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ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus is a network of RDD funding programs: 23 partners from 21 European countries/regions will promote applied research, piloting and demonstration in the field of smart grids will build on the already existing, national and regional key pilots, demo projects and facilities as well as the related investments by industry and the public (>2.500 Mio wants to go beyond a single joint call by establishing a sustainable cooperation structure between national Smart Grids programs which enables the coordination and cooperation with the European SET-Plan Initiative on Electricity Grids (EEGI)
ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus partner countries and regions JRC Smart grid projects heatmap ERA-Net SG+ Geographical Couverage
Funding Commitments for the joint call 2015 Denmark 500.000 B-Flanders 500.000 Scotland 500.000 B-Wallonia 500.000 Latvia 460.000 Croatia 300.000 Slovenia 150.000 Romania 1.000.000 Poland 1.000.000 Finland 1.000.000 Turkey 1.200.000 Norway 1.200.000 Spain 1.500.000 Portugal 1.500.000 Netherlands 1.750.000 Germany 2.750.000 Austria 4.000.000 France 3.000.000 Switzerland 4.000.000 Sweden 4.000.000 overall ~ 45 Mio (inxl. EC co-funding)
What ERA-net Smart Grids Plus wants to achieve during 2015-2019 Create 15-20 transnational projects on applied research, piloting and demonstration in the field of Smart Grids by in a first joint call 2015 Building on existing demos and aiming at bringing solutions already reaching TRL 5-6 to TRL 6-7 Create more transnational projects resulting from three additional calls, expanding the first co-funded joint call as well as focusing on specific topics and cross-cutting issues in 2016-2019 Establishing ERA-Net SG+ knowledge community that contributes to Smart Grids development, scaling-up and replication by linking initiatives on the national and regional level and connecting this community with the European level
Overall Ambition
1 st Joint Call Call Launch scheduled for January 29th 2015 National Matchmaking Events (Nov 2014 Feb 2015) Call Event early March 2015 Advisory Period 23th March 21st April 2015 Project Outline Deadline: 8th April 2015 Full Proposal Deadline: 2nd June 2015 Projects starting early 2016
Ambition for transnational projects must be transnational by nature, involving at least two independent entities from two different countries of the ERA-Net SG + members; be relevant to the ERA-Net core goals and ambitions build on existing national Smart Grids demonstration (transfer of results, new developments, opening-up, new demonstration and validation), show efforts in terms of project scalability and / or replicability (comparative validation, best practice, interoperability, parametrization, environments), implement the the interdisciplinary 3-Layer Research Model Stakeholder/Adoption, Marketplace, Technology (Projects covering more than one layer shall be prioritized) contribute to roadmaps based on available gap analyses (EEGI Innovation Roadmap 2013-2022, ENTSO-E Implementation Plan 2013-2022, ENTSO-E Research and Development Roadmap 2013-2022, ETP Smart Grids SRA 2035, GRID+ and Mapping and Gap Analysis EEGI Member States Initiative 2012), develop IPR strategies (Exploitation and Evaluation Plan, Acceptance to participate in knowledge sharing and formative evaluation activities organised and worked out (also in terms of resource allocation) by the ERA-Net Support Project. implement cooperation and transfer strategies (Exploitation and evaluation plan; acceptance to participate in knowledge sharing and formative evaluation activities organised and worked out - by the ERA-Net Support Project).
An integrated, interdisciplinary, three layer research model for transnational projects Stakeholders/Adoption overcoming why do or don t we do it? (Innovation and Transition, Consumer acceptance, Education, Policy, Retail, Community/Society, European Scope, Social Research, etc.) Goods and Services structuring how do we organize it? (Business models, regulatory frame, market design, Economic Research, etc.) Technology enabling which technology do we need?
Call Topics The Call topics will be defined on the basis of existing European roadmaps and implementation plans, taking into account necessary updates according to the Integrated Roadmap the outcome of the consultations with policy makers, program owners and stakeholder platforms during the Series of Events 2013. According to that the call will be more focused on distribution grid and distribution-transmission topics. As it is in the interest of some ERA-Net participants programme managers, it is also planned to include specific transmission grid issues like large system simulation (taking into account existing European strategies as layed down in the TEN-E) the approach that the electricity centric approach shall be widened to other energy carriers- covering cross energy carrier synergies that can provide flexibility to the electricity grids a delineation to other ERA-Net co-fund proposals. ERA-net Smart Cities (energy networks within cities) ERA-Net Offshore Wind ( Multi terminal DC networks - onshore connection facilities)