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integrated Smart GRID Cross-Functional Solutions for Optimized Synergetic Energy Distribution, Utilization Storage Technologies (inteGRIDy)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

inteGRIDy aims to integrate cutting-edge technologies, solutions and mechanisms in a scalable Cross-Functional Platform connecting energy networks with diverse stakeholders, facilitating optimal and dynamic operation of the Distribution Grid (DG), fostering the stability and coordination of distributed energy resources and enabling collaborative storage schemes within an increasing share of renewa...
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MOdular high concentration SolAr Configuration (MOSAIC)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

MOSAIC project aims to exceed the goal of the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan - European Commission of producing CSP electricity at a cost below 0.10 €/kWh. To exceed this goal a commercial CSP plant of > 1GW of nominal capacity is foreseen, in which high nominal capacity of CSP plant is reached in a modular way where each MOSAIC module delivers thermal energy to linked thermal energy stor...
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Robust and Reliable technology concepts and business models for triggering deep Renovation of Residential buildings in EU (4RinEU)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

4RinEU will define robust, cost-effective, tailorable deep renovation technology packages supported by usable methodologies, feeding into reliable business models. The project will minimize failures in design and implementation, manage different stages of the deep renovation process, from the preliminary audit up to the end-of-life, and provide information on energy, comfort, users’ impact, and in...
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Solar panels as integrated constructive elements in highway noise barriers (LIFE Solar Highways)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Background Highway noise is a serious environmental problem in urbanised areas. Noise barriers, of various shapes and design, have been erected along highways in densely populated areas for over 20 years. These have lowered noise levels and can make a contribution to improving air quality. Meanwhile, electricity is being increasingly produced from solar p...
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Water Saving for Solar Concentrated Power (WASCOP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Concentrating Solar Power is one of the most promising and sustainable renewable energy and is positioned to play a massive role in the future global generation mix, alongside wind, hydro and solar photovoltaic technologies. Although there is definitely perspective for the technology for rapid grow, success of CSP will ultimately rely on the ability to overcome obstacles that prevent its mass adop...
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Open virtual neighbourhood network to connect intelligent buildings and smart objects (VICINITY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The lack of interoperability is considered as the most important barrier to achieve the global integration of IoT ecosystems across borders of different disciplines, vendors and standards. Indeed, the current IoT landscape consists of a large set of isolated islands that do not constitute a real internet, preventing the exploitation of the huge potential expected by ICT visionaries.To overcome thi...
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Storage capacity sharing over virtual neighbourhoods of energy ecosystems (SHAR-Q)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

Storages are unavoidable components of the future smart grid with large share of variable renewable generation. However, the unit-cost of energy, that is retrieved from storages, is several times higher than the cost of energy consumed upon its output from RES. Therefore, there is a strong requirement on the optimisation of storage capacities deployed in the grid. This is especially true for the s...
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Industrial Energy and Environment Efficiency (Indus3Es)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Large quantities of waste heat are continuously rejected from industries. Most of this waste energy, however, is of low-quality and is not practical or economical to recover it with current technologies. The Indus3Es project will develop an innovative Absorption Heat Transformer (AHT) for this purpose, focused on low temperature waste heat recovery (below 130ºC). The Indus3Es System will effective...
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Building-integrated photovoltaic technologies and systems for large-scale market deployment (PVSITES)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is currently an expansive market. Market analysts estimate a compound annual growth rate of 18,7% and a total of 5,4 GW installed worldwide between 2013 and 2019. One of the main drivers for BIPV market growth in the EU is the increasingly demanding legislation related to energy performance in buildings. The large potential for energy savings in buildings l...
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Molten Salt Loop 2.0: key element for the new solar thermal energy plants. (MSLOOP 2.0)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Despite the encouraging scenario of Wide Solar Thermal Electricity market - it is a reality today with 4.9 GW in operation worldwide in 2015, forecasting 260 GW in 2030, 664GW in 2040 and finally to reach a 12% of total electricity generation by 2050 (982 GW) - CSP growth has been slower than expected because several issues have not been overcome yet. It is not as cost-efficient as other technolog...
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Eco-aware Persuasive Networked Data Devices for User Engagement in Energy Efficiency (GREENSOUL)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

GreenSoul pursues higher energy efficiency in public buildings by altering the way people use energy consuming shared devices (lights, printers) and personal devices (personal pluggable appliances). For that, it applies a twofold strategy: 1)persuades users to increase their energy-awareness and change their e-consumption habits and 2)embeds intelligence in the devices to let them autonomously dec...
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Turning waste from steel industry into a valuable low cost feedstock for energy intensive industry (RESLAG)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The RESLAG project proposal is aligned with the challenges outlined in the call WASTE-1-2014: Moving towards a circular economy through industrial symbiosis. In 2010, the European steel industry generated, as waste, about 21.8 Mt of steel slag. The 76 % of the slag was recycled in applications such as aggregates for construction or road materials, but these sectors were unable to absorb the total ...
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Industrial Development of Water Flow Glazing Systems (InDeWaG)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Although Nearly Zero Energy Buildings will become a “must” for new buildings in Europe by the end of 2020 – no particular building concept exists, which would enable maximum use of daylight by a transparent glass façade and at the same time ZEB performance.InDeWaG is introducing a new, disruptive building envelope system which has a at least 15% building cost reduction potential and could be broug...
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Technology Innovation for the Local Scale, Optimum Integration of Battery Energy Storage (TILOS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

TILOS aims to demonstrate the optimal integration of local scale energy storage in a fully-operated, smart island microgrid that will also communicate with a main electricity grid. The main objective of the project will be the development and operation of a prototype battery storage system, based on NaNiCl2 batteries, provided with an optimum, real-environment smart grid control system and coping ...
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SSA to cover skill needs through delivery and recognition of EU joint CV in Concentrated Solar Power

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

While the VET system has already been fully developed in some eco-efficient technologies, such as wind or photovoltaic power,Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is an emerging technology where “Solar Field” operation present deep skill gaps ofVET tools.Spain is the first European country in installed CSP power, with a fully developed labour market, while Italy and Greece, starting plants construction i...
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Granollers on the move

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Institut Escola Municipal de Treball in Granollers (Catalonia) submits this mobility project in the field of VET, under the title Granollers on the move (acronym Granmove).The center, whose owner is the City Council of Granollers, starts with this projects its firm commitment to the internationalisation, and specifically in the VET field. This commitment has to do with the II Strategic Plan of the...
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Concentrating Photovoltaic modules using advanced technologies and cells for highest efficiencies (CPVMatch)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

It has been proven that the only realistic path to close the gap between theoretical and practical ultra-high efficiency solar cells is the monolithic multi-junction (MJ) approach, i.e. to stack different materials on top of each other. Each material/sub solar cell converts a specific part of the sun´s spectrum and thus manages the photons properly. However, large area multi-junction cells are too...
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Eco-Solar Factory - 40%plus eco-efficiency gains in the photovoltaic value chain with minimised resource and energy consumption by closed loop systems (Eco-Solar)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

EcoSolar envisions an integrated value chain to manufacture and implement solar panels in the most ecologic way by maximising resource efficiency, taking into account reuse of materials during production and repurposing solar panel components at end of life stage. EcoSolar will demonstrate that during the lifetime of a solar electricity producing field, individual panels can be monitored, allowing...
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MArket uptake of an innovative irrigation Solution based on LOW WATer-ENergy consumption (MASLOWATEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The world of irrigation requires innovative solutions, less water and energy dependant. UPM developed in 2013 solutions for large power photovoltaic (PV) pumping systems at TRL5 that was successfully tested in a real Irrigators Community (IC) of Alto Vinalopó (Spain). The results showed great technical reliability (solving the problem of the variability of solar energy), matching the IC irrigation...
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SMA UK

Start date: Jul 4, 2016, End date: Jul 3, 2018,

The SMA Solar Technology AG would like to give a part of their trainees the opportunity in the profession "industrial clerk" and "office management" to make a unique experience. The trainiees can apply for the project in the second year of training.The following selection criteria are defined:- the academic achievement- the results of the intermediate examination- the internal assessments- the lan...
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Si based Layer Stacks for Rear-Side Passivation and Enhanced Reflection of GaInP/GaInAs/Ge Triple-Junction Space Solar Cells (SiLaSpaCe)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

"Solar cells are the preferred method for powering today’s satellites. The cell efficiency determines the available power and is hence of exceptional importance for any spacecraft equipment or system. Besides the efficiency that is directly linked to the solar array power (W/m2), solar cells define also further Key Performance Indicators such as specific mass (kg/m2) and manufacturing costs (EUR/W...
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Predictable Flexible Molten Salts Solar Power Plant (PreFlexMS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

Predictability and flexibility are key enablers to increase CSP penetration in the energy mix by a) increasing dispatchability b) making CSP less/not reliant on subsidies c) supporting stable grid operation d) enabling operators to access new revenue streams (electricity trading, ancillary services). Today CSP plants with molten salt storage only partly achieve these objectives. Key enabling techn...
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PhD on Innovation Pathways for TES (INPATH-TES)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Following the EC SET-Plan Education and Training Roadmap, the concept of this proposal is to develop a joint PhD programme between universities and research centres, on the topic of Thermal Energy Storage (TES). The goal of INPATH-TES is to create a network of universities and research institutes to implement a joint PhD programme on TES technologies. The final result of such a network is to educa...
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Promotion and support to the implementation of the energy labelling for Space, Combi Heaters and Water Heaters with a focus on the “Package label” (LabelPack Aplus)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The ‘Label Pack A+’ project aims at supporting the implementation of the energy labelling of heating appliances while boosting its impact, the focus being on the “package label” and its potential to push for the uptake or renewable technologies, in particular solar thermal, in combination with more efficient conventional technologies.The project will address one of the main challenges related to t...
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Scientific and Technological Alliance for Guaranteeing the European Excellence in Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy (STAGE-STE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy encompasses Solar Thermal Electricity (STE), Solar Fuels, Solar Process Heat and Solar Desalination that are called to play a major role in attaining energy sustainability in our modern societies due to their unique features: 1) Solar energy offers the highest renewable energy potential to our planet; 2) STE can provide dispatchable power in a technically and eco...
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Solar Facilities for the European Research Area-Second Phase (SFERA-II)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Solar Energy, as the primary source of renewable energy, will contribute a major part of this share, and its conversion by concentrating technologies for concentrating solar power (CSP) and heat generation has long been proven cost-effective for a wide range of applications. Several CSP projects have recently been put into operation. Some 2.400 MW are under construction and several GW are in advan...
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Eurojoven Castilla y Leon

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

Eurojoven Castilla y Leon is carried out by Instituto de la Juventud de Castilla y Leon joined in a consortium to 18 VET centres of the region. 60 young recent graduates in fields such as administrative management, commerce, imaging laboratory, welding and boiler, and electromechanical vehicle body, bakery and pastry, carpentry, laboratory, nursing assistants, characterization, decorative personal...
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Sustainable urban Planning with Innovative and low energy Thermal And power Generation fröm Residual And renewable Sources (PITAGORAS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

The project is focused on efficient integration of city districts with industrial parks through smart thermal grids. The overall objective of the project is to demonstrate a highly replicable, cost-effective and high energy efficiency large scale energy generation system that will allow sustainable urban planning of very low energy city districts.The main focus of the project is medium (150-400ºC)...
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EURO-MEDITERRANEAN COOPERATION ON RESEARCH & TRAINING IN SUN BASED RENEWABLE ENERGIES (EUROSUNMED)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The scientific targets of the EUROSUNMED project are the development of new technologies in three energy field areas, namely photovoltaics (PV), concentrated solar power (CSP) and grid integration (GI), in strong collaboration with research institutes, universities and SMEs from Europe in the north side of the Mediterranean sea and from Morocco and Egypt from the south of the sea. The focus in PV ...
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Hub of Application Laboratories for Equipment Assessment in Laser Based Manufacturing (APPOLO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

During more than 50 years of the laser existence, they have been proved as the unique tool for diverse material processing application. New application ideas, coming from universities and research institutions, are usually implemented by spin-off companies with limited resources for market penetration. Research laboratories are using universal laser tools, while effective and low-cost production r...
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Affordable and Adaptable Public Buildings through Energy Efficient Retrofitting (A2PBEER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Buildings consume about 40% of total final energy in Europe, and those built before 1980 represent 95% of this energy consumption. The low renovation rate of building stock (1% per year) means that boosting energy efficient buildings’ retrofitting is the only way to reach EU’s “20-20-20” targets. The higher impact will be achieved through interventions in non-residential buildings, as their energy...
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Research Cooperation in Renewable Energy Technologies for Electricity Generation (REELCOOP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

REELCOOP stands for REnewable ELectricity COOPeration, and will address 5 areas: photovoltaics (PV), concentrated solar power (CSP), solar thermal (ST), bioenergy and grid integration. REELCOOP will develop decentralised (distributed) building integrated PV systems and ST/biomass micro-cogeneration systems, as well as centralised generation of electricity in hybrid solar/biomass power plants. This...
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Laser equipment ASsessment for High impAct innovation in the manufactuRing European industry (LASHARE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

LASHARE will develop a robust assessment framework for innovative laser equipment paving the way for new manufacturing applications. It will carry out a large number of assessment experiments for a variety of laser equipment targeting strategic manufacturing areas for Europe.The Laser Equipment Assessment (LEA) will be carried out by a trio of research/supplier/user partners. Each LEA will define ...
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Recovering Europe´s PHotovoltaics LEadership through high Concentration Technology (REPHLECT)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

Focusing the Sun’s rays onto a piece of paper with a magnifying glass may sound as a children’s game, but it lies over the same principle that Photovoltaic (PV) technology, which can potentially lead Europe to obtain energy at a lower price and with the least environmental impact. In order to achieve it, PV’s efficiency and its associated costs need to be improved. REPHLECT project tackles both fa...
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PV FINANCING

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Feed-in tariffs (FITs) have been the fuel for successful solar PV growth stories in basically every one of today’s large solar markets. First in Europe, now in China and Japan. The US is the only exception – backed by tax credits and net-metering, leasing has become a key means of financing residential solar systems there.With many European countries phasing out FITs, the simplicity of selling sol...
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Renovation of Residential urban spaces: Towards nearly zero energy CITIES (R2CITIES)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

R2CITIES aims to develop and demonstrate an open and easily replicable strategy for designing, constructing, and managing large scale district renovation projects for achieving nearly zero energy cities. For this purpose, it will be developed a demonstration and dissemination framework of very innovative strategies and solutions for building energy renovation at district level, based in the follow...
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LEACHE – Europa más cerca

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The Department for Education of the Government of Navarra is responsible for establishing the general conditions and developing general aspects of education in this Spanish autonomous region. In this context, a new structure has been created in the Vocational Training Service in order to provide assistance for the internationalization of VET institutions. These measures try to reach the following ...
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Recognize and validate skills and competences gained by European Work Based Learning experiences

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The alternation between school and work based learning paths are still quite often separated within the young people education and training paths, but are increasingly central issues to the debate and the political agenda of our country. In particular, in the continuation of the economic crisis, the problem of integrating young people into the labor market has taken on a character of real emergenc...
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NEW GENERATION OF BIPV-GLASS WITH ADVANCED INTEGRATION PROPERTIES (ADVANCED-BIPV)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

This project proposal starts to walk pursuing to accomplish the following main general objective: to overcome the main limiting factors of BIPV technology strengthening its competitiveness by developing new generation PV glazing satisfying the well-defined market demanded architectural trends. ONYX will face this main goal by developing a new family of products referred as Novel XL-BIPV glazing un...
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Career Development of Deaf Young in Drama

Start date: Mar 15, 2015, End date: Mar 14, 2017,

The Partnership "Career Development of Young Deaf in Drama" will have 3 partners in the UK and Romania. The partnership is aimed 30 young deaf people and their skills and abilities in the field of theater arts and dance. Purpose: to develop high-level skills in the field of theater and multimedia used in theatrical productions for 30 young deaf people by participating in three workshops. Objec...
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