RISEnergy: Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy

The European Green Deal aims to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy with zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve more efficient, competitive, and cost-effective energy systems and devices, RISEnergy fosters a European ecosystem of industry, research organizations and funding agencies aimed at developing novel energy technologies and concepts. RISEnergy brings together a consortium of 69 beneficiaries from 23 countries: ERIC institutions, technology institutes, universities, and industrial partners, to jointly improve the economic performance of technologies. Members of the European Energy Research Alliance are establishing the core European ecosystem. The main objectives of RISEnergy are: 1.) enable research and innovation to increase energy efficiency and reduce the cost of energy technologies to foster wider use of renewables into energy systems through proactive innovation management having single entry point with tailor-made access roads for academics, industry, and SMEs, and advising RI providers, all access Users, and policy makers on LCA, ICT development and networking issues; 2.) provide efficient transnational access (TNA) to facilities to support renewable energy technologies and systems: Provide more than 2,500 days of access to major European and international world-leading analytical facilities; 3.) reach out to all stakeholders performing research along the value chain, from materials and technology development to applications in the eight most relevant fields of PV, CSP/STE , hydrogen, biofuels, offshore wind, ocean energy, integrated grids, and energy storage, research infrastructure providers and policy makers; 4.) provide comprehensive services of unprecedented quality: new cross-RI services, a single entry point, tailor-made access roads for academia industry, and SMEs with a particular focus on scientists from research fields in which the use of research infrastructures is not yet established.

Partners: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE (Coordinator) (Germany); AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Austria); COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (France); CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS (Spain); CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Italy); EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES LABORATORIES (DERLAB) EV (Germany); RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (Third-Party) (Germany); UNIVERSITATEA NATIONALA DE STIINTA SI TEHNOLOGIE POLITEHNICA BUCURESTI (Third-Party) (Romania); EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON (Third-Party) (Greece); TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA (Third-Party) (Bulgaria); DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (Denmark); ECCSEL EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM (Norway); UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (Third-Party) (United Kingdom); BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES (Third-Party) (France); SOTACARBO – SOCIETA TECNOLOGIE AVANZATE LOW CARBON -SOCIETA PER AZIONI (Third-Party) (Italy); ALLIANCE EUROPEENNE DE RECHERCHE DANS LE DOMAINE DE L’ENERGIE (Belgium); SINTEF ENERGI AS (Third-Party) (Norway); FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE COMPONENTES (Third-Party) (Spain); FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (Third-Party) (Spain); CONSORCIO PARA EL DISENO, CONSTRUCCION, EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACION DE LA PLATAFORMA OCEANICA DE CANARIAS (Third-Party) (Türkiye); CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING FONDATION (Third-Party) (Greece); UNIVERZITA TOMASE BATI VE ZLINE (Third-Party) (Czechia); UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (Third-Party) (Italy); FUNDACIO INSTITUT DE RECERCA DE L’ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA (Third-Party) (Spain); OFFIS EV (Third-Party) (Germany); HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM BERLIN FUR MATERIALIEN UND ENERGIE GMBH (Third-Party) (Germany); RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO – RSE SPA (Third-Party) (Italy); ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (Third-Party) (Italy); INSTITUTE OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ENERGY SYSTEMS (Third-Party) (Bulgaria); UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA (Third-Party) (Italy); UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS (Third-Party) (Cyprus); NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU (Third-Party) (Norway); STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN (Netherlands); THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (United Kingdom); UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA (Third-Party) (Italy); CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB (Third-Party) (Sweden); UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Third-Party) (United Kingdom); ENBW ENERGIE BADEN-WURTTEMBERG AG (Germany); AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE (Italy); EPL TECHNOLOGY FRONTIERS LIMITED (Cyprus); EUROPEAN SOLAR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER (Spain); UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA (Third-Party) (Portugal); Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia I.P. (Third-Party) (Portugal); DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV (Third-Party) (Germany); Fundacion IMDEA Energia (Third-Party) (Spain); FUNDACION CENER (Third-Party) (Spain); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (Third-Party) (France); THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE (Third-Party) (Cyprus); FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH (Germany); INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM (Belgium); NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO (Netherlands); UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK (Ireland).

Funding Institution/Program: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant agreement Nº 101131793.

Call: HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01

Type of action: HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Period: 01/03/2024 – 31/08/2028

IMDEA Energy Institute external funding: 52.625,84 €

Principal Investigator: José González