Objective
The development and adoption of renewable and sustainable forms of energy has become a major priority for Europe and is an important theme in H2020. Research into new, energy-related technologies to reduce Europe’s reliance on non-renewable fossil fuels is a critical need, and requires more newly qualified people in areas such as renewable-energy infrastructure management, new energy materials and methods, as well as smart buildings and transport. Bio-energy is particularly relevant to the Work Programme, because it is at the crossroads of several key European policies – from the Strategic Energy Technology Plan Roadmap on Education and Training (SET-Plan) to the European Bio-economy Strategy for European Food Safety and Nutrition Policy. So far, technological development has concentrated on using crops and wood for fuel, energy and industrial products. These conventional bio-resources are, however, limited, and the use of nonconventional, currently unused or under-utilised bio-resources provides the best possibility for the growth of the bioeconomy. However, European development in this priority field is failing to keep pace with demand due to a lack of qualified personnel, a lack of cohesion and integration among stakeholders, and poorly developed links between professional training and the real needs of industry. Based on seven work packages the Phoenix RISE project will address these issues by exploiting the complementary expertise of its partners and creating synergies between them through the targeted secondments of staff to advance research and innovation knowledge in bio-energy research. Phoenix is an international, interdisciplinary, cross-sectorial project, bringing together a total of 16 partners: 14 from the EU (5 companies and 9 academic organisations) and two Third-Country academic partners to enhance its collective research excellence and create new, post-graduate-level research training in key disciplines that support the provision of bio-energy.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safety
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsbioeconomy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
Programme(s)
Coordinator
8010 Graz
Austria
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Participants (13)
4623 Gunskirchen
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8020 Graz
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8010 Graz
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4000 Liege
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10000 ZAGREB
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10000 Zagreb
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53850 Lappeenranta
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Participation ended
38031 Grenoble Cedex 1
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51766 ENGELSKIRCHEN
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7522 NB Enschede
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4466-901 S.Mamede De Infesta
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3834 909 ILHAVO
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
520064 Sfantu Gheorghe Covasna
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Partners (2)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
0056 YEREVAN
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
220013 MINSK
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