AUTUMN 2013 European Energy Innovation Energy European Country profile Sweden E-MOBILITY PV SOLAR Autumn 20 LED LIGHTING 13 Includes editorial contributions from: Günther Oettinger Anna-Karin Hatt Philip Lowe European Commissioner Minister for Information Director General, for Energy Technology and Energy, European Commission, Sweden DG ENER www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu Untitled-2 1 30/08/2013 10:20 Autumn 2013 European Energy Innovation CONTENTS 3 Contents 7 Foreword 40 Interchangeable LED light sources enhance the adoption of LED lighting 8 Renewable energy in the EU: to 2020 technology, Tim Whitaker, Zhaga Consortium and beyond Günther H. Oettinger, European Commissioner for Energy 43 Solid-state lighting considerations, Siegfried Luger 23 13 Making nuclear energy in Europe Founder and CEO of Luger Research – Institute for Innovation and Technology even safer Philip Lowe, Director General for Energy, European Commission, DG ENER 47 Smart lighting: Energy efficient streetlights with comfort 14 How competitive is photovoltaic Eveliina Juntunen and Marko Jurvansuu, VTT Technical Research Centre of electricity? Finland Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, European Commission, Joint Research Centre 49 New energies in road transport at the 20 Investing in a solar future heart of Horizon 2020 Rheinhold Buttgereit, Secretary General, Frederic Sgarbi, Directorate-General European Photovoltaic Industry for Research, Head of Automotive Association (EPIA) Innovative Systems, European Commission 40 23 Photovoltaics R&D: Pursuing new 52 Accelerating e-Mobility! frontiers in performance measurements Lambert van Nistelrooij MEP Nigel Taylor, PhD, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre 57 E-mobility: providing a seamless 26 Solar PV Technologies and the charging experience Aura Caramizaru, Policy Advisor, sustainable challenge Eurelectric Professor Vladko Panayotov, MEP, (ALDE, Bulgaria) 61 Norway takes the lead on fastcharging Rune Haaland, President, 30 Europe’s energy efficiency challenge: Electric Vehicle Union The need for market uptake measures Vincent Berrutto, European Commission, Executive Agency for Competitiveness 63 Sweden country profile and Innovation, Energy Efficiency Unit 64 Lagom är Bäst 52 32 Artificial made natural Mike Edmund, Editor Mike Edmund, Editor 66 Sweden’s road to a sustainable energy 36 Public procurement lighting up future innovation opportunities Anna-Karin Hatt, Minister for Information Malcolm Harbour CBE MEP Technology and Energy, Sweden 38 Lighting the way: The European lighting 68 Innovation and R&D for a sustainable industry at the forefront of innovation and prosperous society and sustainability The Swedish Energy Agency Dietmar Zembrot, President, LightingEurope 70 In the news… 64 www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu European Political Monitoring: A New Service We are proud to announce the creation of European Energy Intelligence, an online political monitoring service with a focus on energy policy in Europe. European Energy Intelligence monitors the information coming out of the key European institutions, including Parliament, the Commission and the Council of Ministers. It provides a stream of political and legislative information – information that is accurate, relevant and timely, and which keeps subscribers ahead of energy developments in Europe. Our bespoke service provides precisely-tailored bulletins on a daily basis, direct to your inbox. For a free four week trial, email [email protected] One of our consultants will get in touch to discuss your requirements Autumn 2013 European Energy Innovation COMMUNICATION 5 SOLAR-ERA.NET TRANSNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLAR EUROPE INDUSTRY INITIATIVE SOLAR-ERA.NET is a network that brings together more than 20 RTD and innovation programmes in the field of solar electricity technologies in the European Research Area. The network of national and regional funding organisations has been established in order to increase transnational cooperation between RTD and innovation programmes, as well as to contribute to achieving the objectives of the Solar Europe Industry Initiative (SEII) through dedicated transnational activities Lab Neuchâtel PV ofIMT Courtesy EPFL (especially transnational calls). RTD and innovation projects ii) scientific and technological More than 100 MEUR shall be potentially boosting the PV and excellence and iii) high quality and mobilised for transnational CSP sectors development beyond efficiency of the implementation RTD and innovation projects “business-as-usual”. and management. The first set for photovoltaics (PV) and of transnational calls raised concentrating solar power (CSP) The project proposals submitted great interest in the solar power through the support of the funding in SOLAR-ERA.NET joint calls must industry sector and research organisations. By identifying and clearly demonstrate i) potential community. Approximately 60 choosing SEII call topics, SOLAR- commercial impact, relevance preproposals, with a total project ERA.NET will select and fund to industrial and market needs volume of around 90 MEUR were industrially relevant transnational and added transnational value, submitted. Based on the full project submissions, the first projects Countries and regions selection to be funded under involved in SOLAR-ERA. SOLAR-ERA.NET is planned to take Sweden Finland NET place towards the end of 2013. The second set of joint calls is expected to be launched early 2014. SOLAR-ERA.NET is an EU Denmark (associate) funded FP7 project running from 2012 to 2016 with the mission to implement the SEII United Netherlands Kingdom Poland Germany on the transnational level. The Flanders North-Rhine- main activity is the launch and Wallonia Westphalia coordination of joint transnational France Austria calls for industry oriented RTD Switzerland projects. SEII is embedded in the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan). l Regione Spain Puglia Coordinator and Contact Greece Turkey Regione Sicilia Stefan Nowak, NET Nowak Energy & Technology Ltd., Waldweg 8, CH-1717 St. Ursen, Cyprus Switzerland, [email protected] www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu Smart Solutions Forum Smart Integration of Photovoltaic & other Renewable Energy Systems into the Network for a Sustainable Growth The forum Smart Solutions is a parallel event organized Session I in the framework of the 28th EU PVSEC in Paris, France Storage & Micro Grids on 1st October 2013. The forum will consist of two Session II sessions related to the smart integration of Photovoltaic Smart Buildings & Cities systems into the network by highlighting the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Storage and Smart Integration Solutions. All sessions 1st October 2013 will cover examples on technical solutions, an overview Parc des Expositions Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France on market and economic issues and their bene ts. The target group are industrial representatives from the ICT sector, storage, transmission and distribution grid For more information, please visit operators, consultancies, RTD research and those who www.smartbuild.eu are interested for integrating Photovoltaic in a smart www.photovoltaic-conference.com/ parallel-events way into the electrical grid, building sector and cities. Organized Jointly by WIP / EU PVSEC and EU Photovoltaic Technology Platform Autumn 2013 European Energy Innovation FOREWORD 7 The publishers of European Energy Innovation would like to offer their Foreword sincere thanks to all individuals and Eurozone recession ends with 0.3% growth in 2nd quarter. organisations who have contributed This encouraging headline on the France24 website is a ray of positive news editorial images photos and illustrations among all the horror emerging from the Middle East. The recession has of to the magazine. Whilst every effort course reduced levels of economic activity and carbon emissions across Europe, has been made to ensure accuracy making our article by Commissioner Oettinger particularly timely. Acknowledging of the content, the publishers of progress towards the 20.20.20 climate objectives, he nevertheless sounds a European Energy Innovation accept no note of caution about the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive. He suggests that responsibility for errors or omissions. renewable technologies represent the most cost effective way to decarbonise the energy sector, and that a diverse mix of low carbon energy sources across the EU The contents of European Energy will deliver the cheapest electricity for consumers. At issue is the need for large Innovation are protected by copyright. investment in energy infrastructure across Europe, which he believes will create jobs and boost the economy. ‘Green growth’, he says, doesn’t mean growth of All rights reserved. green technologies, but is ‘growth of the whole economy stimulated by green projects’. European Energy Innovation is In our country focus on Sweden, Minister for Information Technology and published by: Energy Anna-Karin Hatt emphasises the importance of strong public support Prologue Media Ltd for the country’s climate, energy and environmental policies. These, she says, 1a Shire Lane are designed to help make Sweden carbon neutral by 2050. She discusses the Chorleywood driving factors, which include the carbon tax and green-certificate schemes and Hertfordshire WD3 5NQ argues that both renewable energy and energy efficiency will have to increase significantly by 2030. Meanwhile, the Swedish Energy Agency reminds us of the United Kingdom tradition of energy research that stretches