Finland launches new energy research programme
The Academy of Finland will launch a new, innovative energy research programme next year. The overall objective of the €9 million 'Sustainable Energy Research Programme' (SusEn) is to curb climate change. It will do this by boosting basic research in the energy field and creating stronger links between researchers and industry to ensure the rapid application of new technologies. 'All forms of energy should be researched, to get scientific knowledge of their pros and cons to help decision-making,' said Programme Manager Saila Karvinen. 'One of the goals of SusEn is to study efficient energy use and production and how we could avoid wasting energy.' As well as funding research into the development of new technologies and processes relating to energy production and use, the programme will also support analyses of the socio-economic and political systems used to manage these. The programme will start in 2008 and run for four years. The programme call will open early next year.
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