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Initiative on an

ERA-Net Plus Smart Grids

Report from the core working group

(status o discussion)

Michael Hübner

Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation andTechnology

Brussels, 12th of June 2013

SET-Plan relevant

Smart Grids Projects in Europe

Mapping of existing Distribution Grids Projects in Member States and European

Framework Programmes, relevant for SET-Plan initiative EEGI

• 189 SG projects on national level with total cost of € 2.5bnindustry + public funding, according to JRC smart grids project database

• 15 SG projects EU- funded: with total cost of € 184mindustry + public fundingaccording to JRC smart grids project database

Member states93%

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Timelines accumulated

Timeline of research funding for different research categories for 18 European countries:

AT, BE, DE, DK, ES, FI, GR, HR, IT, LV, NE, NO, PL, PT, SE, SI, TR, UK

Source: Survey among program managers, spring 2011

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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Accompanying

Basic

Applied & industrial

Pilot & demo

Total

programs are starting to deliver!How can we utilise the results ?

~ 1.000

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Knowledge exchange is crucial …

… on different levels Who can support?

– Project Level � ETP, National TPs, GRID+, EERA, …– Program Level � ERA NET Plus, EERA, …– Policy Level � EEGI Team, Program Committee, …

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The process towards

Smart Grids ERA-Net plus

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build up commitment

understand

ERA-Net Plus+

find consensus on topics and

funding formats

finance joint projects

with MS and EC contribution

For further information, please contact

http://www.smartgrids.ch/sgeranetplus

Michael Hübner

Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology

[email protected]

Rainer Bacher

Bacher Energy, Switzerland

[email protected]

Fredrik Lundstrom

Swedish Energy Agency

[email protected]

Feedback from Countries and Regions

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� Based on the questionaire sent out

� By deadline 7th of June 2013

� Sent out to a large audience

� Peliminary results!

Feedback from Countries and Regions

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countries / regions that provided detailed information

Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Germany, Norway, Turkey, Spain, Romania, Denmark, Latvia, Greece, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium-Wallonia, Belgium-Flemish Region

additional countries / regions showing interest

United Kingdom, Italy, Slovenia, Estland, Bavaria, Nordic Energy Research

Feedback from Countries and Regions -Budget

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Name of country / region: nat. / regional Budget

Country/region 1 7,000,000






Country/region 7 500,000 - 1,200,000

Country/region 8 500,000 - 1,000,000


Country/region 10 500,000

Country/region 11 350,000

Country/region 12 ?

Country/region 13 ?

Country/region 14 ?

Country/region 15 ?

Country/region 16 ?

Country/region 17 ?

TOTAL(max) 23.850.000 - 24.850.000

Feedback from Countries and Regions –Technology Readiness Levels

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Name of country / region: Technology Readiness Levels

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

country / region 1 X X X X X X


country / region 3

country / region 4

country / region 5 X X


country / region 7

country / region 8 X X X X X

country / region 9 X X X X X X X X X X

country / region 10


country / region 12


country / region 14 X X


country / region 16

country / region 17 X X X X X X X X X


country / region 19

country / region 20 X X X X

Feedback from Countries and Regions –Level of Engagement

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Contractual partner Engagement level

Min Med lead

Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC)

X

Swedish Energy Agency X

CRES (Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving) GSRT (General Secretariat for Research and Technology)

X

Nordic Energy Research X (X)

Latvian Academy of Sciences X

The ForskEL programme administered by Energinet.dk X

Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology X

CDTI Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology - National Funding X

The Research Authority of Norway X

DGO4, Service Public de Wallonie X

Agency will most likely be TEKES, contact person not decided X

The Scientific and Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) X

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Projektträger Jülich (PtJ) X

IWT-Flanders, the agency for Innovation by Science and Technology X

Ministry of National Education, Romania X

Conclusions

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� Peliminary

ERA-Net Plus Smart Grids

as contribution to the EEGI

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FP7, Horizon 2020

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Projects

ERA-NET PLUS

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Trans-nationalProjects

National / regionalR&D funding-programs

Horizon 2020

EEGI

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European Agendas

ERA-Net Plus Smart Grids Proposal –to be developed

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� joint call(s) with EU top (33%) up 2014 (2015)

� in Synergy and complementary to the EU projects in the EEGI

� build on exisiting regional demos and R&D intiatives, taking the

next step for SG development in Europe

� enable smaller size of project consortia, including SMEs,

regional/local grid operators, …

� broad focus of topics and types of projects (focus on applied

research leading to demo, including socio-economic aspects

and consumer involvement)

� continuous accompanying measures to support knowledge

exchange and -transfer to EEGI level

The Process of „focussing“

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ERA-Net Plus

Outline and Goals

Formulation of

Joint Call

Submitted Projects

Selected Projects

Policy

Programming

Proposals

Quality Assurance

Enable, Integrate

Decide, Focus

Select by quality

Propose concrete activity

Smart Grids ERA-Net Plus Vision

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Series of Events - continued

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Series of Events (2)

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Event No

Organizer Date Topic Who should participate?

3rd

Event

Michael Wedler (b.a.u.m. consult)

June 2013 (tbd)

Exchange with Na-tional Smart Grids Technology Plat-forms

or similar national set-ups; Joint WS with national TPs and Smart Grids ETP (European Tech-nology Platform)

Members of national Tech-nology Platforms, European Technology Platform Smart Grids (ETP), National pro-gram managers

4th

Event

Fredrick Lundstrom (Swedish Energy Agency)

Wed., 9th

Oct. 2013 (Stavang-er, in Synergie

with ISGAN EXCO-meeting)

Workshop „Inte-gration of RES- Focus Wind Sys-tems”

Joint WS with ISGAN and Grid+

Experts from wind and grids research initiatives, national program manag-ers, policy makers, ISGAN participants

5

th Event

Momir Taba-kovic (FH Technikum Vienna)

Tbd

Workshop „E-Mobility Inte-gration“

Joint WS with ERA-Net Transport

ERA-NET Transport and ERA-Net SmartGrids mem-bers, Key Experts

Series of Events (3)

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Event No

Organizer Date Topic Who should participate?

6th

Event

Fritz Fahrin-ger (bmvit), Rainer Ba-cher (Bacher Energy)

Between 18. and 22. Nov.

2013 (1 day event)

Validation of Re-sults Conclusions towards ERA-Net PLUS

national program manag-ers, national key experts, policy makers, EEGI, GRID+

approx.. Autumn 2013

Formal adoption of Horizon 2020 WP 2014/2015

Dec 2013 Proposal for the Design of an ERA-Net Plus Call

national program managers

Spring 2014

EC and member states final decision about content, budget and participa-tion of ERA-Net plus Call Formal Steps

EC, Member States Repre-sentatives (Program Com-mittee, EEGI, …)

Available Information from ERA-Net Smart Grids

• http://www.eranet-smartgrids.eu/

• National Smart Grids Documents and Links in European countries, Online

Database: http://www.eranet-smartgrids.eu/?q=node/45

• Smart Grids Initiatives in Europe- Country Snapshots and Country Fact

Sheets (Brochure): http://www.eranet-smartgrids.eu/files/22-2011_Smart_Grids_international_final_print.pdf

• National Smart Grids R&D Initiatives in Europe- Results of the 1st Smart

Grids ERA-Net Workshop on 30th March, 2010 (Brochure):http://www.eranet-

smartgrids.eu/files/Brochure%201st%20SG%20ERA-Net%20WS.pdf

• Mapping & Gap Analysis of current European Smart Grids Projects

http://www.smartgrids.eu/documents/EEGI/EEGI_Member_States_Initiative_-_Final_Report.pdf20

Up-to-date-information on the Initiative

for Smart Grids ERA-Net Plus

http://www.smartgrids.ch/sgeranetplus