Critical elements for energy security of grid and storage technologies
Funds research addressing one of three specific risks to European energy-grid and storage security: cybersecurity, critical-material dependency, or public acceptance.
Critical elements for energy security of grid and storage technologies is a European Commission call that funds research, worth EUR 3,000,000, addressing one of three specific risks to European energy-grid and storage security: cybersecurity, critical-material dependency, or public acceptance. Proposals need to look beyond the grid or storage technology itself: the topic also wants the energy-secu…
The call wants research addressing exactly one of three areas: cybersecurity risks to energy transmission/distribution and to renewables-storage interfaces; circular-economy substitution or recycling of critical materials and electronics used in grid and storage technologies; or the sustainability and public-acceptance barriers facing technologies such as hydropower and compressed-air storage. It also expects proposals to address skills and workforce needs in energy security.
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