Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation

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• Executive Agencyfor Competitivenessand
  Innovation

Vicky Argyraki, Project Officer,Executive Agency
for Competitiveness and InnovationB-1049
Brussels Vassilia.argyraki_at_ec.europa.eu
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PARENT-DGs of EACI
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EACI

• To reach a better cost/efficiency ratio
• To promote common objectives
• To take advantage of possible SYNERGIES among
  EACIs programmes

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ENTERPRISE EUROPE NETWORK

• Offers support and advice to SMEs across Europe
• 600 partner organisations in more than 40
  countries
• EACI will help the Network deliver a first class
  service to SMEs, and manage projects and contracts

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MARCO POLO

• 430 million from 2007-13
• Funds projects to get freight traffic off the
  roads, using rail, ships and river transport
  instead
• Helps freight transport in Europe become more
  energy efficient
• Next call in early 2009

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ECO-INNOVATION

• 195 million from 2008-13
• EACI to managemarket replication projects
• Spotlight on SMEs market uptake of innovative
  technologies and management
• Next call in spring 2009

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INTELLIGENT ENERGY EUROPE

• 730 million from 2007-13
• Promotes policies and favourable market
  conditions for energy efficiency and renewables
• Eligible countries EU-27 ( NO, LI, IS, Croatia)
• gt400 projects to date
• Next call in early 2009

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Creation of local / regional energy agencies

• Public mission to serve local / regional
  communities to improve energy efficiency make
  most of their renewable energies
• IEE helps to set up the operational structure and
  an intelligent energy work programme for 3 years.

• Improve local / regional decision-making
• Promote action by householders, businesses (SMEs)
  and public sector
• Create a critical mass of local activity
• Change citizens behaviour

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What is an Intelligent Energy Europe project ?

• Promote intelligent energy with EU added value
• At least 3 independent partners from different
  countries (7-8 in practice)
• Projects with 3 year maximum duration
• Average project budget 1,000,000
• IEE supports up to 75 of eligible costs
• Annual Work Programme
• Market development, capacity building,
  institutional change, regulatory shifts,
  promotion
• No hardware investments, No RD
• next Call Spring 2009

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IEE a programme that helps SMEs

• IEE addresses pioneers and multipliers.
• IEE is a programme for targeted information
  dissemination.
• Because of their high creativity and innovation
  potential, SME are important carriers of know
  how (developers of new technologies and
  services, pioneer users).
• SME are important as disseminators of know-how.
• IEE is a programme for (accelerated) capacity
  building.
• SME have fewer resources and thus benefit more
  from targeted information activities, new
  education and training schemes, etc.
• IEE is a programme for the development of new
  markets.
• SME are benefiting from market development
  activities.

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IEE FUNDING AREAS(400 IEE projects, 2000
participants)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• Buildings
• Industry
• Energy efficient products

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

• Electricity
• Heating Cooling

• Biofuels
• Domestic small-scale

ENERGY IN TRANSPORT

• Alternative fuels and clean vehicles
• Energy-efficient transport
• Capacity building in agencies

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IEE FUNDING AREAS
LOCAL LEADERSHIP

• Creation of local / regional energy agencies
• European networking for local action

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

• Bio-business
• Energy services
• Intelligent energy education
• Product standards
• Combined Heat and Power

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INTELLIGENT ENERGY - EUROPEPOLICY AND ACTION
Policy analysis Transform Markets Change
regulations Social innovation Tools and
methods Skills and training Networking
EU policyon energy efficiency and renewables
Real changeson the ground
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EU programmes enabling Policies by Actions
MARKETMass production and use,promotion,
framework conditions
RESEARCHTechnology (hardware)
development,pilots, demonstration
? Promoting innovation
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Energy Efficiency projects
Buildings
Industry
Equipment
Transport
Energy Services
200 PROJECTS
Education
Communities
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CHANGE project (Sept 2008 Sept 2010)
The CHANGE project helps SMEs to optimise their
energy use by creating Intelligent energy
contact points (advisors) in 61 Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (CCIs) from 12 European
countries.

• CCI advisors will be provided with training on
  energy efficiency and application of renewable
  energy.
• They will act as first ports of call for SMEs
  in energy matters.
• They will actively promote intelligent energy
  among the business community via websites,
  newsletter articles and gt11,000 information
  events.
• They will facilitate energy pre-checks and
  surveys for gt 500 SMEs.

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Example ECODRIVEN
A Europe-wide campaign for better driving carried
out by National Energy Agencies in 9 countries

• A similar campaign carried out in 2004 in the
  Netherlands reduced CO2 emissions between 97,000
  and 222,000 tonnes

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RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
Electricity
Small scale applications
Heating and Cooling
200 PROJECTS
Local actions and Agencies
Biofuels
CHP / Cogeneration
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SOLAR KEYMARK II
Up to 50 of all glazed collectors are crossing
national borders but different certification
schemes create a trade barrier

• STEPS
• Clarify the trade barrier problems
• Update Solar Keymark scheme rules and create a
  CEN Keymark
• Promote the scheme to business and public
  authorities
• RESULTS
• Most EU countries accept Solar Keymark in their
  certification schemes
• 40-50 of solar collectors sold in EU now have
  Solar Keymark

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OTHER IEE-FUNDED INITIATIVES
ManagEnergy
Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign
Concerted Action Buildings Directive
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Policy proposals
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Energy Climate Change package agreed on
December 2008

• Energy package includes 2020 targets
• 20-30 GHG reduction
• 20 energy efficiency improvement
• 20 renewable energy including 10 RES in
  transport

• EU has set an example and looks forward to an
  ambitious international climate agreement to be
  agreed in Copenhagen at the end of 2009

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Opportunities for Enterprise Europe Network and
role of the IE Sector Group

• Joint activities / events with Energy Agencies
• Signposting of SME clients towards Energy
  Agencies
• Collaboration with Energy Agencies in local EU
  clubs
• Disseminate results of IEE projects
• Contribute to IEE Info days
• Sector Group - focal point for Network / Agencies

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Complementary services offered to SMEs by
Network Partners and Energy Agencies
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CONCLUSIONS

• Big challenge to tackle climate change by
  reducing consumption of conventional energy
• EU policy 20 20 20
• New EU Directive will set market framework
• Concrete actions, investments needed
• IEE is tackling market barriers, changing markets
  (labelling, creating new market places), easy
  access, changing behaviour, training,
  certification of installers, products and systems
• Important role for SMEs in tackling energy
  climate change!

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More information? http//ec.europa.eu/intelligent
energy
IEE Website
IEE projects database
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