Horizon 2020 Projects

The House of Lords in the UK parliament has concluded that €1 trillion of investment is needed to advert an energy crisis in the European Union following an eight-month inquiry.

GÉANT, operated by DANTE in Cambridge, UK, is supplying a 10Gbps link to connect the Helios supercomputer at the International Fusion Energy Research Centre in Japan with scientists involved in ITER and DEMOA.

The European Wind Energy Association’s regulatory affairs adviser, Vilma Radvilaitė, outlines her thoughts on the impact of the next framework programme with particular reference to the wind energy sector.

The ‘NucIear Fission Research for a Low Carbon Economy’ conference, a two-day symposium on the benefits of nuclear fission is being held by the EU and the European Economic and Social Committee.

Keith Melton, the president of the European Renewable Energy Research Centre, has warned that national and EU funding streams should be kept separate in Horizon 2020 energy funding bids.

The Stockholm Environment Institute’s Tom Gill has welcomed efforts by the European Union to combat climate change, given the investment in new technological developments that will come from Horizon 2020.