Energy Technology Research bi-and multilater cooperation experience
1. Energy Technology
Research
bi- and multilater
cooperation experience
Deputy Director General Timo Ritonummi
Energy Department
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland
September 2018
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Energy Technology Research in Finland
• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment: big demos, higher TRLs
• Business Finland (BF, ex-Tekes): mid to high TRL, business development
• Academy of Finland: basic research, lower TRL
• Energy Investment Aid by Ministry of Economic Affairs / Energy Department
~40 M€/a (~ RES ¾, EE ¼)
• Governments Key Projects 20+40+40 M€ 2016-2018
• In 2019 budget annual aid raised to 80 M€/a
• BF funding, in 2017 132 M€ into energy, climate and environment (ECE) sectors
• Drop in 2018, but in 2019 budget BF +69 M€ (total BF, to ECE roughly ½)
• Academy of Finland, New Energy program 2015-2018
• Program Leader “Brought Smart Energy Transition to basic science”
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Nordic Energy Research cooperation
• Nordic: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland
• Common culture & language - almost ;) – small ”EU” very early
• In common: Electricity low carbon, energy intensive economies, bioenergy in
different forms, transport (E10, E85, 2nd gen. biodiesel, EVs, rails & marine)
• Lately also inclusion of Baltic States – language to English
• Nordic Energy Perspective with IEA (2016)
• Nordic Energy Technology Perspectives 2016 (NETP 2016) is a Nordic edition of the
IEA´s global Energy Technology Perspectives 2016
• 3 major actions
• Nordic well functioning electricity network – to become even more clean,
flexible and smart
• Carbon neutral transportation and industry
• Carbon neutral cities (District Heating & Cooling DHC etc.)
• Nordic Energy Research www.nordicenergy.org
• 8-10 M€/a (budget in NOK)
• Common and/national interests: bioenergy, smart grids, CCU etc.
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Berlin model – bilateral Finland & Germany
• Tekes (now Business Finland) and German partners
• AiF Projekt GmbH: Project management agency for the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
• Cooperation smooth, fast and efficient
• Similar funding servives – and culture
• Now 2 rounds of calls done, 3rd in consideration
• 10 joint projects (FI & DE), total 13,7 M€
• Still 2 projects in pipeline (general election in DE…)