• Become a member
  • EERA Repository
  • Logout
  • Home
  • About
    • What is EERA
    • Impact
    • Members
    • Become a member
    • Team
    • Governance
    • Statutes and IRoPs
    • Work with us
    • FAQ
  • Our research
    • Joint Programmes
    • Projects
    • Project Success Stories
    • CET White Paper
  • EERA in context
    • EU SET-Plan
    • EU 2050 strategy
    • EERA worldwide
    • EERA Policy Working Group
  • Events
    • Our events
    • Your event at EERA
  • News
  • Resources
  • Contact

    European Energy Research Alliance

    EERA catalyses European energy research for a climate-neutral society by 2050

    Our joint research programmes Download EERA CET White Paper
    • News

      18 May 2022

      REPowerEU: Eliminating EU dependence on Russian fossil fuels

      Read More
    • News

      21 April 2022

      Energy Efficiency Policy Brief assesses status of the sector and proposes pathways for a better energy system

      Read More
    • Projects

      24 November 2021

      Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System

      View More

    Launching the EERA White Paper on the Clean Energy Transition

    This flagship White Paper highlights the systemic, cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary implications of the Clean Energy Transition. It provides a framework that can be instrumental in defining the best pathways to transition towards a just, environmentally sustainable, competitive and climate-neutral society.

    Download it here

    Our Joint Programmes

    To organise work within the association and realise its strategy, EERA operates 18 joint research programmes.

    • AMPEA

      AMPEA stand for "Advanced Materials and Processes for Energy Applications". Its members work on basic materials science, physical chemistry of processes, heat and mass transfer phenomena, and develop powerful tools to characterise materials and energy devices.

    • Bioenergy

      The current generation of biomass conversion technologies is expensive and uses feedstock that is associated with sustainability issues. JP Bioenergy works on sustainable value chains, encompassing feedstock production, conversion technologies, stationary Bioenergy and integrated assessment.

    • Carbon Capture and Storage

      Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a key element in decarbonising the power and energy-intensive industry sector and thus reducing anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

    • Concentrated Solar Power

      The Joint Programme contributes to achieving the following targets: support the STE industry; cluster European R&D activities on CSP/STE; define a priority of targets in each CSP/STE technology; increase the integration of CSP into the energy system; address all previous challenges in the context of aligned European and Member States Research and Innovation objectives.

    • Digitalisation for Energy

      The transversal Joint Programme (tJP) Digitalisation for Energy (DfE) aims to define key priorities for DfE that will derive in research activities as well as act as contact point with major European initiatives on supercomputing, big data, artificial intelligence, open science, etc.. The tJP DfE will also tackle the European Digital Strategy, which is strongly pushing the mentioned IT services. 

    • e3s

      The Joint Programme on Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of the Energy Transition (e3s) sets out to understand the complex interactions in socio-technical-economic systems, which include, among other things, consumer behavior and engagement, market dynamics, collective action, innovation and technological change, and policy frameworks.

    • Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes

      Energy efficiency in industry is rising towards the top of the EU and the Member States/Associated Countries agendas for several compelling reasons. Among others are economic reasons, such as unstable energy prices and reliability of supply; environmental reasons, i.e. the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and intergovernmental reasons, as the industrial sector is becoming a frequent target of recommendations for international action.

    • Energy Storage

      The Joint Programme on Energy Storage strongly fosters the efficient development of new energy storage technologies. It supports the SET-Plan objectives and priorities by pooling and integrating activities and resources including international partners on all levels of the value chain.

    • Energy Systems Integration

      This Joint Programme in Energy Systems Integration seeks to bring together research strengths across Europe to optimize our energy system, in particular by benefiting from the synergies between heating, cooling, electricity, renewable energy and fuel pathways at all scales. The energy elements of the water and transport system are also included as is the enabling data and control network that enables the optimisation.

    • Fuel Cells and Hydrogen

      The Joint Programme on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen aims to accelerate and harmonise long-term research on fuel cells, electrolysers and hydrogen handling in Europe.

    • Geothermal

      EERA Geothermal has the potential to provide an outstanding contribution to the growth of geothermal energy utilisation in Europe and worldwide, bringing together all major European research organisations in a strategically oriented endeavour. The participants of EERA Geothermal are active in geothermal energy research ranging from low to high TRL and have active international collaboration across sectors.

    • Hydropower

      JP Hydropower spans the entire energy chain from water catchment to system integration, and it includes cross-cutting elements such as markets and market design as well as environmental impacts, effects of climate change and policy and societal issues.

    • Nuclear Materials

      The Joint Programme Nuclear Materials provides research and development for the structural and fuel materials needed for the development and implementation of advanced nuclear reactors in Europe.

    • Ocean Energy

      The Joint Programme Ocean Energy is based around six key research themes: resource; technology; deployment and operations; economics and costs; environmental and socio-economic impacts; education and training. These themes have been developed based on existing research roadmaps which identify the critical areas of research required for the successful growth of the industry.

    • Photovoltaic Solar Energy

      The objective of this Joint Programme is to accelerate the development of Photovoltaic Solar Energy to an energy technology that can be implemented at a very large scale through Joint Programming activities by key research institutes in Europe. It focuses primarily on cost reduction of PV systems, through enhancement of performance, development of low-cost, high-throughput manufacturing processes, and improvement of lifetime and reliability of PV systems and components.

    • Smart Cities

      The main objective of the Joint Programme Smart Cities is to develop strong research and innovation for smart planning, design and operation of urban energy systems, firmly integrated with cities’ social, cultural, innovation, economic, regulatory and legal perspectives, to achieve the SET-Plan highly ambitious target of developing 100 Smart Positive Energy Districts in Europe by 2025 (Action 3.2).

    • Smart Grids

      The Joint Programme Smart Grids, coordinated by RSE and ENEA from Italy by means of an extended cross-disciplinary cooperation involving many Research and Development (R&D) participants with different and complementary expertise and facilities, aims at addressing in a medium to long-term research perspective one of the most critical areas directly relating to the effective acceleration of smart grid development and deployment.

    • Wind Energy

      The Joint Programme on Wind Energy provides strategic leadership for medium to long-term research and supports the European wind energy industry and societal stakeholders. It brings together all public research organisations in Europe with substantial research and innovation efforts in wind energy.

    Discover our flagship project: SUPEERA

    The SUPEERA project supports the implementation of the SET-Plan and the Clean Energy Transition. It monitors and optimises the actions under the SET-Plan Implementation Plans and encourages a stronger engagement of EU-13 countries. SUPEERA also helps accelerate the uptake of new technologies by industry and assesses the impact of EU policies.

    READ MORE

    Our network

    EERA is the largest energy research community in Europe

    • 250 organisations

    • 50,000 researchers

    • 30 countries

    EERA undertakes integration and knowledge transfer among European energy research stakeholders to increase efficiency in research and innovation and create a momentum larger than the sum of the individual stakeholders

    Learn more about EERA

    The best of the EERA, right in your inbox

    Sign up for our email newsletter

    Subscribe

    You can unsubscribe from the newsletter anytime by sending an e-mail to news@eera-set.eu with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.

    About EERA

    EERA is an association of European public research centres and universities with the mission to catalyse European energy research for a climate-neutral society by 2050. Bringing together more than 250 organisations from 30 countries, EERA is Europe’s largest energy research community. It is a key player in the European Union’s Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan and the Clean Energy Transition.

    Contact

    EERA Secretariat
    Rue de Namur 72
    1000 Brussels, Belgium
    +32 2 511 16 18
     

    Our members

    EERA members map

    Follow us

    European Energy Research Alliance ©2022, All Rights Reserved.
    • Privacy Policy
    • Legal Notice
    • Vacancies
    • Press Room

    Login as an EERA member

    Forgot password?
    In case you are an EERA member and don’t have login details, please contact secretariat@eera-set.eu

    Join EERA

    You are not an EERA member yet? Then you are missing out on a lot!

    • EERA gathers the best energy researchers and infrastructures in the whole of Europe
    • EERA makes your voice heard in the political discussions at the European level
    • EERA offers great networking opportunities with peers from your discipline - and others
    • EERA is a breeding ground for new initiatives

    Learn more about it here

    EERA meeting room

    Please use this form for your booking request or any inquiry regarding the meeting room. More information regarding the room, prices, terms and conditions

    Cancel