Horizon 2020 Projects

NGO ‘Transport & Environment’ has criticised a move by the European Parliament that they say weakens an already modest proposal to fix EU biofuels policy.

Dr Emile Greenhalgh of Imperial College London explains the importance of EU funding and international collaboration in designing the green cars of the future in the FP7 STORAGE project.

The European Cyclists’ Federation has launched a new report that analysis different aspects of cycling in the 27 EU member states. Denmark and the Netherlands top the survey with Malta coming last.

Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, has outlined the crosscutting role transport will play in the Societal Challenges pillar, whilst increasing the EU’s competitiveness.

Transport requires increased investment, particularly in green technology, under Horizon 2020, according to Bert de Colvenaer, executive director of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.

Alfons Westgeest, the secretary general of EUROBAT, the association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers, has called for increased investment in battery technology..

The use of biofuels is expected to grow rapidly by 2050 according to the chair of European Biofuels Technology Platform’s Lars Christian Hansen, who believes 30 flagship plants would be needed.

The European Commissioner responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship, Antonio Tajani, has said he expects transport research funding “to double” under Horizon 2020, the EU’s replacement for FP7.