Research, development and demonstration should be focused on a portfolio of technologies and devices (including storage technologies) to increase the potential of active and passive heating and cooling from renewable energy sources to contribute to sustainable energy.
The aim is to achieve substantial cost reductions, increase efficiencies, further reduce environmental impacts and optimise the use of technologies in different regional conditions where sufficient economic and technical potential can be identified.
Research and demonstration should include new systems and components for industrial applications (incl. thermal seawater desalination), district and/or dedicated space heating and cooling, building integration and energy storage.
This activity has been structured in 4 areas:
- Low/medium temperature solar thermal energy - the focus is on the following topics:
- Developing higher efficiency, and lower cost solar systems with high performing collectors (e.g. using plastic materials with high thermal and optical performances);
- Developing small scale, high performing, low price, solar thermal cooling systems to meet the increasing demand from the tertiary and household sectors;
- Demonstration of large scale solar thermal systems for industrial applications and solar heating and cooling as well as for sea water desalination.
- Biomass: for this area, no topics are open in calls published in 2007.
- Geothermal energy: the focus is on:
- improving the performance of specific ground source heat pumps (increased efficiency and competitiveness)
- Improving the reliability and ease of maintenance of the underground heat exchanger
- Cross-cutting issues: the focus is on:
- developing testing procedures, standards and labels for components and modular systems
- developing cost-efficient and reliable combined RES/RES hybrid systems
- demonstrating new compact and cost effective advanced heat or cold storage systems with higher energy density than water and water/glycol mixtures. Medium-to-long term thermal storage systems and enhanced storage systems in combination with solar thermal power are of particular interest
- pursuing comprehensive impact assessments of future developments in the renewables for heating and cooling sector
- promoting and disseminating innovations in the renewables for heating and cooling sector
Calls that cover this activity: FP7-ENERGY-2007-2-TREN (call 2)
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ACTIVITY ENERGY.4: RENEWABLES FOR HEATING AND COOLING
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Topics Called
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Funding Schemes
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Call
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AREA ENERGY.4.1: Low/Medium Temperature Solar Thermal Energy
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Topic ENERGY 2007 4.1.1: Collector design and components | Collaborative project |
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Topic ENERGY 2007 4.1.2: Small scale thermal cooling units | Collaborative project |
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Topic ENERGY 2007 4.1.3: Small distributed systems for seawater desalination | Collaborative project |
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Topic ENERGY 2007 4.1.4: Large scale systems for industrial heat processes | Collaborative project |
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AREA ENERGY.4.3: Geothermal Energy
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Topic ENERGY 2007 4.3.1: Improved ground source heat pumps | Collaborative project |
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AREA ENERGY.4.4: Cross-cutting issues
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Topic ENERGY 2007 4.3.2: Improved underground systems | Collaborative project |
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Topic ENERGY 2007 4.4.1: Advanced compact storage systems | Collaborative project |
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For more details please read the Annual Work Programme for 2007 on the "Energy" cooperation theme.
Last updated on: 2008-04-29
