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Intelligent Energy - Europe 2007-2013
IEE2 - ALTENER
IEE2-ALTENER-1 Electricity from renewable energy sources RES-e
IEE2-ALTENER-2 Renewable energy heating/cooling RES-H/C
IEE2-ALTENER-3 Domestic and other small-scale RE applications
IEE2-ALTENER-4 Biofuels
 
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IEE2 - ALTENER

The 2007 IEE Info Day was broadcast live by the ManagEnergy Internet Broadcast service. The complete documentation from the Info Day is now available online.

Video Recordings:
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Info Day slides:
ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/events/infodays_en.htm

Call for proposals 2007:
ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/call_for_proposals/call_library_en.htm

ALTENER: New and Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable energy sources (RES) can provide a wide range of energy services sustainably, and can be produced locally within the EU, delivering secure supplies of electricity, heating and cooling, and motive power for transport without adding to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. RES are becoming more competitive, and policies supporting the use of RES are making the manufacture and supply of RE technologies, as well as the production of bioenergy resources (biomass and biofuels) more attractive as business opportunities. Actions supported under ALTENER should build on existing EU policies and legislation (see below), and help to increase the use of RE in the EU.

The 1997 White Paper on Renewable Energy set the context for the EU policy and legislative framework that has been put in place for the renewable energy sector in recent years, and this has recently been up-dated in the 2007 energy package.

For electricity, the Directive on electricity produced from RES sets national indicative targets and addresses the need to overcome market barriers. In its recent communications the Commission has emphasised the need to take further action if these targets are to be achieved. For heating and cooling, there is not yet any EU legislation aiming specifically to maximise the up-take of RES (biomass, solar and geothermal), but the Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD), the Directive for the promotion of cogeneration, and the Biomass Action Plan are all helpful.

For domestic and small-scale renewable energy systems, which include both systems integrated into buildings and small stand-alone RE plants, the EPBD also plays an important role.

For biofuels, the Commission has adopted two important Directives, one to promote biofuels for transport, the other to reduce excise rates for biofuels. Future policy and regulatory frameworks for this sector are outlined in the recently revised Biomass Action Plan.

ALTENER projects may include one or more of the following Key Actions:

Reports

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Partner Search Requests

Partner Search Request: Energy markets, Germany

Partner Search Request: Energy efficient IEE projects - Lithuania

Partner Search Request: BlendHeat, Sweden

Partner Search Request: Energy projects in Latvia

Partner Search Request: Research, development and Innovation in Energy and Transport Sectors, Spain

Partner Search Request: An ideal university partner from Hungary

Partner Search Request: Geothermal Energy, Germany

Partner Search Request: System for electricity production and storage of energy using a turbine, Spain

Partner Search Request: Renewable energies and energy efficiency, Spain

Partner Search Request: Rice Straw -electricity and heat generation, Spain

Partner Search Request: Environmental Consultants and Building Services Engineers, United Kingdom

Partner Search Request: Renewable energy sources: exchange experience, training and spreading of know-how, Romania

Partner Search Request: Generation of electricity using biogas, Hungary

Partner Search Request: Biogas markets, Spain

Partner Search Request: Particpating in CIP-IEE-2009, Romania

Partner Search Request: CREM - Carbon Reduction using Energy Microgrids, UK

Partner Search Request: Training Renewable Energy Technologies TRET, Bulgaria

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 3: Project Assistence, Apulia, Italy

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 116: Geothermal Energy, Greece

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 111: Sustainable Mobility: electric-vehicle networks powered by renewable energy, Italy

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 103: Energy Education and Communication, Italy

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 102: Eco-driving for young drivers, Belgium

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 101: Biogas for transport, UK

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 50: Industrial buildings and PV installations, UK

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 46: Best practice in community incentives for renewable energy developments, UK

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 45: Training centres in motor vehicle engineering, UK.

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 42: Energy Education/Campaign

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 13: Energy education - improving knowledge about renewable energies, Italy

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 12: Energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy performance certificates, UK

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 11: Small scale biomass in rural areas, UK

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 5: Small scale biomass applications in rural areas, Spain

Partner Search Request: EUSEW Partner Search No 2 : Various topics in renewable energy and energy efficiency - Belgium

Partner Search Request: Carbon dioxide capture, Spain

Partner Search Request: Biofuels, alternative fuels and clean vehicles, Energy-efficient transport, capacity-building in transport for agencies, Spain

Partner Search Request: Small to Medium Scale Alternative Energy and Biofuel Projects, Bulgaria

Partner Search Request: IEE Projects, Spain

Partner Search Request: Renewable applications, Romania

Partner Search Request: IEE and FP7 Project Proposals, Italy

Partner Search Request: Pyrolysis processing, Czech Republic

Partner Search Request: Biomass, Poland

Partner Search Request: Development Projects in LAC and ASEAN Regions

Partner Search Request: Electronics for Energy, Italy

Partner Search Request: ET (Energy from the Territory) - bioenergy for closing circle local development, Italy

Partner Search Request: Air Quality, Energy, Transport - Turkey

Other Reports

Report: ManagEnergy Sectoral Information Kit 4: EU Funding for Sustainable Energy

Report: Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)

Organisations

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