When you apply for funding under Intelligent Energy Europe, ask yourself how the project you

u propose can contribute to making our world different and how it can help us to build a clean and secure energy future.

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Intelligent Energy

Europe

The power to innovate

The Intelligent Energy Europe [IEE] programme works to make Europe more competitive and innovative while, at the same time, helping it to deliver on its ambitious climate change objectives. By 2020, the EU is committed to:

B A C K G R O U N D I N F O R M AT I O N
The Intelligent Energy Europe programme is run by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) on behalf of the European Commission, and seeks to bridge the gap between EU policies and how they impact on the ground. In mid-2008, the EACI managed more than 400 IEE projects and the establishment of 60 new local or regional energy agencies has been supported by the programme. IEE-funded initiatives also include the ManagEnergy Initiative and the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign. We can all benet from the better market conditions brought about by projects supported by the IEE programme. More actively, you can apply for funding in connection with your project: the calls for proposals page of the Intelligent Energy Europe website is a good place to start. For background information, take a look at the home page.

> 20% less greenhouse gas emissions > 20% better energy efciency > 20% share of renewables

By improving energy efciency and encouraging the wider uptake of new and renewable energies, the IEE programme aims to boost actions which will help achieve the EUs targets, including measures to: - foster energy efciency and the rational use of energy resources - promote new and renewable energy sources and to support the diversication of energy sources - promote energy efciency and the use of new and renewable energy sources in transport such as biofuels.

See: http://ec.europa.eu/intelligentenergy
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THE ENERGY ISSUES SHAPING OUR FUTURE

Energy supply and consumption is currently fraught with difculties. Supplies of energy from traditional sources are insecure, due to nite resources and complex political contexts. Climate change threatens to make the world uninhabitable for millions over the next fty years and on the doormat, energy bills are ever higher, limiting our competitiveness and purchasing power. It doesnt have to be that way. Numerous technologies are already available which allow us to consume less and use renewable energies. Rational use of energy and home grown renewable sources boost security of supply and can bring valuable nancial rewards. Most important of all, these intelligent energy solutions are both clean and sustainable. Intelligent Energy Europe funds projects that make change real.

W H AT M I G H T R E C E I V E E U F U N D I N G
Any private or public organisation established in the European Union1 can respond to a call for proposals with projects designed to help deliver on the EUs energy and climate change objectives. Normally running for two to three years, projects need to involve at least three partners from three countries. Applications compete for funding. The IEE is looking for creative ideas to achieve the EUs targets for 2020. Projects should have a signicant impact on the market and could include: knowledge transfer from one part of the European Union to another on how to do something or how to improve processes; helping the different decision making organisations understand each other better; building condence and understanding in the market, which is essential to the sectors growth. The expectation is that chosen projects will act as catalysts, triggering spin-offs. It is important that what is done well can be transferred to other countries. Projects with high visibility, making technologies as widely available as possible and creating the right market conditions for their use will interest the IEE, as will those which identify where the market is failing and address those failures.

SPICYCLE - developing the use of the bicycle in European cities. FEEDU: fun and informative classes on energy-saving in Belgium, Slovenia and the UK.

THE IEE IN ACTION

FUNDING AREAS
Funding areas vary from year to year, but have included:

Energy efciency
- Buildings - Industry - Products

Renewable energy sources

- Electricity - Biofuels - Heating and cooling - Domestic and other small-scale applications

I N T E L L I G E N T E N E R G Y- E U R O P E POLICY AND ACTION

The 2007-2013 IEE programme forms part of the EUs Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). Its global budget of 730 million is used to support European projects under annual calls for project proposals. Funding covers up to 75% of the eligible project costs.

Energy in transport
- Alternative fuels and clean vehicles - Energy-efcient transport

A N D W H AT W I L L N O T R E C E I V E I E E FUNDING
Research, technology development, and hardware investments will not be funded. Nor will the IEE programme fund isolated, single actions at national or local level. The strength of Europe lies in bringing people of different countries and cultures together, to work on a common challenge in a way that continues to have a positive impact after programme funding cycles are over.

Integrated initiatives
- Bio business - Energy services - Intelligent energy education - Product standards - European networking for local action - Combined heat and power - Sustainable energy communities - Creation of local and regional energy agencies

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