Background to Energy in FP7

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EU Policy

Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/set_plan/set_plan_en.htm

Technology Platforms

	Hydrogen Platform
	Photovoltaics Platform
	Clean Power Platform
	Biofuels for Transport Platform
	Wind Energy Platform
	European Industrial Initiatives http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/initiatives/initiatives_en.htm

Key Technology Reports http://cordis.europa.eu/foresight/kte_expert_group_2005.htm

Energy Technologies Report ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/foresight/docs/kte_energy2.pdf

Relevant EU Policies/Reports/Studies

	Strategic Energy Technology Action Plan (2007) http://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy_policy/doc/19_strategic_energy_technolgy_plan_en.pdf
	SETIS http://setis.ec.europa.eu/
	JRC Comparison of Energy technologies (2008) http://ec.europa.eu/energy/strategies/2008/doc/2008_11_ser2/strategic_energy_review_wd_cost_performance.pdf
	A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy (March 2006) http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/green-paper-energy/doc/2006_03_08_gp_document_en.pdf
	Green Paper on Energy Efficiency (or Doing More With Less) (2005) http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/doc/2005_06_green_paper_book_en.pdf
	EU Energy Research http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/index_en.htm
	European Strategic Energy Technology Plan http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0847en01.pdf
	Background documents to FP7 Energy R&D http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/energy/library_en.html

Advisory Groups

	Advisory Groups Framework 7 http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/advisory_en.html
	Sustainable Energy Systems and Nuclear Energy EAG (FP6) www.cordis.lu/fp6/eags.htm
	Concerto Plus http://concertoplus.eu

International Energy Activities

	International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) http://www.irena.org/
	IEA Technology Agreements (Wind, PV, Heating and Cooling) http://www.iea.org/Textbase/techno/index.asp

Relevant EU R&D Associations

	European Energy Research Alliance http://www.eera-set.eu/
	EUREC (European Renewable Energy Research Association) www.eurec.be
	European Wind Energy Association www.ewea.org
	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration European Association http://www.area-eur.be/go/area/1/en-US/DesktopDefault.aspx
	CADDET Energy Efficiency website http://www.caddet.org/
	European Website on Energy Research: R&D needed for hydrogen http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/nn/nn_rt/nn_rt_hy/article_1144_en.htm
	Association of European Cities interested in Electric Vehicles www.citelec.org
	European Association of Surface Heating and Cooling http://www.eu-ray.com/

	Green Prices: Green energy in Europe http://www.greenprices.com/eu/index.asp
	European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources http://www.eufores.org/
	World Renewable Energy Congress/Network http://www.wrenuk.co.uk/menu.html
	European Biomass Association http://www.aebiom.org/

Relevant ERA-Net Projects (FP6)

	List of ERA-Net Project on http://cordis.europa.eu/coordination/projects.htm
	Search 'ERA-Net' on www.cordis.lu/fp6/projects.htm
	PV-ERAnet ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/coordination/docs/era-net_pv-era-net_web_individual_project_sheets_en.pdf

Relevant Co-ordination Actions (FP6)

Search 'Coordination Action' on www.cordis.lu/fp6/projects.htm

Relevant Specific Support Actions (FP6)

Search 'Specific Support Action' on www.cordis.lu/fp6/projects.htm

Relevant Research Projects funded in FP6

Search 'Integrated Project' on www.cordis.lu/fp6/projects.htm

Relevant Cost Actions

Search on http://www.cost.esf.org/index.php

Relevant Eureka Clusters

	Search on www.eureka.be
	Eurogia www.eurogia.com

Relevant OECD Studies

Search on www.oecd.org

Relevant IPTS Reports

Search on www.jrc.es

Relevant Foresight Studies

Search on http://forera.jrc.es/index.html

Other Hyperion Webpages (Energy)

	Energy Websites www.hyperion.ie/energy.htm
	Renewable Energy Websites www.hyperion.ie/renewableenergy.htm
	Fuel Cell Websites www.hyperion.ie/fuelcell.htm