Fuel cells, including their applications

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Medium and long-termresearch actions(405 M)

• Fuel cells, including their applications
• New technologies for energy carriers (hydrogen
  and electricity)
• New and advanced concepts in renewable energy
  technologies
• Capture and sequestration of CO2
• Socio-economic tools and concepts for energy
  strategy

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Fuel cells Developing competitive fuel cell
systems

• Fuel cells development
• low temperature FC
• high temperature FC
• System development for
• domestic and industrial co-generation and
  air-conditioning
• power generation (0.5-5 MW)
• portable power systems
• small road vehicles
• heavy duty transportation

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Energy carriers HydrogenPreparing for large
scale utilization of hydrogen in the energy
system

• Clean production
• Infrastructure (distribution and storage)
• Basic materials
• Safety
• Hydrogen economy

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Energy carriers ElectricityTransforming
electricity grids to energy service networks

• Systems and components for large scale use of
  distributed energy resources
• Energy storage and systems for grid connected
  applications
• Enabling technologies for interactive networks

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Renewable energy technologies

• Photovoltaics
• Biomass and bioenergy
• Other areas such as
• wind
• geothermal
• ocean
• concentrated solar thermal

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RET PhotovoltaicsMaking PV-electricity more
competitive

• Concepts and materials for next generation solar
  cells
• Processing and manufacturing technologies for PV
  modules and cells
• PV components and systems
• PV in the built environment

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RET Biomass and bio-energyProducing cheaper
and cleaner bio-energy

• Combustion technologies
• Gasification systems
• Biofuels for transport and fuel cells
• Energy from bio-residues and energy crops

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CO2 capture and sequestrationLooking for
reliable, cost-efficient solutions

• Post-combustion capture
• Pre-combustion capture
• Geological sequestration
• Chemical / mineral sequestration

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Socio-economic tools and concepts for energy
strategy Developing models and tools to study
social and economic issues related to new energy
technologies

• energy external costs
• social issues related to implementation of energy
  technologies, incl. ethics
• quantitative and qualitative forecasting methods

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Some other energy related activities

• Euratom programme for nuclear research
• Specific research activities for SMEs
• Marie Curie actions
• Research infrastructures
• RTD supporting European policies
• Specific measures in support of International
  co-operation
• ERA NET scheme - co-ordination of national
  activities

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Sustainable EnergySystems
2003 and 2004 calls for proposals
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Road map

• Yearly calls
• major mid-term review of the work programme (and
  the road map)
• call texts specify which areas are open and for
  which instruments
• common (FP6) evaluation criteria and thresholds
• list of topics for IP and NoE proposals
• previous submission of an EoI gives no preference
  to any proposals
• possible competition between and within research
  topic areas
• specified areas for STREP proposals

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Road map
18 March 2003 82M 198M 65 for new
instruments December 2003 107M 4M () 65 for
new instruments December 2004 December
2005 Total 405M 405M
To be decided
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