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The Clean Industrial Deal is here! A business plan accelerating EU's industry decarbonisation and competitiveness. See below some key highlights related to R&I and investments:   💡 €6bn for the Innovation Fund 2025 - the largest budget ever! Supporting an Industrial Decarbonisation Bank, Hydrogen Bank, batteries, and clean technology manufacturing.   🏗️ The creation of a €600m call for ‘fit-for-deployment’ projects under the next Horizon Europe work programme (2026-2027).   📈 A revamped InvestEU programme - to unlock private investment and increase financial guarantees to support clean technologies.   💪 Stronger European Investment Bank support - for example with the new TechEU programme backing up start-ups and scale-ups in clean technologies and critical raw materials.

🚨 Last chance to secure your seat! 🚨Registration closes on 26 February.    Join us on 4 March (9:30 - 11:30) at the European Parliament for a high-level discussion hosted by MEP Thomas Pellerin-Carlin. We will discuss how to safeguard Europe's strategic clean technology industries, including wind energy, and how the Clean Industrial Deal can strengthen Europe's leadership.   The panel will feature insights from: 🔹European Commission (DG RTD, DG ENER) 🔹Members of the European Parliament 🔹Industry and research leaders from Siemens Gamesa, ZF Group, National Grid, TNO, and GE Vernova.   Seats are limited - check the agenda and register now! 👉 https://lnkd.in/df29ezRH

Yesterday, ETIPWind, ETIP PV - The European Technology & Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics, and ETIP Ocean hosted a second webinar on Power-to-X. Around 100 participants joined us online to discuss the role of energy islands in the deployment of offshore renewables. 🌊⚡ Dirk Van Hertem delivered an insightful presentation on the deployment of the DC grid and the key steps needed to drive the energy islands' development forward. As highlighted by the Commission (DG ENER), there are three key areas we must continue focusing on: 🔹 Joint, integrated regional planning to streamline deployment. 🔹 Fair cost and benefit-sharing solutions to ensure an inclusive transition. 🔹 Enhanced regional cooperation to unlock the full potential of offshore renewable technologies. Thank you to all the speakers and participants who contributed to this discussion!

Yesterday, ETIPWind was at CINEA’s clustering event on wind energy projects, bringing together representatives from 29 EU-funded projects to discuss the future of wind energy R&I. After the presentations from the European Commission on the Net-Zero Industry Act and the EU R&I policy for wind energy, participants engaged in two discussions to brainstorm about: 🔸how can policymakers better support wind energy R&D 🔸how can R&I projects help the European industry to stay competitive at the global scale The discussions reinforced the need for stronger wind R&I collaboration at the EU level - a challenge to address in the next framework programme. Thank you CINEA for organising the event, always a pleasure to network and exchange ideas with other project coordinators!

ETIP PV - The European Technology & Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics, ETIPWind, and ETIP Ocean are organising a second P2X webinar. This event seeks to take a closer look at energy islands 🏝️ , both those in development or those which are up and coming, and to determine whether P2X can be feasibly deployed on energy islands. In particular, what are the R&D challenges which come from deploying P2X on energy islands? 🖥️ This webinar will be held on 20 February 2025, from 2.00 to 3:30 pm CET. You can register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCYtSRTx #energyislands #renewableenergy #P2X

Today, the Implementation Working Group on Wind Energy (IWG Wind) held its first reunion of the year. We met with the European Commission to dive into wind energy support in the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027. It was a good discussion where IWG Wind members shared ideas on optimising EU funding to ensure we develop the right technologies to keep the European wind sector competitive. A key focus was on how national and EU funding can align to best support this effort. 💡 Looking forward to turning these insights into action! Thanks to everyone who contributed! About IWG Wind: https://lnkd.in/eGdhFHZP 

"Research & Innovation should be at the core of our prosperity, at the core of everything we do”  💡 On Tuesday ETIPWind attended the public hearing at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Lina Galvez Muñoz. The focus was on the role of R&I as a key for industrial transformation. MEP Galvez Muñoz emphasised that R&I is not only needed to strengthen our competitiveness but also to support Europe’s reindustrialisation and defend our social model, and our democratic values. The panellists speakers included Manuel Heitor Manuel Heitor, MEP Oihane Agirregoitia Martinez, Lidia Borrell-Damian from Science Europe, Orla Feely or Ioannis Sagias from DG RTD. Emilie Mercier, our Steering Committee member from EDF, also took part in a panel to talk about the role of R&I in accelerating the electrification of our European industries. The discussions had a deep focus on how to improve the next framework programme (FP10). Main recommendations were: 🔹 Increase our budget for R&I. As Orla Feely pointed out, the US is investing 50bn in AI while the latest FP10 discussions refer to a 2bn budget for all our R&I. This is not enough. 🔹Simplifying programmes and reducing administrative burdens. 🔹 Developing new strategies to attract and retain talent. 🔹Boosting efforts for the development of digital skills. 🔹 Encouraging co-founded initiatives and creating robust R&I ecosystems between the EU, member states, and the private sector through public-private partnerships. What are your thoughts on the proposed recommendations? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️

Wrapping up three days at the EERA DeepWind Conference in Norway! This event brought together the offshore wind industry and scientific community to showcase and discuss the latest research and innovation on topics like wind farm optimisation, mooring systems, socio-environmental impacts, offshore grid hubs and so much more! 💡 One of the main topics we discussed with participants: the need for a large-scale collaboration to strengthen wind R&I efforts in Europe. We also took the opportunity to disseminate our Strategic R&I Agenda (SRIA) and factsheet on wind energy megatrends, sharing insights into the future of our sector. It has been an excellent opportunity to connect with the research and industry leaders driving the future of offshore wind. A big thank you to the EERA - The European Energy Research Alliance, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and SINTEF for the organisation.

Starting 2025 with momentum at the EERA - The European Energy Research Alliance DeepWindConference in Trondheim! An event connecting almost 300 experts from science and industry to advance offshore wind energy. This morning Capucine Vannoorenberghe from the ETIPWind Secretariat joined an insightful panel discussion on the challenges faced by the offshore wind sector and how to strengthen R&I efforts at the European level. She was joined by Davide Amato from the European Commission, John Olav Tande from Statnett, and Stephan Barth from ForWind. Main points discussed included: 🔹 The state of the offshore wind sector in Europe and how to further strengthen the supply chain 🔹The main innovations and research priorities that could help accelerate the offshore deployment in Europe 🔹The need to simplify and optimise EU funding opportunities, leveraging Europe's extensive project networks 🔹The adoption of a more strategic approach to wind R&I through the establishment of a large-scale European collaboration. Many thanks to the panellists and to Ignacio Marti Perez for moderating the discussion! 📸Simon Rubin

Did you know that Europe’s offshore renewables could generate up to 4,803 GW of energy? In our latest article, we introduce the insights from the joint report published in October, exploring the vast potential of offshore energy and identifying R&I areas and policy measures needed to support this sector's growth. 📰 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dKWMPhpw 📖 And explore the full report: https://lnkd.in/egK_hUTg