The 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP26 took place in Glasgow, UK from October 31st to November 12th, 2021 and brought together climate experts, activists, government representatives, businesses and a wide array of stakeholders to discuss about the climate crisis and solutions. The 2 week conference is a key event as it enables discussions and further progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

Mission Innovation representatives were present at the event and new Missions were launched or announced to support accelerating innovation and to tackle clean energy challenges: Carbon Dioxide removal, Net-zero industries, Urban transitions and Integrated bio refineries. 

These 4 Missions, alongside the 3 launched earlier this year at CEM12/MI-6 in June 2021: Green Powered Future, Zero-Emission shipping and Clean Hydrogen, will drive forward solutions to cut emissions from sectors responsible for 52% of global emissions.

Joint Roadmap of Global Innovation Priorities

Through a dedicated event at the UNFCCC Innovation Hub Pavilion, the Green Powered Future Mission unveiled the Joint Roadmap of Global Innovation Priorities, developed thanks to the effort of all its 27 members (find the recording of the event here).

“The Green Powered Future Mission has the goal of demonstrating that power systems, regardless of geography or climates, can effectively integrate up to 100% VRE in their generation mix by 2030 while ensuring the system is cost-efficient, secure and resilient. The Mission is a 10-year endeavour which will accelerate innovation in clean energy by demonstrating innovative solutions to transform the present system.” (Source: Mission Innovation)

The roadmap, which identifies 17 R&I themes and the top 100 global innovation priorities, will serve as basis for the Mission’s activities towards reaching its goal by 2030. In this view, the Mission will support innovation through feasibility studies, pilots and large demonstrator set-up and validation. These activities will be complemented by knowledge sharing, capacity building, and dissemination activities, whilst ensuring technical, regulatory and market aspects are considered throughout. Moreover, the Mission will capitalise on members’ collaborative work and expertise to simultaneously tackle multiple innovation priorities and will cooperate with existing initiatives working towards a similar goal. 

Discover the Roadmap here. 

EUSEW, taking place from 25 to 29 October, is the biggest event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe, and this year’s online edition will be no exception. Featuring a 4-day Policy Conference, an Awards Ceremony, the European Youth Energy Day and the Networking Village, the event provides valuable opportunities to engage with leading minds and practitioners in the field of clean energy.

Participants will be able to visit the online Networking Village to connect with thousands of clean energy researchers, enthusiasts, industry representatives and more. Spanning one-to-one meetings, an interactive exhibition, live pitches in the Energy Lab, and inspiring Energy Talks, this year’s Networking Village offers a unique opportunity to form new connections and kickstart new projects. 

H2020 PANTERA is part of the virtual Energy Fair. In the virtual stand, more information regarding the latest project news and materials, as well as the EIRIE platform can be accessed.

Join EUSEW 2021 here.

ERIGrid 2.0 invites all interested engineers involved in the domains of power system testing, smart grids and energy systems to receive free funding to access the best laboratories of Europe and perform their own experimental research. There are two kinds of lab access services available in ERIGrid 2.0:

• Free access to 21 physical labs (Physical free access to the laboratories can be performed on-site at the location of the lab or remotely if the infrastructure allows. To get this access you need to apply as described below and to be selected by the independent User Selection Panel (USP)).
• Free access to 9 virtual facilities (The access to the virtual facilities requires no specific application and user proposals are not submitted to a selection process.)

Available free-of-charge are the laboratories of the following research centres:

•     AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
•     SINTEF Energy Research
•     DTU - Technical University of Denmark
•     Ormazabal
•     University of Strathclyde
•     Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC)
•     HEDNO (2 laboratories available)
•     ICCS - NTUA
•     RSE
•     OFFIS Institute for Information Technology
•     Fraunhofer IEE
•     KEMA Labs
•     RWTH Aachen University
•     Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES)
•     Tecnalia Research & Innovation
•     Delft University of Technology
•     JRC of the European Commission (2 laboratories available)
•     FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy, University of Cyprus
•     VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

In the current Lab Access call ERIGrid 2.0 welcomes applications until 31 December 2021. Further calls will be opened every 4 months.

Find all detailed information about the application procedure, selection criteria, FAQ and descriptions of the laboratories here.

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Register now for the two following training Schools hosted in Malta by MCAST (The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology), which will provide training for young researchers and high-level technical staff. They address topics in the field of electric mobility operations, PV integration, related technologies and electricity markets. All the participants will have the possibility to interact and share experiences and activities with high-level experts.

Annual Winter/Summer schools are intended to be one-week schools open to local and international academic and research institutions and industry around the Mediterranean in addition to partners and stakeholders. The schools are directed to early-career professionals and early career researchers including students aspiring a research career in academia, research centers or industry.

The NEEMO School: ELECTRIC MOBILITY ON ISLANDS organized under the aegis of the NEEMO project will be held between the 22nd to the 26th November 2021. More information can be found here. 

The JUMP2Excel School: PATHWAYS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS INTEGRATION FOR ENERGY TRANSITION will take place in Malta between 28th Feb to 4th March 2022. More information can be found here.

Register before October, 15, 2021.