RES in the EU and CC

Coordinated by the European Renewable Energy Council, this project promoted Renewable Energy and looked to stimulate its market development in the EU and Candidate Countries.

Partners

European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA), European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF), EUREC Agency, European Photovoltaic Industry Federation, National Technical University of Athens.  

Output

 The ouput of this project was the following:

• As a result of the project the book, "Renewable Energy in Europe - Building Markets and capacity"  has been produced.  The book deals with  recent technological and market development for each of the following RE sectors: biomass, PV, small hydropower, solar thermal, wind, geothermal. Download the Executive Summary. To order the book, please contact James & James (Science Publishers).
• An overview of current policy initiatives within the European Union was prepared, taking all levels of decision making (EU, national, regional and local) into account.
• With the support of local partners in the New Member States a policy review of the current RE development and technology leaflets were produced (solar electricity, wind, small hydropower, biomass, solar thermal).
• In order to discuss current policy initiatives of the European Commission and to stimulate the further uptake of RES both within the EU as well as in the countries of accession, a high-level policy conference on RES was organised in Berlin in January 2004. 
• In order to best ensure the uptake of RES in accession countries,  workshops were organised in these countries to encourage future policy initiatives for RES.

You can download the different documents in EREC website. 

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