EFONET Energy Foresight Network Main features Coordination Action

EFONET Energy Foresight Network

Main features • Coordination Action, FP 7 • 14 partners (11 MS) + IEA + STOA (EP) • Extensive network of experts • Not an RTD project, but a discussion platform to: – Share and disseminate knowledge on energy foresight methods and practice – Provide input to EU policy makers • Duration: 2 ½ years • Resources: – ca. 80 person. months – Support of external experts • 18 Workshops and 1 Conference

Overall objectives of the EFONET project The ultimate objective of the EFONET project is to assess the contribution that current knowledge on energy foresight methods and on their practical application can provide to energy policy making, specifically in the framework of the transition towards a sustainable and low carbon energy system.

Overall objectives of the EFONET project In particular, EFONET aims at providing policy relevant inputs to the EC for the formulation, review and evaluation of European energy policies, notably in relation with: v v v the Review of the EU Energy Strategy the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency the SET (Strategic Energy Technology plan)

5 main themes • Methodological approaches to energy foresight • End use energy efficiency strategies How can foresight methodologies be improved arrive at a • Foresight in the transport andtomobility sector “European Energy Foresight”? What are possible pathways to • Energy technology integration and scenarios implement new energy consumption patterns in the and industrial sectors? • residential Acceptability and development conditions How can energy scenarios (and models) integrate current and future technologies? How can conventional technologies and fuels be substituted? Which new transport Can and we measure social services related technologies? acceptability of energy technologies and understand how it will affect demand patterns and technology use?

Main expected outputs v. State of the art reports on methodologies and practice of energy foresight in the 5 thematic areas v. Policy briefs aim to provide contributions to specific policy priorities and EU orientations, v. Country Reports summarising So. A on energy foresight methods and their application across the EU.

WS 3. 1: Energy foresight & policy making WS 3. 2: Energy foresight & industry decision making The EFONET workshops Methodological approaches to energy foresight WS 3. 3 a: Lessons learned from national energy foresight exercises WS 3. 3 b: Participatory energy foresight on EU level – how to overcome cultural and language barriers? WS 3. 4: Better integration of quantitative and qualitative methodologies on European level End use energy efficiency strategies Foresight in the transport and mobility sector WS 4. 1: Low and very Low Energy consuming buildings WS 4. 2: New approaches and concepts for the EU Ps WS 4. 3: Increasing the energy efficiency in the Industrial processes WS 5. 1: Technologies for hybrid vehicles: from “soft” hybrids to plugable hybrids WS 5. 2: Technologies for fuel cells and hydrogen in road transport WS 5. 3: Biofuels, electricity and hydrogen as future energies for transport WS 5. 4: New technologies for new transport services, for passengers and freight WS 6. 1: Identification of success and failure criteria of past projections Energy technology integration and scenarios WS 6. 2: Comparative analysis of present future energy scenarios – storylines and visions up to 2050 WS 6. 3: Technology integration Acceptability and development conditions of energy technologies WS 7. 1: New technologies and barriers related to social acceptability WS 7. 2: Behavioural changes - backcasting and future trends WS 7. 3: International collaboration for developing technologies: turning technology into a public good WS 7. 4: Policy tools to speed up technology development and dissemination Each of the 18 Thematic Workshops (WS) will gather about 20 persons each

How can EFONET be useful for the policy making? • Consistent representation of possible futures Building consensus on long term policy options • Identifying feasible pathways Combining short/medium term policy constraints long term vision and implications Validating current policy options/targets • Identifying technological priorities Providing input to medium/long term RTD policy • Reducing conflicts in priority setting Promoting a shared perception of uncertainties with

The Project Co-ordinator Andrea Ricci aricci@isis-it. com ISIS – Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems via Flaminia 21 00196 Roma (Italy) Tel. *39 06 32 12 655/06 36 12 920 Fax *39 06 32 13 049 www. isis-it. com