Author: mgrzaba

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Implementation period: October 16, 2020 – April 30, 2024

Project type: International

Division: Division of Renewable Energy Sources

In October 2020, the implementation of the pre-defined Project “Capacity building of key stakeholders in the area of geothermal energy” (KeyGeothermal) began. It is funded by the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA FM) 2014-2021. It belongs to the “Environment, Energy and Climate Change” Program, the Area of ​​”Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Security”, bilateral cooperation

Consortium implementing the Project:

•  Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków (Poland) – Project promoter
• National Energy Authority (Iceland) – Project donor partner

The aim of the Project: to build the capacity of key stakeholders in Poland in the area of geothermal energy by increasing their knowledge and skills in using and managing its resources, specially for the needs of low-emission heating. The Project will also contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the EEA Program “Environment, Energy and Climate Change”.

Project budget: PLN 3 835 062

Co-financing amount: PLN 3 835 062

Project manager: Beata Kępińska, prof. MEERI PAS, contact: bkepinska@interia.pl

Project coordinator, NEA side: Baldur Petursson, contact: baldur.petursson@os.is

Program operators: Ministry of Climate and Environment, NFEP&WM, Poland

 

To promote the  ENTRANCES project and develop good practices in the context of the successful and ambitious energy transition in coal and carbon-intensive regions, the researchers from the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences participated in the meeting involved in the similar program funded within H2020. The meeting was on 7 December 2020. Its objective was to determine the opportunities for cooperation within the European projects implemented by Polish research teams.

Three projects implemented under the Horizon 2020 were presented at the meeting:

– ENergy TRANsitions from Coal and carbon: Effects on Societies led on the Polish side by Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences- The Division of Minerals and Energy Sustainable Development (Detailed information about the project and its partners can be found on the official project website https://entrancesproject.eu/).

– Tracer – Smart Strategies for the Transition in Coal Intensive Regions led on the Polish side by University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry (Detailed information about the project and its partners can be found on the official project website https://tracer-h2020.eu/)

– Carbon Intensive Regions in Transition – Unravelling the Challenges of Structural Change led on the Polish side by WISEEUROPA – Warsaw Foundation Of Economic And European Studies Institute (Detailed information about the project and its partners can be found on the official project website https://coaltransitions.org/projects/cintran/)

The researchers presented the main objective of the projects, current state, and discussed the various aspects considered within the projects (e.g., social, environmental, and ecological). They also discussed their tasks executed within the projects.

In conclusion, the participants have planned a series of subsequent meetings to exchange knowledge, experience, and establish further cooperation development opportunities.

Start of the User4GeoEnergy project funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation

Project: Improving the energy efficiency of geothermal energy utilisation by adjusting the user characteristics, acronym User4GeoEnergy, registration number 2018-1-0502

The project will be implemented in 2020-2023 by a consortium:

Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute PAS, Poland – Project Leader

Slovgeoterm a.s., Slovakia – Project Partner

InnoGeo Research and Service Nonprofit Ltd, Hungary – Project Partner

National Energy Authority, Iceland – Project Partner

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Norway – Project Partner

The project User4GeoEnergy is focused on the role of heat consumers in systems for the direct utilisation of geothermal energy. The project is aimed at increasing energy efficiency, reducing air pollution caused by emissions from the use of fossil fuels in peaking units and the consortium of geothermal resources.

Total budget: 1 319 681 euro

Grant funding: 1 215 217 euro

Project Manager: D.Sc., Eng. Leszek Pająk,  contact: pajak@meeri.pl

 

Project website: http://user4geoenergy.net/  

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Start of the EnerGizerS project funded under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism Programme POLNOR 2019

Project: CO₂-Enhanced Geothermal Systems for Climate Neutral Energy Supply, acronym EnerGizerS, registration number NOR/POLNOR/EnerGizerS/0036/2019 obtained funding as part of the POLNOR 2019 Polish-Norwegian research projects financed under EEA and Norway Grants.

The project will be implemented in 2020-2023 by a consortium of:

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland – Project Promoter
• Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland – Project Partner
• SINTEF Energi AS, Trondheim, Norway – Project Partner
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway – Project Partner
• EXERGON LLC, Gliwice, Poland – Project Partner

The main objective of the project is to analyze the efficiency of the Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) using CO₂ as a working fluid. The proposed solution aims to take action to protect the climate by producing clean and ecological geothermal energy and simultaneously reduce carbon dioxide emissions coming from combustion of fossil fuels.

• Total budget: 5 932 700 PLN
• Grant funding: 5 793 975 PLN

Project Manager:

Anna Sowiżdżał, Professor AGH

Contact: ansow@agh.edu.pl

Coordinator on the side of MEERI PAS:

Dr inż. Maciej Miecznik

Contact: miecznik@min-pan.krakow.pl

 

 

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to cordially invite you to contribute an article to the Special Issue of Energies (Open Access Journal, MNiSW points: 140, Impact Factor: 2,7) entitled Economic and Policy Challenges of the Energy Transition in CEE Countries. The guest editor of this Special Issue is Associate Professor Jacek Kamiński, Ph.D., D.Sc. Eng. Contributions on the following topics, among others, are invited: energy transition, economics of energy systems, climate and energy policy instruments, power generation system transition, intelligent power and district heating networks, demand-side management and energy storage, integration of energy markets, energy efficiency, renewable energy, low- and zero-emission transport, smart grids. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance.

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Submission deadline: 10 January 2021.

On November 5, 2019, the EU Commission stated that our Institute was granted the privilege of using the HRS4R logo for the next 36 months. The recent audit was a periodic verification of activities carried out at IGSMiE PAN under the HRS4R Strategy. After consultation with assessors’ team, EU Commission is pleased to inform that the HRS4R assessors have concluded that the implementation of the Action Plan is ensured in a robust and systematic way. IGSMiE PAN is progressing with the implementation of appropriate and improved quality actions as described in its Action Plan.

More information about the Institute’s activities under HRS4R can be found at: https://min-pan.krakow.pl/dzialalnosc-naukowa/en/hrs4r-euraxess/