In the fight against Climate Change, European Union (EU) is totally committed to transitioning towards a sustainable, secure and competitive energy system aiming a climate-neutral Europe with net-zero emissions by 2050 outlined in the European Green Deal, with clear milestones towards decarbonisation defined as part of the Fit for 55 Package. To this end, a large number of initiatives and projects have been planned and carried out.
Particularly, the “ENERGY FOR FUTURE” (E4F) project, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action COFUND (MSCA-COFUND) programme, will contribute to the challenges defined by the EU, depositing its main motivation in the following main objectives: (1) Attraction of outstanding worldwide Experienced Researchers (ERs) to embrace a research career in the high-priority clean and sustainable energy field; (2) Improvement of the working and employment conditions (e.g. competitive salaries); (3) Development of innovative and attractive training programmes; and (4) Creation of an Open-Access and Open-Data research culture through the dissemination of fellow’s outcomes: mandatory publication in Open-Access.
E4F is based on a 5-years Fellowship Programme (FP) that will recruit 28 experienced researchers (ERs) in two calls, who will be hosted for a period of 24 months, in 14 universities and Research Centres from Spain, France, UK, Germany, and US. The Programme also includes a compulsory secondment in one of the companies of the Iberdrola Group in Spain, UK, US or Mexico. E4F ERs will dedicate their efforts in individual projects focused in 5 research areas that are critical to for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, such as: Photovoltaic Energy, Wind Energy, Smart Grids, Energy Storage, and Electric Vehicle.
During the implementation of E4F, ERs will undertake a structured training programme and work in multidisciplinary teams and, thus, they will gain an in depth technical knowledge that is required to achieve a level of scientific excellence in their chosen subject area, as well as an appreciation of the wider context required to enable the fuel for future vision. Benefiting from a fertile environment, the selected ERs will launch and develop professional careers within the rapidly expanding fields of renewable energy, smart solutions for consumers, energy efficiency in Industry, e-mobility, and secure energy systems.
