techniques reducing additional cost by 75% by 2030 compared to 2015 levels

Demonstrate the concepts into a BIPV energy system (life-cycle basis)

Multidisciplinary consortia including the PV manufacturing industry (and building materials industry, certification bodies and market actors where relevant)

Standardization issues to be addressed

Solar Energy in Industrial Processes

Cover the highest possible share of the heating and/or cooling demand of one or more industrial processes by means of solar thermal energy

In the case of heating, the process temperature shall be higher than 150°C

Individual industrial sites and/or industrial parks (coupled to a district heating and/or cooling network) are in scope

Contribution to relevant BREFs under the Industrial Emissions Directive

Large potential of applying solar energy for industrial purposes

Industrial processes might need to be adapted

Limited installation, O&M requirements - easy to operate

TRL to 4-5

RIA

EUR 3 to 5 million

LC-SC3-RES-7-2019

SPIRE cPPP

Combining Renewable Technologies for a Renewable District Heating and/or Cooling System

Large potential to integrate substantial shares of renewable energy generation in district heating and/or cooling systems

RE technologies can be combined

Reliable with limited installation and running costs

TRL to 6

IA

EUR 8 to 15 million

LC-SC3-RES-8-2019

Cost-effective solutions for district heating and/or cooling systems which allow satisfying at least 50% of the energy demand of the system by the use in the district of one or more renewable energy technologies

Otherwise wasted excess heat is in the scope

Solutions should be demonstrated in real conditions within an operational district heating and/or cooling system

Operators and final users to be engaged, their requirements to be considered

Maria Getsiou, Senior Expert – Renewable Energy Sources

DG RTD

Renewable energy solutions for energy system level implementation

Objectives

The focus of these actions is to:

• reduce capital and operational costs,

• increase reliability

• and provide flexibility to the energy system.

Renewable energy solutions for energy system level implementation

Floating Wind Technology development including reliable, cost efficient anchoring and mooring system, dynamic cabling, installation techniques, and O&M concepts;

Onshore Wind Disruptive technologies for the rotor, generator, drive train and support structures for the development of the advanced or next generation wind energy conversion systems;

Ocean New integrated design and testing of tidal energy devices with behavioural modelling to achieve extended lifetime and high resistance in marine environment;

Geothermal Novel drilling technologies to reach cost-effectively depths in the order of 5 km and/or temperatures higher than 250°C;

Achieving or maintaining global leadership in renewable energy technologies requires cost reductions

TRL 3-4 to 4-5

RIA

EUR 2 to 5 million

Reduce the CAPEX and/or OPEX of energy generation

LC-SC3-RES-11-2018 1/2 Developing solutions to reduce the cost and

increase performance of renewable technologies

Developing solutions to reduce the cost and increase performance of renewable technologies

CSP Novel components and configurations for linear focusing and point focusing technologies;

Hydropower Novel components for hydropower hydraulic and electrical machinery to allow efficient utilization also in off-design operation conditions (ramp up and ramp down phases) and reduce related machinery wear and tear;

Bioenergy Improve small and medium-scale combined heat and power (CHP) from biomass to reduce CAPEX and OPEX through achieving high resource efficiency and high overall and electrical conversion performance.

Achieving or maintaining global leadership in renewable energy technology requires cost reductions

TRL 3-4 to 4-5

RIA

EUR 2 to 5 million

Reduce the CAPEX and/or OPEX of energy generation

LC-SC3-RES-11-2018 2/2

Biomass based combined heat and power (CHP) Demonstration of technically feasible and cost-effective installation of medium to large-scale CHP through retrofitting of existing fossil-fuel driven CHP or power plants >10 MW electrical to CHP plants with the use of sustainable biomass feedstock. Commercial operation of the plant with biomass after the end of the project is to be envisaged;

Geothermal Demonstration of geothermal plants to respond cost-effectively to the heat and to the power demand of the network. Proposals are expected to propose technologies for more flexible or more efficient geothermal plants or a combination of these two aspects. Associating other renewable heat sources to geothermal and adding storage would its increase flexibility (not a necessary condition).

Progressive replacement of fossil fuels used in the heat and power sectors by means of renewable energy sources

TRL 5 to 7-8

IA

EUR 15 to 20 million

Reduce the cost of combined heat and power generation from renewable sources, making it competitive to fossil fuel based solutions

Demonstrate highly performant renewable technologies for combined heat and power (CHP) generation and their integration in the EU's energy system

LC-SC3-RES-12-2018

Demonstrate solutions that significantly reduce the cost of renewable power generation

Offshore wind Development and validation of new manufacturing, installation and/or operation and maintenance techniques, introduction of new materials. Health and environmental impact issues will be taken into account;

Deep geothermal Demonstration of cost efficient technologies to limit emissions and/or to condense and re-inject gases. Turning the emissions into commercial products could contribute to cost reduction (not a necessary condition);

CSP Demonstration in operational environment of CSP solutions based on novel heat transfer fluids and/or of solutions which make an innovative use of a heat transfer fluid that is already used in other CSP applications.

Reduce the cost of energy generation from renewable energy sources

TRL 5 to 7

IA

EUR 15 to 20 million

Reduce the cost of energy generation rendering the renewable energy technologies competitive

LC-SC3-RES-13-2018

Optimising manufacturing and system operation

Marine energy (ocean and offshore wind) Development of a new monitoring system (intelligent sensors, fault detection and communication) for accurate condition and structural health monitoring to enable predictive and preventive operation and preventive maintenance processes;

Geothermal Develop a better understanding of the chemical and physical properties of geothermal fluids (including hot and super-hot fluids) as transport media, in order to optimize site development and operation;

Photovoltaics Development of innovative crystalline silicon wafer growth techniques to produce high-efficiency solar cells and modules.

Optimisation of several key processes in their respective value chains

TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5

RIA

EUR 3 to 5 million

Increased efficiency of the system and/or reduced operational costs of the renewable energy technologies

LC-SC3-RES-14-2019

Increase the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry

Demonstrating manufacturing/product innovation for highly performing PV technologies (e.g. crystalline-silicon, thin-film and concentration PV). Demonstration at pilot-line level, showing the potential to be scaled up to GW-size, high-yield-throughput and cost-effective industrial production.

• New production routes for cells and modules based on innovative materials and/or architectures (e.g. perovskite/crystalline-silicon tandem cells);

• Optimization of one or more steps in the value chain (by e.g. increased automation, laser processing, etc.);

• Tailored development of production equipment;

• Enhanced durability and/or recyclability of the final product.

Improve competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry

TRL 5-6 to 6-7

IA

EUR 10 to 13 million

New investments in the EU PV industry, via the establishment of pilot lines for innovative/optimised production processes/equipment

LC-SC3-RES-15-2019

Development of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system

Bioenergy Development of intermediate bioenergy carriers for energy and transport from biogenic residues and wastes and energy crops from marginal lands not applicable to food or feed production, through feedstock flexible technologies at a conversion cost reduced by at least 25% from the state-of-the-art, with increased energy density storage and trade characteristics and improved GHG performance;

Hydropower Development of low and ultra-low head and sea water resistant equipment (such as for example bulb-pump turbines) guaranteeing at least 70% round-trip efficiency and making low-head seawater storage and other low head applications of hydropower viable for example at unexplored locations (e.g. like at coastal dams and islands), by minimising at the same time potential impacts on fish.

Increase the potential and performance of dispatchable technologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system

TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5

RIA

EUR 3 to 5 million

Penetration of a higher share of variable output renewables in the energy mix without affecting system stability

LC-SC3-RES-16-2019 1/2

Development of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system

Virtual Power Plant Increase the performance of an integrated portfolio of renewable energy sources to operate together as a Virtual Power Plant, capable of providing flexibility and ancillary services to the energy system. The solution has to be competitive compared to solutions combining variable output renewables with electrochemical storage.

Increase the potential and performance of dispatchable technologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system

TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5

RIA

EUR 3 to 5 million

Penetration of a higher share of variable output renewables in the energy mix without affecting system stability.

LC-SC3-RES-16-2019 2/2

Demonstration of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system

Bioenergy Demonstration of the most cost-efficient intermediate bioenergy carrier pathways for energy and transport, addressing solid, liquid and gaseous intermediate bioenergy carriers from biogenic residues and wastes with increased energy density, storage and trade characteristics (where relevant) and improved GHG performance. Production at a scale of up to 5000 tons and process feasibility through applications to fuel production including for the heavy duty, maritime and aviation sectors, as well as to combined heat and power generation, are to be included.

Increase the potential and performance of dispatchable technologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system

TRL 5 to 7

IA

EUR 12 to 15 million

Technologies that allow plant and system operators to operate successfully in the modern power markets

LC-SC3-RES-17-2019 1/2

Demonstration of solutions based on renewable sources that provide flexibility to the energy system

Hydropower Improvement of the average annual overall efficiency of hydroelectric machinery. Projects are expected to provide high availability and to maximise performance of hydropower plants of all sizes by adapting to variable speed generation and optimising maintenance intervals; digitalisation measures to increase flexibility can be included.

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Demonstration of innovative thermal storage systems. The solutions proposed will have to achieve much higher storage densities than current mainstream solutions (i.e. at least two times higher) while guaranteeing similar performance in terms of cycles.

Increase the potential and performance of dispatchable technologies to provide flexibility services to the energy system

TRL 5 to 7

IA

EUR 12 to 15 million

Technologies that allow plant and system operators to operate successfully in the modern power markets

LC-SC3-RES-17-2019 2/2

Maria Georgiadou, Policy Officer – Renewable Energy Sources

DG RTD

Renewable fuels for transport

Objectives • Competitiveness of the next generation of biofuels and renewable fuel

technologies

• Up-scaling of advanced biofuels for specific transport needs in a cost-effective way

• European leadership in global development of specific disruptive technologies for a complete ultimate replacement of fossil fuels

• Drop-in renewable fuel solutions for fossil-fuel substitutions

• Feedstock diversification

Renewable Fuels for transports

Development of next generation biofuels and alternative renewable fuel technologies for road transport

Non-food/feed drop-in biofuel and alternative renewable fuel technologies

Liquid diesel- and gasoline-like biofuels from biogenic residues and wastes by chemical, biochemical and thermochemical pathways, or a combination

Liquid gasoline-like biofuels through biogenic upgrading of biogas

Improved conversion efficiency, cost and feedstock supply, end use compatibility

Reduce cost and improve fuel performance for environment and society

Increase the competitiveness of next generation biofuel and renewable fuel technologies while diversifying the fuel supply pathways

TRL 3-4 to 5

RIA

EUR 3 to 5 million

LC-SC3-RES-21-2018

Demonstration of cost effective advanced biofuel pathways in retrofitted existing industrial installations

Demonstrate cost-efficient advanced biofuel pathways which improve the economic viability and reduce CAPEX and OPEX

Retrofitting existing industrial installations with specific innovation to proposed advanced biofuel pathway

Integration in first generation biofuels sites, in pulp and paper industry or in existing fossil refineries

Production of a few thousand tons advanced biofuels

Show economic feasibility and other socio-economic benefits like impact on current first generation sites

Increase the industrial installed capacity for advanced biofuels

Overcome the high cost and high risk of the installation of industrial plants for advanced biofuels

TRL 5 to 7

IA

EUR 8 to 10 million

LC-SC3-RES-22-2018

Development of next generation biofuel and alternative renewable fuel technologies for aviation and shipping

Non-food/feed drop-in biofuel and alternative renewable fuel technologies for aviation and shipping

Liquid jet-like biofuels and alternative renewable fuels from biogenic residues and wastes by chemical, biochemical and thermochemical pathways, or a combination

Bunker fuel-like biofuels for shipping uses

Improved conversion efficiency, cost and feedstock supply

Reduce costs and improve fuel performance for environment and society

Decarbonise the aviation and shipping transport sectors, which are expanding fast and increasing the overall fossil fuel consumption

TRL 3 to 5

RIA

EUR 3 to 5 million

LC-SC3-RES-23-2019

Boosting pre-commercial production of advanced aviation biofuels

Demonstrate pre-commercial production of sustainable and cost-competitive advanced biofuels for aviation for boosting their market up-take

Large-scale production of aviation biofuels from non-food/feed sustainable feedstock and certified pathways according to international aviation fuel standards

30 to 50 thousand tonnes of aviation biofuel and continuous plant operation of 1000 hr within project

Pre-commercial plants

Facilitate market entry and increase commercial capacity of advanced biofuels for aviation

Deployment will allow the competitive production of bio-jet fuels on a commercial scale

Reduce the carbon foot-print of aviation in the long-term by producing drop-in advanced biofuels for aviation at pre-commercial scale

TRL 5 to 7

IA

EUR 15 to 20 million

LC-SC3-RES-24-2019

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