Abteilung für Energie und Umwelttechnologien Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Michael Hübner Smart Grids- Mirror Group Meeting

Abteilung für Energie und Umwelttechnologien

Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology

Michael HübnerSmart Grids- Mirror Group Meeting

March 22nd 2007, Brussels

Smart Energy Networks-

pulling together national and regional

programmes

Some conclusions from the Vienna Event 27-02-2007

Lessons learned from the participation in other ERA-Nets

Michael HübnerMarch 22nd 2007





Presentation Programme Country SpeakerSmart Grids Activities in the Finnish Distributed

Energy Systems ProgrammeDENSY Finnland Jonas Wolff

ForskEL, the Danish Renewable Energy Research and Development Programme

ForskEL Denmark Lise Nielson

The Swiss National Research Programme "Networks" Networks Switzerland Patrick Favre-Perrod

Smart Energy Networks and Energy Storage- A French National R&D Programme

ADME France Eric Peirano

CNRS Interdisciplinary Energy Program CNRS France Pierre RognonNetherlands National R&D programme Grids NoE DER; PREGO Netherlands Ruud de BruijneRENERGI- Clean Energy for the Future in Norway RENERGI Norway Frank NilsenSmart Energy Networks Activities at Nordisk Energy Research

Norway Frank Nilsen

Smart Energy Networks Activities in Spanish R&D Programmes

RDT Spain Raúl Reyero

R&D for sustainable Energy Technologies in Austria Energy Systems of Tomorrow

Austria Albrecht Reuter

The new Austrian Energy Research Programme Energy Systems of Tomorrow

Austria Michael Hübner

Participating Programs





Countries and involved Ministries

Finnland: Ministry of Trade & Industry

Switzerland: Ministry of Energy

France: Ministry of Industry; Ministry of Research and Technology; Environmental Ministry

Netherlands: Ministry of Economic Affairs; Ministry of Education

Norway: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy; Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development

Spain: Ministry for Education and Science

Austria: Ministriy for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Ministry for Economy and Labour





Types of ProgramsTechnologyRenewablesResearch DG/Grids

RENERGI

ForskEL ForskEL ForskNG ForskEL

Densy

Networks

NoE DER PREGO

CNRS

ADEME

RDT RDT

Energiesystems of Tomorrow





First Impressions

• Grids most times somehow a crosscutting issue; most not specialised on grid issue

• Depth of participation of Grid Companies, Suppliers, Technology Providers etc. different in the programmes

• Different programme strategies

• Similarities, Common goals possible

• Critical Mass for an ERA-Net





ERA-Net Lessons learned

“ERA-NET”ERA-NET”

Level of AmbitionLevel of AmbitionSelected CA projects, to 10/05Selected CA projects, to 10/05

33

11

44

22• Information exchange & best practices

• Common strategic issues

• Joint activities

• Joint/common calls (fixed for 2005/2006 to 10/05)





To keep in Mind:

• ERA-Net is on Programming. (Goals, Strategies, linked to national policies)

pulling together research strategies, coordinating national programmes….. to support the european Vision

• not a scientific issue• not an issue of member states positions • not an issue of finding “the european solution”





How to reach Integration

Policy making:Thematic focus

Policy design:Procedural and functional focus

Management:Focus on

Implementation

-> HOW?Design phase

-> WHEN?operational phase

-> WHAT?Assessment phase

WHY? added-value

likely

Interest Trust Commitment

WHY? potential for added-value

Trial and ErrorStop or Go

decision





Lessons learned

• The basis is the concrete interest of the programmes (strategies, focus at the moment, upcoming projects)

• Early start of common actions (inkl. Common calls)

• Learning by doing (the devil is in the detail)

• In the first step: no need for harmonisation of national rules (principle: “each country finances its institutions”)

• But clear agreements on common elements (eg. Common Call: joint guidelines, common evaluation procedures and experts, joint approval, ….)





Links and Overlaps

TP Smart Grids

MG

ERA-Net Smart Grids

FP 7

IEA- ENARD

IndustrieEuropean Vision

Member States

Nat./reg. Programms

ProjectsR&D Protagonists

Experts (nominated by governments)





Next Steps

• Overview about involved Programmes and Ministries, personal and institutional links to MG, IEA-ENARD

• Invitation for an ERA-Net preparation Meeting open for all interested nat. programme carriers (Funding Agencies, Ministries, Prog. Managers); first discussion of a draft proposal

Documents

Abteilung für Energie und Umwelttechnologien Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Michael Hübner Smart Grids- Mirror Group Meeting