The RISEnergy, Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy, project aims to create an ecosystem to accelerate the development of innovations for the use of renewable energy sources and the commercialisation of their respective technologies as Europe powers towards reaching its net-zero emissions goals.
In bringing this central goal to fruition, the project connects a consortium of 69 technology institutes, universities, and industry partners from 22 countries, with the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) at the core of this network. The partners contribute with their infrastructures and know-how or provide organisational support. Participation of organisations from the USA, Canada, and Japan also ensures access to innovation outside of Europe.
Moreover, within the framework of RISEnergy, 84 research infrastructures from 19 European countries, the USA, Canada, and Japan, will open their facilities to external researchers and company developers, who can apply for access. An expert committee will decide, and if approved, RISEnergy will cover the costs of the research facility as well as travel and accommodation expenses.
If you are keen to delve deeper into the central elements of the project, explore RISEnergy in figures below:
• 17 full participants
• 37 affiliated entities
• 15 subcontractors
• 8 renewable energy sources (RES) fields: photovoltaic (PV), concentrated solar power (CSP)/solar thermal electricity (STE), hydrogen, biofuels, offshore wind, ocean energy, integrated grids and energy storage
• 2 cross-cutting areas: materials research and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• 84 research infrastructures (RI) from 19 European and associated countries and 3 RIs from Canada, Japan and USA
• over 100 external supporters of the proposal