FP6 – Sustainable Energy Systems Encouraging Quality Irish Participation

1. FP6 – Sustainable Energy SystemsEncouraging Quality Irish Participation Kevin Brown, FP6 Information morning Alternative National Delegate Dublin -- July 15, 2004

2. Remember….. • FP6 is complex, challenging and competitive… …but it offers unrivalled access to expertise around Europe …academic and industrial …and money • It can open doors and enable exciting and useful work • SEI is the National Contact point for FP6. We want to help. Talk to us. • Be clear about what you want out of FP6 – and how you are going to get it

3. Relevance Potential impact S&T excellence Quality of the consortium Quality of the management Mobilisation of resources Evaluators Look For…. • Match to a limited number of identified priorities • Networking of research teams • Creation of a genuine European added value

4. Information • www.cordis.lu • …/fp6/whatisfp6.htmFP6 home page • …/fp6/instruments.htm Instruments • www.managenergy.net/conference/infoday0604.html Brussels Infoday

5. The Third Call • Short and Medium TermCall – DG TREN • Medium and Long TermCall – DG RTD same rules, different calls, different priorities

6. Short & Medium Term Call Priorities • Cost effective supply of renewable energies • Grid issues • Polygeneration • Alternative motor fuels • Thematic promotion and dissemination • All set out in the Work Programme

7. Medium & Long Term Call Priorities • Call opens September, closes Dec • Areas: fuel cells, hydrogen, electricity, PV, biomass, wind, geothermal, solar, ocean, carbon dioxide, socio-economics • Indicative budget €190M • Work programme not finalised • Expressions of Interest give some good indications and are a way in

8. Expressions of Interest • Open for potential proposers Nov2003 - March 2004 • Useful for informing the Commission and for finding prospective partners • Also useful to guide prospective applicants • Wasn’t a pre-requirement to file an EoI • 5 from Ireland, Germany has most at 78 • 419 in total, 313 available on web • Report on the analysis of EOIs published on web

9. Analysis of EOIs • No feedback on individual EOIs • “A substantial number of EOIs showed a credible readiness for the forthcoming calls and included suitable actors and partnerships for the actions proposed” • “..will take account of the outcome…when revising the work programme…” • Report lists topics that were considered to be relevant and mature enough to generate good proposals

10. Expressions of Interest • All potential proposers strongly advised to study http://fp6.cordis.lu/eoi/sustdev/energy/eoi_srch.cfm

11. Favoured Topics – Biomass • Biofuels from lignocellulosic feedstock • Waste and crop to energy concepts • Biofuels and fuel cells • ‘Biorefinery’ concept • Hydrogen rich gas from biomass • Biomass combustion and cofiring

12. Favoured Topics – Wind • Forecasting for MW offshore wind farms • Innovative materials and designs • Wind turbine testing and standardisation

13. Favoured Topics – Ocean • Development and sea testing • Next generation devices

14. Favoured Topics – PV • Advanced techniques for low-cost thin-film cells • Cost reduction in silicon-based PV • Advanced techniques for MW-scale production • To improve QA, assess factors contributing to performance • Manufacturing techniques for silicon cells • Low-cost and stable organic cells

15. Favoured Topics – Electricity • Advanced grid architecture to enable distributed generation • Advanced power electronic converters • European coordination action for distributed gen • Development and testing of HTS devices • Operational concepts and tools to maximise value of distributed gen • Preparing the future Electricity Transmission Network

16. Favoured Topics – Fuel Cells • Development of low cost high temp fuel cell systems and components with improved performance • Development of low cost high temp fuel cell systems and components with improved performance • Generic fuel processing for transport applications • Optimised systems and components for hybrid vehicles

17. Favoured Topics – Hydrogen • Advanced concepts for electrochemical H production • Technologies/processes for H from solar • Development of advanced small processing units for decentralised production • Development of materials and storage methods • Regulations and standards for H dispensing • Large scale production from fossil fuels • Techno-socio-economic assessment of technologies and pathways

18. Favoured Topics – Other Areas • Geothermal • Concentrated Solar Thermal • Carbon Dioxide capture and storage • Socio-economics

19. First Call EC Funding by Area Ranked list proposals

20. First call EC Funding by InstrumentProjects in 1st Call Integrated Project 9 M€ funding , 10-40 partners STREP2 M€ funding, 5-10 partners Network of Excellence6 M€ funding, 8-15 partners Industry SME Res Ctr Other Univ

21. Medium to Long Term Information & Brokerage Seminars • Hydrogen and fuel cells – Brussels, 2324 Sept • CO2 capture & storage – Potsdam, 28 Sept • Renewables – Brussels, 29 Sept (tbc) • Distributed energy resources & future electricity networks – Warsaw, 8 Oct

22. To Apply or Not To Apply… • Lots of scope to waste effort • Lots of ways to save effort • Do you want to lead or join in? • Do your research - Articulate your proposition - Align this with the Work Programme and Call - Study Expressions of Interest • Approach others

23. Lessons from Earlier Calls • Ineligible proposals - don’t delay until the day before the deadline - make sure proposal is complete - send to the correct call, DG TREN or DG RTD - use the right forms - use the right instrument (IP, NoE, STREP, CA) • Electronic submission – push the submit button

24. If you are committed… • Talk to SEI • Read the instructions and follow them!