Objective: The topic aims to provide local and regional authorities with the necessary capacity to deliver sustainable plans and strategies for the energy transition. To successfully support the achievement of energy and climate targets, transition strategies and plans need to be institutionalised, cross-sectoral and tailored to the level of innovation, ambition and specific geographic context […]
Colourful plastics to increase greenhouse production
Increasing the productivity of greenhouses is the objective of a project of the University of Almeria that uses colored plastic and ventilation to change the climatic conditions of greenhouses and play with the radiation that reaches the crop. The aim is to increase humidity and temperature conditions and increase productivity with clean energy without impacting […]
H2020: Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Social Sciences and Humanities aspects of the Clean-Energy Transition
This call (LC-SC3-CC-1-2018-2019-2020), which aims to present practical recommendations to address the challenges of the transition to clean energy in European coal- and carbon-intensive regions, belongs to the Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future sub-programme within the Horizon 2020 Programme. The clean energy transition not only poses technological and scientific challenges, but also requires a […]
Horizon 2020: Secure, clean and efficient energy Programme. The role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions
This call for proposals focus on the role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions, subprogramme “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future (LC)” A precondition for active demand is for consumers to be aware of their own potential to permanently or temporarily reduce energy consumption; and moreover, for them to […]
The European Commission, European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures establish a new €100 million fund to support clean energy investments
Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe (BEV-E), a new €100 million investment fund was established by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Ventures during the Fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The fund will help develop innovative European companies and bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market. It will […]