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H2020COFUND2021–2027

E4F · ENERGY FOR FUTURE

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2021-07-01 → 2027-06-30
EU contribution
€2,059,680
Participants
1
Scheme
MSCA-COFUND

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Results in brief

ENERGY FOR FUTURE

In the fight against Climate Change, European Union (EU) is totally committed to transitioning towards a sustainable, secure and competitive energy system aiming a climate-neutral Europe with net-zero emissions by 2050 outlined in the European Green Deal, with clear milestones towards decarbonisation defined as part of the Fit for 55 Package. To this end, a large number of initiatives and projects have been planned and carried out. Particularly, the “ENERGY FOR FUTURE” (E4F) project, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action COFUND (MSCA-COFUND) programme, will contribute to the challenges defined by the EU, depositing its main motivation in the following main objectives: (1) Attraction of outstanding worldwide Experienced Researchers (ERs) to embrace a research career in the high-priority clean and sustainable energy field; (2) Improvement of the working and employment conditions (e.g. competitive salaries); (3) Development of innovative and attractive training programmes; and (4) Creation of an Open-Access and Open-Data research culture through the dissemination of fellow’s outcomes: mandatory publication in Open-Access. E4F is based on a 5-years Fellowship Programme (FP) that will recruit 28 experienced researchers (ERs) in two calls, who will be hosted for a period of 24 months, in 14 universities and Research Centres from Spain, France, UK, Germany, and US. The Programme also includes a compulsory secondment in one of the companies of the Iberdrola Group in Spain, UK, US or Mexico. E4F ERs will dedicate their efforts in individual projects focused in 5 research areas that are critical to for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, such as: Photovoltaic Energy, Wind Energy, Smart Grids, Energy Storage, and Electric Vehicle. During the implementation of E4F, ERs will undertake a structured training programme and work in multidisciplinary teams and, thus, they will gain an in depth technical knowledge that is required to achieve a level of scientific excellence in their chosen subject area, as well as an appreciation of the wider context required to enable the fuel for future vision. Benefiting from a fertile environment, the selected ERs will launch and develop professional careers within the rapidly expanding fields of renewable energy, smart solutions for consumers, energy efficiency in Industry, e-mobility, and secure energy systems.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Fundacin Iberdrola Espaa (FIBE) is the non-profit Foundation in Spain of the IBERDROLA Group (one of the most important global energy leaders with the main activities in ES, UK, US, MX and BR) and the beneficiary of the programme ENERGY FOR FUTURE E4F (E4F will be used as the short description in all programme processes). E4F is within the clean and sustainable energy field (Photovoltaic and Wind Energy, Energy Storage, Smart Grids and Electric Vehicle, etc).E4Fs main objectives focus on the: (1) attraction of outstanding worldwide Experienced Researchers (ERs); (2) the improvement of the working and employment conditions; (3) development of an innovative and attractive training programme; (4) creation of an Open-Access and Open-Data research culture; and (5) possibility to provide commitment of the beneficiary FIBE and Partner Organisations with the European Charter & Code for Researchers. To achieve that, E4F will count with the participation of 19 European (ES, UK, FR and DE) and non-European (US and MX) academic and industrial partner organisations as hosting and/or secondment entities.E4F is based on a 60-months (5 years), later extended to 72 months (6 years), Fellowship Programme that will recruit 28 ERs in two calls (14 ERs per call). Each postdoctoral fellowship will have a duration of 24 months, promoting mobility both between countries, and academic and industrial sector with: i) 18-21 months hosting periods; ii) 3-6 months intersectoral secondments; and iii) training and communication & dissemination activities.Noteworthy, E4F aims at the next generation of low-carbon energy technologies and energy efficiency potential, being aligned with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Horizon Europe and the EU Green Deal programmes, and the EU Energy Roadmap 2050 targets. In addition, FIBE and all partner organizations are aware of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its associated risks (as well as other future similar issues) suggesting solutions for the implementation of E4F.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • FUNDACION IBERDROLA ESPANA · MADRIDCoordinatorSpain

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union