Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) Information Day 2010
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On 31 March 2009, the European Commission published the 2009 call for project proposals which contribute to a wider spread of energy efficiency practices and to a greater use of renewable energy sources under the Intelligent Energy – Europe funding programme. Overall €65 million will be available to fund projects which can help deliver a cleaner, more secure and sustainable energy future for Europe while fighting climate change.
The projects funded under the Intelligent Energy – Europe programme are designed to help achieve the key climate change and energy targets that the EU has set for itself by 2020. Running for two to three years, each project should involve at least three partners from three different countries and may receive funding covering up to 75% of its eligible costs.
The call is open to any public or private organisation established in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Croatia. Hardware-type investments and research and development projects are not supported under this funding scheme.
The main funding areas of the 2009 call are:
The 2009 call for project proposals opened at the beginning of April 2009 and closes on 25 June 2009 at 17:00.
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View all the speeches from the Intelligent Energy - Europe Info Day 2009 held on 12 February 2009.
With a total budget of €730 million, the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme aims to increase use of renewable energy and reduced energy consumption by supporting energy efficiency, new and renewable energy sources, and technological solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by the transport sector.
On 15 December 2009, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the EU Member States, announced the launch of a grant aid initiative to help local and regional authorities make investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy. The global fight against climate change is a top priority for the European Union and it is acknowledged that local actors will play a significant role in meeting this challenge. The ELENA (European Local Energy Assistance) facility is designed to help cities and regions, through the provision of technical assistance, structure and implement projects in the most efficient way so they can attract outside finance.
Urban areas represent around 70% of the energy consumption of the EU yet the potential for sustainable energy related investments remains largely untapped. The ELENA facility aims at helping cities and regions implement viable investment projects in the areas of energy efficiency; renewable energy sources and sustainable urban transport, replicating success stories from other parts of Europe. Projects will be assessed by engineers and economists at the EIB. The technical assistance will be funded from the Intelligent Energy Europe II (IEE) programme. A budget of EUR 15 million euro is available for the first year of facility operation.
European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said: "With ELENA, we are launching another practical instrument aiming at unlocking the sustainable energy investment potential in European regions and cities. With more than 1000 cities now having joined the Covenant of Mayors, this facility can help tackle the effects of the financial crisis at the best place, the local level, contributing to growth and jobs. I am convinced that with ELENA, cities and regions will have the best opportunity to mobilise all efforts, financial resources and actors needed to contribute to our European targets."
Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquín Almunia added: "The ELENA facility, created in partnership between DG ECFIN, TREN and EIB, will ensure that public administrations in Europe have access to specialist financing and technical skills to deliver large scale investment programmes in energy efficiency and renewable technologies that will contribute to fighting climate change and to the creation of much-needed new jobs."
EIB President Philippe Maystadt said: "We see a large potential for energy efficiency in Europe and are receiving an increasing number of requests for finance. This year we expect to lend more than 1 billion euro for energy efficiency-related projects throughout the European Union. Through ELENA we will be able to offer additional support to cities and regions, helping to accelerate investments and thus contributing to the success of the EU's 20-20-20 goals."
Technical assistance, supported by the ELENA facility, can be provided to a local or regional authority or another public body or a grouping of such bodies coming from the countries participating in the IEE programme. The investment programmes supported by the facility shall contribute to achieving the 20-20-20 objectives. Full details of the conditions attached to the grant financing and an explanatory brochure are available at: www.eib.org/elena
Information on this new Facility was presented by the European Investment Bank (EIB) during the ManagEnergy Annual Conference 2009.
The Intelligent Energy Executive Agency was renamed the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)
in 2007, in accordance with the integration of the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme into the
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013.
The IEEA was set up by Decision No 2004/20/EC and started operation in early 2005. It is responsible for implementing the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme, except for programme evaluation, monitoring of legislation and strategic studies, or any other action which comes under the exclusive competence of the Commission. This includes the following tasks:
Intelligent Energy News Review, the quarterly newsletter of the EACI, and other IEE publications can be found in the Publications and Presentations section of the Intelligent Energy - Europe Library web page. The Library also includes a number of Official Documents such as information about the establishment of the Programme and the Executive Agency.
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Intelligent Energy - Europe is an EU programme for the promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. It helps all of us to produce and use energy in more intelligent ways and to increase the use of renewables.
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