2006
Future Tasks for future European Energy R&D [877 KB ]
In 2002 the Commission asked its DG-RTD Advisory Group on Energy (AGE) to develop a vision for energy R&D on a European scale, with emphasis on overcoming the barriers between advocates of different energy options and the consequent compartmentalisation of advice into unlinked recommendations about each from their enthusiastic advocates. The objective was to support decision-makers with wide and thorough analyses of the issues at stake, and of the potential of various technology options to provide Europe with sustainable energy supply and use.

ISBN 92-79-02689-5
ISSN 1018-5593
EUR 22395
Catalogue KI-NA-22395-EN-C

2006
Transition to a sustainable energy system for Europe: The R&D perspective [565 KB]

Europe has set a long term objective to change to a sustainable energy system for Europe. The report examines the key drivers of change, and concludes that the task is both important and urgent. Furthermore, the needed energy technologies are not yet ready, and require extensive further R&D. Two critically important fields are energy for transport and conversion technologies for electricity and heat; the report presents the options and identifies key issues in relation to each. End-use efficiency is identified as a further important area, with some R&D needs at a European level, and a need for an ambitious long term target. Broader energy policy frameworks must support and encourage energy R&D. Funding and commitment remain inadequate, and new organisational and funding structures must be found in the early days of FP7. A sense of immediate urgency is vital.

EUR 22394
Catalogue KI-NA-22394-EN-C
ISBN 92-79-02688-7

2005
ExternE – Externalities of Energy – Methodology 2005 Update [3.6 Mb]
The internalisation of external costs is a key element for the implementation of sustainable development in Europe. The so-called “ExternE methodology” has been updated in order to better quantify the social and environmental damages of energy, especially those provoked by air pollution coming from energy production and consumption.

ISBN 92-79-00423-9
EUR 21951
Catalogue KI-NA-21951-EN-C

2005
Socio-Economic Projects In Energy, Transport and Environment  [3.7 Mb]
This booklet presents European socio-economic projects in the energy, transport and environmental field funded under the Fifth and the Sixth EU RTD Framework Programmes. The projects deal with modeling and scenarios, direct and external costs, policy instruments and governance, social acceptability and human behaviour.

ISBN 92-894-6640-5
EUR 21328
Catalogue KI-NA-21328-EN-C

2005
Towards the European Energy Research Area - Recommendations by the ERA Working Group of the Advisory Group on Energy [561 Kb]
This report highlights the importance and the relevance of making full use of ERA related instruments to help energy RTD in Europe to adopt ambitious long-term goals for technology deployment. It underlines a set of 10 practical recommendations to make ERA a reality in energy research.

ISBN 92-894-8744
EUR 21353
Catalogue KI-NA-21353-EN-C

2005
Key Tasks for future European Energy R&D - A first set of recommendations for research and development by the Advisory Group on Energy   [1.239 Mb]
The objective of this first report is to identify key tasks for energy R&D in order to contribute to the definition of a possible energy RTD strategy, over various time horizons (short, medium, long-term) and to serve as an input for the shaping of future activities in energy research, carried out within the EU, at EC or national levels.

ISBN 92-894-8750-X
EUR 21352
Catalogue KI-NA-21352-EN-C

2005
Assessing the Impact of Energy Research [277 Kb]
Assessment of the impact of research is of real importance in today's world, partly because research is known to be a key factor in future economic growth and partly because of pressures for public accountability. Aware that, in the field of energy research, Member States were taking different approaches to evaluation and impact assessment, in June 2001 the European Commission brought together an informal group of experts with the aim of gaining an idea of the current status of these activities in the EU and establishing what might be done to improve standards and achieve harmonisation. The Group, known as EREVIA (Energy Research Evaluation and Impact Assessment), held six meetings over a period of 16 months. This report is based on the Group's presentations and discussions. Interim versions were considered at each of the Group's meetings.

ISBN 92-894-7325-8
EUR 21354
Catalogue KI-NA-21354-EN-C

2005
Energy R&D Statistics in the European Research Area [1.693 Mb]
In 2003 the European Commission set up an expert group on energy R&D statistics in order to investigate the situation in Europe. Available statistics, in particular those of EUROSTAT and the International Energy Agency, were analysed with respect to their structure, level of aggregation, coverage, data collection method etc. and compared to users’ needs.
This final report sums up the major findings, conclusions and recommendations for further actions.

ISBN 92-894-8964-2
EUR 21453
Catalogue KI-NA-21-453-EN-C

2003
Eurobarometer: Energy: Issues, Options and Technologies 
The survey analysed in this report was conducted in the fifteen Member States between 23 February and 4 April 2002 as part of Eurobarometer 57.0, at the request of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research, and was organised by the Public Opinion Analysis Unit of the Press and Communication Service. The report analyses the attitudes of the citizens of the European Union to energy and energy technology issues.

ISBN 92-894-5196-3
EUR 20624
Catalogue KI-NA-20624-EN-C

2003
World energy, technology and climate policy outlook 2030 
WETO positions Europe in a global context and condenses in one easy-to read document: the world energy projections (including future energy demand and supply, carbon dioxide emissions, fossil fuels production and prices,…); the energy technology progress (including learning curves and specific cases for power generation technologies); the climate change policy impacts (including a CO₂ emission abatement case and the consequences of accelerated technological development).

ISBN 92-894-4186-0
EUR 20366
Catalogue KI-NA-20366-EN-C

2003
External Costs - Research results on socio-environmental damages due to electricity and transport  [3.36 Mb]
This publication presents in an easy-to-read and synthetic way some results of the European research projects related to the quantification of the social and environmental damages coming from the production and use of energy (electricity and transport sectors). This is a crucial background information for decision-makers willing to act in favour of a more sustainable world.

ISBN 92-894-3353-1
EUR 20198
Catalogue KI-NA-20-198-EN-C

Science and Technology for Sustainable Energy  [675 Kb]
This brochure describes why energy research is so important to the EU. It sets out the priorities for future energy research in Europe, and gives examples of some current projects.

ISBN 92-894-4350-2
EUR 20485
Catalogue KI-NA-20-485-EN-C

European Energy Research  [476 Kb]
A summary of research planned for the Sixth Framework Programme to develop the technologies which will provide a sustainable and secure energy supply for Europe in the future.

Catalogue KI-46-02-557-EN-D

The European Research Area  [918 Kb]
ERA will bring together scientists from across Europe to enable them to collaborate on large-scale, multidisciplinary research, thereby enhancing the quality of EU energy research.

Catalogue KI-46-02-565-EN-D