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Specific challenge: The EU is committed to an overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of at least 80% by 2050. Nonetheless, fossil fuels will continue to be used in Europe's power generation as well as in other industrial processes for decades to come. Therefore, the 2050 target can only be achieved if the emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the power generation sector and energy intensive industries are eliminated from the system. This will require the application of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). A key challenge in the short- term for driving CCS to deployment is the development of geological storage.

Scope: Projects should enable, under "real life" conditions, the development and demonstration of best practices for the entire storage cycle, from site characterisation to operation, monitoring and mitigation/remediation of leakage, and including education and training. Focus should be on progressing technologies that already reached TRL 4-5 to TRL 6. Knowledge sharing as well as early and sustained engagement of the local community is essential. International cooperation is encouraged, in particular activities between EU project(s) under this topic and non-EU projects (e.g. from Australia and/or North-America). Proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 9 to 16 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected impact: Demonstration of safe and environmentally sound CO2 storage will play a key role in optimising the safe operation of storage sites and in fine-tuning regulatory issues, in promoting confidence in CO2 storage and building public awareness of CCS. Pilot-scale demonstration projects should contribute to accelerating the development and deployment of CCS through an enhanced and effective cooperation in research and innovation between various stakeholders and Member States, thereby allowing a more efficient use and stronger leverage of financial resources and promoting knowledge sharing.

Type of action: Research & Innovation Action (RIA)

NOTE: The final content of the area 'Cleaning Fossil Fuels' for 2017 will be decided at a later stage, depending on the developments with on-going European industrial CCS demonstration. If the ERA-NET co-fund for industrial-scale demonstration (LCE ***) will be published, the topics on 'Geological storage pilots' and 'CCS in industry' will be withdrawn due to budgetary constraints.

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Social, economic and human aspects of the energy system

LCE 31 – 2016/2017: Social Sciences and Humanities Support for the Energy Union

Specific challenge:

Completing the Energy Union remains one of the top priorities of the Juncker Commission, and a critical component in Europe's transition towards the decarbonized energy system of the future. Over and above the many technological challenges that need to be overcome on the road to reaching these twin goals, a number of cross-cutting issues need to be better understood, particularly those relating to socioeconomic, gender, sociocultural, and socio- political aspects of the energy transition.

Addressing these cross-cutting issues is crucial to further social acceptance and uptake of the many changes that the energy transition implies, as well as to better understand why citizens may resist these changes and to devise appropriate mitigating strategies.

Of particular importance in this context are the factors that drive individual and collective energy choices and energy-related behaviour, the governance frameworks in which these choices are made, and the changing roles particularly of consumers and "prosumers" in the energy system.

Scope:

Proposals should address one, or a combination, of the following issues (a comparative perspective, with case studies or data from at least three European Union Member States, will be considered an advantage):

In 2016:

• Factors driving individual energy choices and energy-related behaviour (such as values and ethics, structures of everyday practices, belief systems or social roles), employing different data-gathering techniques;

• Factors driving collective energy choices and energy-related behaviour (such as forms of social organization or experiences with social mobilization).

In 2017:

• Socioeconomic incentive structures that encourage or discourage energy-responsible behaviour;

• Political, institutional, and organizational frameworks that condition and structure citizen participation, including questions of inclusiveness, democracy, organizational formats and business models.

Expected impact:

• The proposed research will provide a better understanding of these factors and their interrelations with technological, regulatory, and investment-related aspects which is crucial for the further advancement of the energy transition and ultimately the success of the Energy Union.

• The proposed research will further the completion of the Energy Union and particularly its research and innovation pillar, as well as the continued implementation

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of the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan and especially the Action Plan based on the Integrated Roadmap.

Budget: The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 2 and 4 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Type of action: Research & Innovation Actions (RIA)

LCE 32 – 2016: European Platform for energy-related Social Sciences and Humanities research (CSA)

Specific challenge: The transition to a low-carbon energy system poses a unique set of policy, technological and scientific challenges, as it changes the fundamental nature of the interrelations between all actors in our societies (from energy incumbents to regulators and citizens). Not only there is a need to find radically new approaches to the development and application of technological or social processes as they relate to the energy transition, but also to better understand the changes they bring to people’s behaviour, pervasive values, cultures of practice and modes of communication.

Since researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) have a particular expertise in analysing and understanding deep change and in designing radical innovations, including social innovations, they must play a stronger role in addressing energy-related challenges. Accordingly, SSH aspects must be better integrated into all stages of the research process. At present, the energy-related SSH landscape is quite fragmented: there is a lack of exchange among different SSH communities, as well as between these communities and other energy- research disciplines. Creating a platform for better interaction between SSH and other energy- research disciplines would fill an existing gap and contribute to better responding to on-going changes and arising challenges in the energy field.

Scope: Within the scope of this call a platform for SSH research communities in the energy field will be set up at EU-level, aiming to integrate and build upon the experience of already existing networks and initiatives. The platform will seek to structure and enhance the energy- related dialogue at EU level among the different SSH stakeholders, as well as with other energy-research communities, creating greater interdisciplinarity and fostering knowledge and information sharing among various disciplines. The platform will also be a source of specific expertise and advice to EU policymakers, such as on how best to embed SSH aspects in Horizon 2020 energy calls, as well as how to address the SSH dimension in EU energy initiatives more broadly;

With a view to addressing specific research and innovation needs in the energy field, and as a principal goal of the platform, a program of activities will be designed. This program will set out how the platform will contribute to:

• Consolidating and fostering the trans-disciplinary interaction among existing energy- related research communities;

• Establishing linkages between the new SSH platform and the existing European Technology Platforms (ETPs);

• Better integration of SSH aspects in H2020 energy calls;

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• Identifying a strategic research agenda in the energy field, covering SSH-related aspects from a trans-disciplinary perspective, including with a view to publication in interdisciplinary journals.

Expected impact:

The proposal is expected to:

• consolidate energy-related SSH communities in Europe;

• trigger and facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue among SSH and other energy-research disciplines;

• contribute to identifying research gaps and needs, as well as addressing them through relevant publications

• provide targeted advice to EU policymakers on how to best embed SSH in H2020 energy calls, as well as how to address the SSH dimension in EU energy initiatives more broadly;

• boost social innovation in the energy field

• contribute to the social dialogue in the energy field at European level.

Budget: The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 1 and 2 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

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Supporting the development of a European research area in the field of energy

LCE 33 – 2016: Pilot action on European Common Research Agendas (ECRAs) in