Thursday. 17 August 2017
Shedding light on energy in the EU – A Guided Tour of Energy StatisticsLighting, heating, moving, producing… …energy is vital for our day-to-day life. Without energy, people and businesses cannot function. Turning on our computers or starting our cars are actions that we take for granted, yet they represent the final stage of a complex process. First of all, energy resources have to be extracted from our…
Thursday. 13 July 2017
Registration for ETIP SNET Western Region workshop in Lisbon, Portugal on 28-29 September is now open!Are you a representative of: a university, a technology center, an energy utility, a distribution or transmission system operator, a technology or service provider, a funding authority, a ministry, a regulator, a national platform? Are you active in the field of: Smart Grid Systems? Storage? Interfaces between electricity and heat, gas…
Thursday. 06 July 2017
Registration for ETIP SNET Central Region workshop in Aachen, Germany on 18-19 September is now open!Are you a representative of: a university, a technology center, an energy utility, a distribution or transmission system operator, a technology provider, a funding authority, a ministry, a regulator, a national platform? Are you active in the field of: Smart Grid Systems? Storage? Interfaces between electricity and heat, gas and…
Tuesday. 04 July 2017
Access to clean electricity for all Europeans at all times – European grid operators ready to take up the challengeFollowing the success for the sixth year in a row of their joint conference on innovation in electricity grids, INNOGRID2020+, the association for electricity distribution system operators, EDSO for Smart Grids, and the European network of transmission system operators for electricity, ENTSO-E, commit to join forces on speeding up…
Monday. 03 July 2017
ETIP SNET welcomes your feedback on the draft Implementation Plan 2017- 2020 (IP 17-20) until 10 August 2017.The ETIP SNET IP 17-20 aims at listing the short-term priorities for research and innovation (R&I) in relation with Smart Networks for the Energy Transition. The Implementation Plan is based upon the ETIP-SNET R&I roadmap 2017-2026 (published in January 2017) which specifies the long-term R&I targets for the evolution of the…
Wednesday. 28 June 2017
New ETIP SNET video: Understanding Energy TransitionAt Innogrid2020+ ETIP SNET premiered a short animation video to help understand what Energy Transition means and to highlight how ETIP SNET aims to make sure Europe’s Research and Innovation facilitates all energy customers and market actors to rely on optimally integrated networks, systems and markets. For more context please see…
Monday. 26 June 2017
ETIP SNET and BRIDGE to be presented at INNOGRID2020+ETIP SNET and the BRIDGE initiative will be introduced at INNOGRID2020+, the electricity network innovation event happening today and tomorrow, 26th-27th June. InnoGrid2020+ , one of the most important EU events on innovation in electricity networks starts today (26th June). It is organised by The European Network of…
Thursday. 22 June 2017
New ETIP SNET video: Towards an Energy Transition in EuropeDuring the European Sustainable Energy Week 2017, ETIP SNET released a new video outlining the platforms plans to guide research and innovation on how the entire energy system fits together in a future where renewable energy dominates not only electricity but also heating, transport and industry. It features Mechthild Wörsdörfer from the…
Wednesday. 21 June 2017
Preparing the power sector for the low carbon transitionWhile electricity demand growth is slowing in many countries around the world, the deployment of renewable power generation continues to grow dramatically. In fact, over the next five years, renewables are expected to remain the fastest-growing source of electricity generation worldwide. This undeniable success of renewable energy – and…
Thursday. 15 June 2017
SAVE THE DATES! Four ETIP SNET Workshops Scheduled in 2017Mark your agendas: the European Technology and Innovation Platform Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) will organize 4 Regional Workshops across Europe in 2017. The workshops aim to present national and regional R&I projects of significant added value addressing energy system integration issues, in line with the thematic…
