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The Project
The SUPPORT_ERS project contributes to the reduction of administrative barriers for the use of RES in the new EU member states and candidate countries, shows political decision makers in the new EU member states and candidate countries options to support RES-Heat, and increases the awareness of regional stakeholders for the benefits of RES.
The project fully implemented its activities in May 2010. A summary of the main results is available in the final report of the project.
The consortium consists of 12 partners. Ministries and national energy agencies with a direct link to RES policy processes form the core of the consortium. A network of municipalities and a European interest group are involved in order to ensure the link to the regional level and to the European RES industry. SUPPORT_ERS helps to optimise support mechanisms to speed up RES market development and to intensify the cooperation among political decision makers and policy consultants in energy agencies to meet the ambitious RES targets of 2020.
The project started in November 2007 and the implementation period will end in May 2010.
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SUPPORT_ERS project fact sheet.
Objectives
The overall objective of the project is to help to increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy consumption in the new member states and candidate countries in order to achieve the 2020 targets of the EU energy policy.
The specific aims of the action can be summarised as follows:
- To reduce administrative barriers hindering the efficient implementation of support schemes for the production of electricity from renewable source in the new EU Member States and the candidate countries
- To optimise the impact of national support instruments for electricity produced from renewable energy source by cooperation between member countries
- To involve the new Member States and candidate countries in the process of the development of support schemes for heating and cooling from renewable energy source in the EU
- To develop jointly best-practices and innovative support systems for heating and cooling on the basis of renewable energy source
- To increase awareness of regional actors for the benefits of electricity, heating and cooling produced from RES and to optimise the implementation of support schemes on regional level
Outcomes
SUPPORT_ERS develops:
- detailed information on administrative barriers for RES in the new member states and candidate countries in the consortium
- a checklist for institutions on how to reduce administrative barriers for RES incl. best-practices
- recommendations to policy makers on options to support RES-Heat
- regional RES training modules (incl. planning aspects) and 7 regional seminars in the new member states and candidate countries
Components
In order to optimise the impact of renewable energy support instruments and to reduce administrative barriers in the partner countries the SUPPORT_ERS consortium addresses in a joint work programme the following relevant fields:
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