1. EU Energy R&D Funding David McAuley R&D Programme Manager, SEAI 13th June 2011 HMRC

2. Agenda NER300 FP7 Further Information Q&A

3. Path to Commercialisation Basic Research Development / Applied Research Demonstration Deployment / Commercialisation FP7 NER300 DG Climate Action / EIB ENERGY-2 DG Energy ENERGY-1 DG Research and Innovation

4. NER300 - Ocean David McAuley R&D Programme Manager, SEAI 13 th June 2011 HMRC

5. NER300 Funding EU Emissions Trading Scheme NER - New Entrants Reserve 300 – 300 Million Carbon Credits Approx €4.5 Billion

6. What’s Included “Pre-commercial demonstration of renewable technologies“ Innovation is an eligibility criteria: projects must be innovative in nature. Ranking is based on cost per unit performance Projects expected to produce energy by end of 2015.

7. What’s Included? 8 CCS projects 34 RES projects, of which: 9 Bio-energy 5 CSP 3 PV 6 Wind 4 Geothermal 3 Ocean 1 Hydro 3 Distributed Renewables Management (SmartGrids)

8. NER300 – OCN Category 3 Ocean (OCN) Sub Categories: Wave energy devices with nominal capacity 5 MW Marine/tidal currents energy devices with nominal capacity 5 MW Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) with nominal capacity 10 MW

9. Terminology Reference Plant: Alternative plant on which extra Investment and operation costs are measured. Relevant Costs: Extra investment costs + extra operating costs – extra operating benefits NER300 will finance 50% of relevant costs Financing under NER300 can be combined with Structural Funds, EEPR and RSFF. Payments. Financing to be disbursed on a yearly basis during 1 st 5 years of operation by the MS, as a function of the amount of energy produced.

10. Relevant Costs

12. Cost Per Unit Performance (CPUP) NER300 (MS) “Cost” per (projected) Unit Performance Pre-existing Support Schemes

13. Application Process 9 th Nov 2010 - Call announced 9 th Feb 2011 - Submit to Member State (DCENR) 9 th May 2011 – Forward to EIB 20 th June 2011 – EIB 6-Week Report 9 th Aug 2011 – EIB 3-month report 9 th Nov 2011 – EIB 6-month report 9 th Feb 2012 – EIB 9-month report Decision – Mid 2012

14. Application Process Commission Member State Project Sponsor EIB 6-week report 3-month report 6-month report 9-month report MS Submission Develop Proposal Final Decision

15. Stage 1 Submissions EU: 13 CCS Projects 65 RES Projects Ireland: 2 RES Projects 1 Ocean 1 Bioenergy

16. More information EU Website: http://ec.europa.eu/clima/funding/ner300/index_en.htm

17. FP7 Energy 2012 David McAuley R&D Programme Manager, SEAI 13 th June 2011 HMRC

18. FP7 Energy Annual calls for proposals 2007 – 2013 2011 Call closed 2012 Call launch July 2011 Collaborative Projects Shared Cost €260 Million for 2012

19. FP7 ENERGY 2.6: OCEAN ENERGY 2012.2.6-1: Demonstration of first ocean energy farms (two projects) 3MW or over, devices of the same type, grid connected, reduce cost, improved reliability and efficiency, lower O&M costs. Call Launch: 20 th July 2011 Deadline: 8 th March 2012 Single stage evaluation Note scale: €24 Million for “Renewable Electricity Generation” – across 12 projects Demonstration Project Demonstration Project

20. FP7 ENERGY 2012 Call for Tenders:Study on the environmental impacts of noise, vibrations and electromagnetic emissions from marine renewables. €1,000,000 Q3 2011, 12 Months Duration Coordination and supporting action

21. Energy Research Portal HMRC 13 th June2011

22. Energy Research Portal 21 academic institutions surveyed Over 250 Principal Investigators 700+ projects €174 million funding 14 collaborative clusters

23. Research Funding Main Funding Categories: Total €174 million Irish Government* European Union: FP6 & FP7 EURATOM INTERREG UK Government (NI) Industry International *Irish Government: Total €128 million Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Enterprise Ireland (EI) Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Marine Institute (MI) HEA, IRCHSS, IRCSET DEHLG, DAFF, COFORD, COMHAR Teagasc

24. Irish Energy Research Map - Low Carbon Technologies 13 main categories Carbon Capture & Storage Marine Energy Wind Energy Solar Energy Energy Storage Geothermal Bioenergy Waste to Energy Energy Efficiency Electrical Grid Transport, Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Energy Policy & Analysis Other Energy Research Low Carbon Technologies

25. Funding => University => Technology Source University

26. Funding => Universities => Technology Sources

27. Academic Energy Research Funding by Technology Category over 2004 – 2010

28. Academic Energy Research Funding by Institution 2004 – 2010 Total €174 million

29. Research Portal

30. http://research.seai.ie

34. ClusterTechnology PRECISIONNuclear Energy CLARITYElectricity Grid / ICT Solar Energy Cluster (SEC)Solar Energy ITOBOEnergy Efficiency – Built Environment and ICT NEMBESEnergy Efficiency - ICT IRUSEEnergy Efficiency – Built Environment and ICT Electricity Research Centre (ERC)Electrical Grid / Wind integration / energy storage CCBBCompetence Centre for biorefining and bioenergy CRANNNanotech / Energy Storage MERC3Marine Energy HMRCMarine Energy I2E2Energy Efficiency - Industry BuildWiseEnergy Efficiency – Built environment IERCEnergy efficiency / Smartgrid

44. Questions? HMRC 13 th June 2011

45. EU Energy R&D Funding David McAuley R&D Programme Manager, SEAI 13 th June 2011 HMRC