FP7 Cooperation Energy call 147ME <8Oct08

Identifier: FP7-ENERGY-2008-TREN-1

Publication Date: 29 April 2008

Budget: € 147 000 000

Deadline: 08 October 2008 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

OJ Reference: OJ C108 of 29 April 2008

Specific Programme: Cooperation

Theme: Energy

ACTIVITY ENERGY.2: RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION
Collaborative projects EUR 42 million
ACTIVITY ENERGY.3: RENEWABLE FUEL PRODUCTION
Collaborative projects EUR 35 million
ACTIVITY ENERGY.6: CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ACTIVITY ENERGY.5&6 CROSS-CUTTING ACTIONS
Collaborative projects EUR 20 million
ACTIVITY ENERGY.7: SMART ENERGY NETWORKS
Collaborative projects and Coordination and Support Actions EUR 5 million
ACTIVITY ENERGY.8: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS - AREA ENERGY.8.2: HIGH EFFICIENCY POLYGENERATION
Collaborative projects EUR 5 million
ACTIVITY ENERGY.8: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS - AREA ENERGY 8.4
Collaborative projects EUR 40 million
Topics called: Activity/ Area Topics called Funding Schemes
ACTIVITY ENERGY.2: RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION AREA
ENERGY.2.1: PHOTOVOLTAICS
ENERGY.2008.2.1.3 : Multiple benefits of PV systems
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.2.2: BIOMASS
ENERGY.2008.2.2.2: High-efficiency medium-to-large scale electricity generation from biomass and waste
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.2.3: WIND
ENERGY.2008.2.3.1: Demonstration of large scale systems for on- and off-shore wind farms including their cost effective
grid integration
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.2.4: GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY.2008.2.4.1: Increased electricity production from Enhanced Geothermal Systems and from low enthalpy geothermal sources
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.2.5: CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER
ENERGY.2008.2.5.1.: Improve the environmental profile of the CSP installations
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.2.6.: OCEAN
ENERGY.2008.2.6.1. Ocean: demonstration of innovative full size systems
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.2.9.: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES
ENERGY.2008.2.9.1. Storage for intermittent electricity
Collaborative project
ACTIVITY ENERGY.3: RENEWABLE FUEL PRODUCTION
AREA ENERGY.3.1: FIRST GENERATION BIOFUEL FROM BIOMASS
ENERGY.2008.3.1.1: Biofuels from high moisture content biomass - Biomethane production
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.3.2: SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS FROM BIOMASS
ENERGY.2008.3.2.2.: Bioethanol production from lignocellulosics Collaborative project
ACTIVITY ENERGY.6: CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES AND
ACTIVITY ENERGY.5&6 CROSS-CUTTING ACTIONS
AREA ENERGY.6.1: CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ZERO EMISSION POWER GENERATION
ENERGY.2008.6.1.1. : Advanced Fluidized Bed Combustion technology
Collaborative project
ENERGY.2008.6.1.3.: Efficiency Improvement of Oxygen-based combustion Collaborative project
ENERGY.2008.6.1.4.: Advanced gas turbines for solid fuel gasification processes
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.5&6.1: POWER GENENRATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR INTEGRATED ZERO EMISSION SOLUTIONS
ENERGY.2008.5&6.1.1. : Feasibility and engineering study for development of an integrated solution for a large scale zero emission fossil fuel power plant
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.5&6.2: CROSS CUTTING AND REGULATORY ISSUES
Energy.2008.5&6.2.1.: Extending the value chain for GHG emissions other than CO2 Collaborative project
ACTIVITY ENERGY.7: SMART ENERGY NETWORKS AREA
ENERGY.7.2: PANEUROPEAN ENERGY NETWORKS
ENERGY.2008.7.2.3.: Diagnostics, Surveillance, Maintenance and Control of Power Transmission and Grid
Connections
Collaborative project
ENERGY.2008.7.2.4.: Assessment of needs for reliable and flexible future European gas networks
Coordination and Support Action (coordination type)
ACTIVITY ENERGY.8: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS
AREA ENERGY.8.2: HIGH EFFICIENCY POLYGENERATION
ENERGY.2008.8.2.1.: High efficiency polygeneration - renewable energies for applications in industry
Collaborative project
AREA ENERGY.8.4: ENERGY.
2008.8.4.1.: CONCERTO communities: the way to the future Collaborative project

Evaluation procedure:
· The evaluation shall follow a single stage procedure.
· The evaluation criteria (including weights and thresholds) and subcriteria, together with
the eligibility, selection and award criteria, for the different funding schemes are set out in
Annex 2 to this work programme.
· Proposals will not be evaluated anonymously.
· Ranked lists of proposals will be established for each activity as well as for the
CONCERTO related topic in area 8.4. At the Panel stage, proposals with equal overall
scores will be prioritised according to their scores for the Quality criterion. If they are still
tied, they will be prioritised according to their scores for the Impact criterion, and then by
their scores for the Implementation criterion. If any proposals are still tied, then overall
Work Programme coverage will be used to decide the priority order. A reserve list will be
constituted if there is a sufficient number of good quality proposals. It will be used if
extra budget becomes available.
Indicative evaluation and contractual timetable:
Evaluations are expected to be carried out in November 2008. It is expected that the
contract negotiations for the short-listed proposals will start in January 2009 at the earliest.
. Consortium agreements:
Participants in Collaborative Projects are required to conclude a consortium agreement;
participants in Coordination and Support Actions are encouraged, but not required, to
conclude a consortium agreement.
Particular requirements for participation, evaluation and implementation:
The minimum number of participating legal entities required, for all funding schemes, is set
out in the Rules for Participation. They are summarised in the table below20:
Funding scheme Minimum conditions
Collaborative project At least 3 independent legal entities, each of which is established in a MS or AC, and no two of which are established in the same MS or AC.
Coordination and support action (coordination type))
At least 3 independent legal entities, each of which is established in a MS or AC, and no two of which are established in the same MS or AC.
Coordination and support action (support type)
At least 1 independent legal entity.
· Where required in the topic description, "predominant" demonstration component requires that the elements described in section 5.2 are taken into account.
· Where indicated in the topic description that the participation of SMEs represents an
added value or they are particularly welcome the SMEs participation will be considered in the evaluation.
· The evaluation of proposals related to area 8.4 will take into account that the total of Community financial contribution based on scale of unit costs per proposal may not exceed EUR 6 millions for one demonstration site or community (CONCERTO). The evaluation will consider the degree of excellence and innovation of the technology used and the best cost effectiveness (euros/efficiency gain; euros/CO2 reduction; euros/kWh of RES supplied). Not innovative buildings measures, not innovative integration of PV, not innovative integration of solar collectors or not innovative RES technology will not be eligible.
Forms of grant:
The forms of grant and maximum reimbursement rates which will be offered are specified in
Annex 3 to the Cooperation work programme. The specific application of flat rates is
described in Area 8.4.
20 MS = Member States of the EU; AC = Associated country. Where the minimum conditions for an indirect action are satisfied by a number of legal entities, which together form one legal entity, the latter may be the sole participant, provided that it is established in a Member State or Associated country.