1. Julian Randall  National Contact Point Energy / Transport Euresearch Head Office  julian.randall@euresearch.ch  phone +41 31 380 60 10 Opportunities at European level Workshop Forschungsprogramm Windenergie 12. Sept 2011, Verwaltungszentrum UVEK, Ittigen

2. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch Content  Technology Transfer at European level  Trans-national specialist exchange  Research at European level  European Wind – Swiss intelligence

3. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch Who we are  Your Swiss Guide to European Research and Innovation. Euresearch services are free of charge.  Euresearch informs and advises about participation in European Research and Development Programmes and facilitates Innovation partnerships in Europe. - Funding European research projects (FP7 - the 7th Framework Programme) - Building European innovation and business cooperation (EEN - Enterprise Europe Network)

4. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch St. Gallen Basel Zürich Neuchâtel Genève Lausanne Lugano - Ticino Bern Fribourg Luzern Swisscore Brussels bridgehead Headoffice Bern Regional Offices: Generalists, Admin, Legal & Financial Support Head Office: Specialists, Scientific and Strategic Support SwissCore: Lobbyists, Brussels contacts & meeting space Euresearch network

5. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch EEN Technology Database  6000 current technology profiles (Technology Offers and Requests, TO/TR) from companies, universities and research institutions from 40 European countries  Online search in the DatabaseDatabase  EEN = Enterprise Europe Network

6. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ch/marketplace/ Free text search Search with Technology Keywords

7. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch EEN Swiss example in Wind Energy  72 Cooperation profile(s) found under Wind Energy  Example from Switzerland : Lighter and stronger reinforced composites with control of the orientation of the reinforcing elements A Swiss university offers a technology with deliberate control of the orientation of reinforcing elements in polymer-based advanced composites. Example from Switzerland

8. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch Industry-academia partnerships (example)

9. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch 0.95 1.35 1.65 3.3 3.75 4.9 Average ANNUAL budget in billion € FP = Framework Programme FP1 84-87 FP2 87-90 FP3 91-94 FP4 95-98 FP5 99-02 FP 7 2007- 2013 FP6 03-06 7.7 European research funding is growing

10. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch Cooperation Programme by thematic © European Communities, 1995-2009 M€

11. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch This year >16M€ for Wind (Deadline 25. Oct 11)  Topic ENERGY.2012.2.3.1: Innovative wind conversion systems (10-20MW) for offshore applications  Topic ENERGY.2012.2.3.2: Demonstration of innovative designs to reduce fatigue loads and improve reliability of multi-MW turbines  NMP.2012.2.2-4: Cost-effective materials for larger blades for off-shore wind energy applications  Topic ENERGY.2012.7.1.1: Integration of variable distributed resources in electricity distribution networks

12. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch Where to find past and running projects  http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?dbname=proj http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?dbname=proj Project search on Cordis. Use also “advanced search” Advanced search!

13. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch European Wind – Swiss intelligence  European Wind Energy Technoloy Platform published a "call for expression of interest" to select new Steering Committee members. Deadline is 30 September 2011call for expression of interest  SET Plan Conference : 28-29 Nov 2011, Warsaw  Wind Implementation Plan http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/initiatives/doc/ wind_implementation_plan_final.pdf

14. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch European Wind – Swiss intelligence Industrial Initiative : Implementation Plan technology roadmap

15. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch European Wind – Swiss intelligence Total : 883M€ Budget (2010-2012)  323M€ R&D programme focused on new turbine designs, materials and components  310M€ (EEPR incl.) A network of 5-10 European testing facilities  250M€ (incl. EEPR) An EU cross-industrial cooperation and demonstration.. for mass production of wind systems EEPR = European Economic Plan for Recovery

16. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch European Wind – Swiss intelligence European Economic Plan for Recovery (EEPR) example funding for:  Nordsee Ost : 48 6MW turbines (RePower) on jacket foundations ; EEPR (€ 55 m) cofinances the supply of the turbines.  Borkum West, 1st phase: 40 5 MW turbines (Multibrid) on tripod foundations ; EEPR (€ 50 m) co-finances the turbines and tripods. New Entrance Reserve funding scheme  On-shore wind turbines optimised for complex terrains (e.g. forested terrains, mountainous areas): with nominal capacity 25 MW

17. © Euresearch  Julian Randall  www.euresearch.ch European Wind Energy Association Switzerland based members  Baumer Management Services AG  BKW FMB Energie AG  EATON  ETH Zürich, Laboratory for Energy Conversion (LEC)  Fintry Marine Design AG  Greentecno SA (Wind Turbine Manufacturer)  MACK Project Engineering  P&S Vorspannsysteme AG  REnInvest  RKB Europe SA  Suisse Eole  SwissWinds Development GmbH  Trasfor SA