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1 Special Newsletter n 03/2010 Content: Geothermal Energy Photovoltaic Smart Grids Joint Programme launch This newsletter is especially dedicated to the four first Joint Programmes which obtained a positive evaluation from the EERA ExCo on January 26 th It provides detailed information about the objectives and agendas within the different areas for the next months. Wind Energy

2 Geothermal Energy EERA Joint Programme on Geothermal Energy (JPGE) aims for an outstanding contribution to meet the EU's climate and energy policy targets for 2020 and beyond, through the large scale deployment of the clean and efficient base-load power supplied by the indigenous geothermal resources. The overall goal of JPGE is to develop and apply in pilot projects innovative and cost-effective technology viable to significantly enhance the production from already identified and utilized resources; explore at large scale new untapped deep seated (up to 6 km) hydrothermal systems; make Engineered Geothermal Systems technology ready for large scale deployment, access new "high potential" resources such as Supercritical fluids and Magmatic systems improve the environmental sustainability and social acceptability of geothermal projects The JPGE will be developed over 10 years and will bring together over 250 scientists from 12 different European Research organizations in a strategically oriented endeavour. Research infrastructure such as laboratories and computer facilities will be used and opened to other participants for the specific research activities included in the following Sub Programmes: 1. Resource assessment coordinated by TNO 2. Accessing and Engineering of the Reservoir coordinated by GFZ 3. Process Engineering and Design of Geothermal Systems coordinated by KIT 4. Operation and Management of Geothermal systems coordinated by ISOR 5. Sustainability, Environment and Regulatory Framework coordinated by CEGL JPGE has been conceived in close collaboration with the Services of the European Commission and geothermal organizations such as EGEC aiming to form a unique European Geothermal Energy program which is capable of attracting significant R&D funds, streamlining and harmonizing R&D programmes. JPGE will promote education and training initiatives in the geothermal sector and will be open to Research Organizations which can bring significant contribution of resources and infrastructures. JPGE aims at liaising with European industries for fostering their involvement in the emerging world-wide huge geothermal market well beyond the indigenous European potential. With a view to the benefit which will be provided by the JPGE to Industries and utilities it is expected that financial support can accrue from these sectors in the second five years of the programme.

3 Next steps: The group had their JP kick off meeting on March 10 th 2010 in Pisa. The targets for the upcoming 2-3 years, the details of a governance structure for the JPGE and the involvement of European industry and member state research agencies were discussed. The participants of the JPGE decided to synchronise and to coordinate their work in the already running and upcoming projects. One of the priorities is an agreement on a universal data format as well as a best practice workflow paper for geophysical data acquisition, which is foreseen to be published in Develop a detailed governance structure for the JPGE Establish platform for communication with the EC and geothermal industry Agreements with new partners who are going to join the JPGE Workshop on October 4 th, 2010 in Reykjavik, where the 1 st annual assembly of JPGE will take place Scientific workshops organized by SP leaders to be scheduled by the end of 2010 EERA Geothermal Energy website will go online. The Joint Programme Coordinator (JPC) for geothermal energy is Fausto Batini (batini.f@cegl.it) and the Scientific Secretary is David Brhun ( More details to the specific areas are on the EERA web site under Photovoltaic Solar Energy The EERA Joint Programme on Photovoltaic Solar Energy aims to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of research in the area of photovoltaics in the precommercial phase. The programme will cover relevant research aspects including cost reduction (materials as well as manufacturing), efficiency improvement and increase of lifetime and reliability. This programme strongly links to existing and (aims to link to) emerging initiatives such as the European Photovoltaic Technology Platform, the Solar Europe Industry Initiative and the FP7 programme. The Strategic Research Agenda of the Technology Platform has been used as starting point to discuss the priority areas of interests with the key stakeholders.

4 The objectives of the programme will be achieved through the alignment of (national) RD&D programmes, by: conducting joint research (joint programming) sharing of infrastructure exchange of scientists complementing the FP7 (and FP8) programme So far, 24 institutes from 15 different countries are involved in the programme. They will commit over 80 full-time equivalents, divided over five subprogrammes: 1. Silicon Materials coordinated by FhG-ISE 2. Thin Film PV coordinated by HZB 3. Organic PV coordinated by Risø-DTU 4. Module Technology coordinated by ECN 5. Education, Training & Infrastructures coordinated by CEA-INES The subprogrammes are based on the Strategic Research Agenda and Implementation Plan of the EU PV Technology Platform, and in line with the SOPHIA Research Infrastructures proposal. The programme will kick off its activities soon after the formal launch at the SET-plan conference in Madrid. Next steps: After the launch of the programme, the activities in the various subprogrammes will start. This will result in inter alia: Workshops to align the efforts of the various institutes and exchange information on specific topics. Joint scientific publications and reports. Production of high efficiency cells (>17.6%) and prototypes of mini-modules with extreme life-time capabilities Links with emerging initiatives, the European Commission, and the FP programme The Joint Programme Coordinator (JPC) for photovoltaic s Paul Wyers (wyers@ecn.nl). More details to the specific areas are on the EERA web site under For further information you can also contact the EERA secretariat. Harm Jeeninga (jeeninga@ecn.nl) and Bas van Bree (vanbree@ecn.nl) Smart Grids In a European perspective, as for all other technologies considered in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan), the focus of Smart Grids initiatives is

5 linked with the main commitment to achieve the goals of the Climate and Energy Package , at the light of the three main pillars of the European energy policy: competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply. The proposed Joint Program, by means of an extended cross-disciplinary cooperation involving many Research and Development (R&D) participants with different and complementary expertise and facilities, aims at addressing in a medium to long term research perspective, one of the most critical areas directly relating to the effective acceleration of smart grid development: i.e., smart grids technology, its application and integration. As an outcome of the numerous interactions among all participants, which represents 13 research institutes amongst 10 European countries, the initial focus of this JP will be devoted to the active distribution network, integrating distributed generation from renewable energy sources, load management issues and electrical storage systems. To achieve this goal the Smart grids identified 4 subprogrammes: 1. Network operation coordinated by ECN 2. Energy management coordinated by Risoe DTU 3. Information and control systems interoperability coordinated by VITO 4. Electrical storage technologies coordinated by VTT In order to improve the collaborative work within partners, they agreed to establish an EERA Smart Grids web page to enable the circulation of information and documents among all partners: More than 25 participants attended the 5th EERA Workshop on Smart Grids that was held on May 4-5th 2010 in Ankara, Turkey at TUBITAK UZAY premises. For the JP on Smart Grids this workshop represented an important milestone since it was arranged to coincide with the kick-off of the R&D activities of the JP. Moreover, since nearly all the JP participants attended the workshop, important decisions have been unanimously taken. One of the primary objectives of the workshop was the definition of the deliverables to be accomplished in the first 12 months from the R&D activity start i.e., May 1st, At least one deliverable for each of the four JP Sub-Programmes (SP) has been identified and therefore a total of No. 5 Reports will be readily available by the end of April Furthermore, immediate actions by Coordinators, SP and Task Leaders have been agreed upon as well as their main duties and responsibilities. Next steps: As a typical example, by the end of May each SP leader will circulate the updated version of the SP document, the template for the foreseen Deliverable(s), and a list of R&D Tasks potentially open to new participants.

6 A part from specific technical meetings to be held in the next month of June, the JP participants already agreed to organize a follow up workshop to be held on th September, 2010 in Trondheim, Norway at SINTEF premises. A further workshop has been also scheduled by middle of February 2011, to be held either in Bilbao (ES) or Milano (IT), to finalize the foreseen deliverable reports. The Joint Programme Coordinator (JPC) for smart grids is Luciano Martini (Luciano.martini@erse-web.it) and Giogio Graditi (giorgio.graditi@enea.it) More details to the specific areas are on the EERA web site under For further information you can also contact the EERA secretariat. Massimo Busuoli (massimo.busuoli@enea.it)

7 The EERA vision for the Joint Programme on Wind Energy is to establish the scientific technical medium to long term research strategy to support the Technology Roadmap s activities on wind energy and on basis of this, to perform the necessary scientific research. The vision calls for all the EERA institutions and associated partners to align their research in wind energy topics which influence the use and deployment of wind energy and perform the research coordinated and structured in medium to long-term research programmes with shared research facilities. The overall objective is to produce scientific results on the highest and recognized international level to be used by industry, communities, member states and the international scientific community. The joint programme is coordinated by Risø DTU and comprises the following 5 subprogrammes: 1. Wind conditions coordinated by Risoe DTU 2. Aerodynamics coordinated by ECN 3. Offshore Wind Energy coordinated by SINTEF 4. Grid integration coordinated by FhG IWES 5. Research facilities coordinated by CENER The Joint Programme on Wind Energy is established in 3 phases: 1. An immediate joint programme is initiated with shared results from ongoing programmes. Parallel a detailed survey of the research activities in the identified fields; a gap-analysis at the EERA partners and on a global scale providing the background for the activity in next phase 2. Formulation of a detailed joint programme with a concentrated effort towards removing the barriers that prevent or impede close research cooperation. 3. Finally launch of the full joint programme. Next steps Wind Energy Develop a detailed governance structure for the Joint Programme on Wind Energy Agreements with Non-ExCo joint programme partners (Declaration of support) Experience developed by aligning existing research with national funding Scientific workshops: surveys of research activities, competences and facilities Establish platform for communication with the EC and national research programmes and with industrial fora and initiatives Medium-to-long-term research strategy formulated on wind energy Detailed scientific programme formulated and launched The Joint Programme Coordinator (JPC) for wind energy is Peter Hauge Madsen (npha@risoe.dtu.dk) More details to the specific areas are on the EERA web site under For further information you can also contact the EERA secretariat. Soeren Knudsen (sknu@risoe.dtu.dk)