Alternative fuels under the IEE programme Emilio Font de Mora Project Officer Brussels, 1st March 2011

The EACI CIP NB: As an Executive Agency, we are not involved in policy making. Under control / responsibility of the European Commission: DG ENER DG MOVE DG Environment DG Enterprise DG Budget An opportunity to link CIP elements better while keeping their specific profiles

IEE in a nutshell Call 2011: deadline 12/05 €730 million from 2007-13 Supports EU renewable energy and energy efficiency policies and helps reach the 2020 targets Encourages the uptake of proven intelligent energy solutions Is not a technology development programme, unlike FP7 Works to make Europe more competitive and innovative Call 2011: deadline 12/05

The Bioenergy Key Action Solid biomass supply chains (for heating and CHP) Liquid biofuels supply chains (for transport) Biogas supply chains (for energy production, grid injection and/or use as transport fuel) Support to implementation of bioenergy policies Concrete implementation of regional planning (Bio-resources)

Liquid Biofuels and Biogas for Transport projects Local supply chains BioDiesel Chains Policy analysis Biogas as transport fuel Labelling, standards, certification

Call 2011: a focus on sustainability Biomass from sustainably managed forests, agricultural residues, recovered waste Non land-using biofuels (e.g. from used cooking oils, wastes and residues) Biogas from waste and agricultural residues Policy support with a focus on sustainability issues Concrete implementation of regional and local bioenergy plans

Energy-efficient transport Actions aimed at: supporting the take up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans increasing the energy efficiency of freight distribution in urban areas greening leisure travel or or 1 )  Actions to support the take-up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans Sustainable urban mobility plans are documents that comprehensively improve freight and passenger transport in urban and peri-urban areas. This priority directly relates to the first action of the Action Plan on Urban Mobility (COM(2009) 490 final) which seeks to accelerate the uptake of sustainable urban mobility plans. Projects should build on the guidance and training approach that are currently being developed by a DG MOVE project launched in spring 2010 (for further information see presentation of workshop No. 6 at the European Info Day in Brussels on 18 January 2011). Information on that guidance and training will be available from the beginning of March 2011 at www.mobilityplans.eu. Note that the EACI is currently negotiating two projects (QUEST & ADVANCE) on developing audit schemes in relation to sustainable urban mobility plans / policies  - see IEE projects database.   2) Actions to increase the efficiency of freight distribution in urban areas. We focus on urban areas, i.e. freight movements either within urban areas, or those starting or ending in urban areas. All actions that can be covered under the Marco Polo programme, should be funded there and not under the STEER programme. 3) Actions to increase energy efficiency in leisure travel: Leisure travel is a broad field (not just tourism): proposers should focus their project on (a) specific type(s) of leisure journeys or (a) specific segment(s) of the leisure market

Clean & energy-efficient vehicles Actions aimed at: assisting fleet operators and authorities with the implementation of the Clean Vehicle Directive or addressing specific issues related to the safety or eco-driving of clean and energy efficient vehicles 1) The  main priority under this key action aims at assisting fleet oprators and authorities with the implementation of the Clean Vehicle Directive. The Clean Vehicle Directive aims at a broad market introduction of Clean and Energy Efficient Vehicles. One of the tools to reach this is taking into account the lifetime costs of vehicles in terms of fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and pollutant emissions in joint procurement cases. Use the Clean Vehicle Portal where possible. Look at actions to stimulate the joint procurement of Clean and Energy Efficient Vehicles.  If asked if we support electric vehicles, say that they are not excluded (although this is not necessarily our focus as other EU programmes are investing quite a lot on it; should be clear IEE type of projects, no R&D).    2)  The second action is more a niche action and aims at addressing issues related to the safety and ecodriving of clean and energy efficient vehicles.   IEE has previously supported project in relation to fuel efficient  (and safe)  driving of vehicles. This year's priority focuses on new /specific  requirements  due to the emergence of alternative fuel /electric/ much more efficient  vehicles. Safety and ecodriving should be broadly interpreted, but your proposed action should be in line with the following basic principles: a proven market need, solvable with soft measures and leading to real results in terms of energy-efficiency. 

THANK YOU Emilio Font de Mora Emilio.fontdemora@ec.europa.eu Dario Dubolino Dario.dubolino@ec.europa.eu