EU Energy R&D Funding David McAuley R&D Programme Manager, SEAI 13th June 2011 HMRC

EU Energy R&D FundingDavid McAuleyR&D Programme Manager,SEAI

13th June 2011HMRC

Agenda

• NER300

• FP7

• Further

Information

• Q&A

Path to Commercialisation

Basic ResearchDevelopment

/ Applied Research

DemonstrationDeployment /

Commercialisation

FP7 NER300DG Climate Action / EIB

ENERGY-2DG Energy

ENERGY-1DG Research and

Innovation

NER300 - OceanDavid McAuleyR&D Programme Manager, SEAI

13th June 2011HMRC

NER300 Funding

• EU Emissions Trading Scheme

• NER - New Entrants Reserve

• 300 – 300 Million Carbon Credits

• Approx €4.5 Billion

What’s Included

“Pre-commercial demonstration of renewable technologies“

• Innovation is an eligibility criteria: projects must

be innovative in nature.

• Ranking is based on cost per unit performance

• Projects expected to produce energy by end of 2015.

What’s Included?• 8 CCS projects

• 34 RES projects, of which: • 9 Bio-energy• 5 CSP• 3 PV• 6 Wind• 4 Geothermal• 3 Ocean• 1 Hydro• 3 Distributed Renewables Management

(SmartGrids)

NER300 – OCN Category

3 Ocean (OCN) Sub Categories:

• Wave energy devices with nominal capacity 5 MW

• Marine/tidal currents energy devices with nominal capacity 5 MW

• Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) with nominal capacity 10 MW

Terminology• Reference Plant: Alternative plant on which

extra Investment and operation costs are measured.

• Relevant Costs: Extra investment costs + extra operating costs – extra operating benefits

• NER300 will finance 50% of relevant costs

• Financing under NER300 can be combined with Structural Funds, EEPR and RSFF.

• Payments. Financing to be disbursed on a yearly basis during 1st 5 years of operation by the MS, as a function of the amount of energy produced.

Relevant Costs

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-400

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ReferencePlant

DemoPlant

RelevantCosts

Invest Costs

OperatCosts

OperatBenefits

ExtraCosts

(negative)Extra

Benefits

Relevant Costs

-500-400-300-200-100

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RelevantCosts

Invest Costs

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OperatBenefits

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Benefits

Pre-existingSupport

Schemes

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NER300(MS)

“Cost” per(projected) Unit Performance

Pre-existingSupportSchemes

Application Process

• 9th Nov 2010 - Call announced

• 9th Feb 2011 - Submit to Member State (DCENR)

• 9th May 2011 – Forward to EIB

• 20th June 2011 – EIB 6-Week Report

• 9th Aug 2011 – EIB 3-month report

• 9th Nov 2011 – EIB 6-month report

• 9th Feb 2012 – EIB 9-month report

• Decision – Mid 2012

Application Process

Commission

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Stage 1 SubmissionsEU:

• 13 CCS Projects

• 65 RES Projects

Ireland:

• 2 RES Projects

• 1 Ocean

• 1 Bioenergy

More information

EU Website:

http://ec.europa.eu/clima/funding/ner300/index_en.htm

FP7 Energy 2012David McAuleyR&D Programme Manager, SEAI

13th June 2011HMRC

FP7 Energy

• Annual calls for proposals 2007 – 2013• 2011 Call closed• 2012 Call launch July 2011

• Collaborative Projects• Shared Cost• €260 Million for 2012

FP7 ENERGY 2.6: OCEAN

ENERGY 2012.2.6-1: Demonstration of first ocean energy farms (two projects)3MW or over, devices of the same type, grid connected, reduce cost, improved reliability and efficiency, lower O&M costs.

Call Launch: 20th July 2011Deadline: 8th March 2012Single stage evaluation

Note scale: €24 Million for “Renewable Electricity Generation” – across 12 projects

DemonstrationProject

FP7 ENERGY 2012

Call for Tenders: Study on the environmental impacts of noise, vibrations and electromagnetic emissions from marine renewables.

€1,000,000Q3 2011, 12 Months Duration

Coordination and supporting action

Energy Research Portal

HMRC13th June2011

Energy Research Portal

• 21 academic institutions surveyed

• Over 250 Principal Investigators

• 700+ projects

• €174 million funding

• 14 collaborative clusters

Research Funding

Main Funding Categories:

Total €174 million

• Irish Government*

• European Union:

• FP6 & FP7

• EURATOM

• INTERREG

• UK Government (NI)

• Industry

• International

*Irish Government:

Total €128 million

• Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

• Enterprise Ireland (EI)

• Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Marine Institute (MI)

• HEA, IRCHSS, IRCSET

• DEHLG, DAFF, COFORD, COMHAR

• Teagasc

Irish Energy Research Map - Low Carbon Technologies13 main categories

Carbon Capture & Storage

Marine Energy

Wind EnergySolar Energy

Energy Storage

Geothermal

Bioenergy

Waste to Energy

Energy Efficiency

Electrical Grid

Transport, Fuel Cells &

Hydrogen

Energy Policy & Analysis

Other

Energy Research Low

Carbon Technologies

Funding => University => Technology

Source

University

Funding => Universities => Technology

Sources

Academic Energy ResearchFunding by Technology Category over 2004 –

2010

Academic Energy ResearchFunding by Institution 2004 – 2010

Total €174 million

Research Portal

http://research.seai.ie

Cluster Technology

PRECISION Nuclear Energy

CLARITY Electricity Grid / ICT

Solar Energy Cluster (SEC) Solar Energy

ITOBO Energy Efficiency – Built Environment and ICT

NEMBES Energy Efficiency - ICT

IRUSE Energy Efficiency – Built Environment and ICT

Electricity Research Centre (ERC) Electrical Grid / Wind integration / energy storage

CCBB Competence Centre for biorefining and bioenergy

CRANN Nanotech / Energy Storage

MERC3 Marine Energy

HMRC Marine Energy

I2E2 Energy Efficiency - Industry

BuildWise Energy Efficiency – Built environment

IERC Energy efficiency / Smartgrid

Questions?

HMRC13th June 2011

EU Energy R&D FundingDavid McAuleyR&D Programme Manager, SEAI

13th June 2011HMRC