The Intelligent Energy- Europe Programme
The Scottish Government led on preparing and submitting a proposal for the Intelligent Energy - Europe 2009 Call for Proposals. The Scottish Government is currently in negotiations with the Executive Agency for Innovation and Competitiveness (EACI), and hopes to receive funding for this project.
The project aims to identify and examine case studies of good practice in the planning and approval of wind farms, looking at how the development of wind power is reconciled with environmental issues, and community engagement. The work will be based on surveys of key actors and stakeholder groups and a number of detailed case studies of onshore and offshore wind energy projects. This will identify market barriers and process failures that have resulted in projects not proceeding, as well as examples of good practice which can be transferred to other regions and technologies. The focus will be environmental issues which are covered in wind farm applications, social issues and how to get local involvement and support for well prepared and acceptable wind projects
The objectives of the project are:
- To help generate better quality proposals, which positively address environmental issues and the concerns of local communities.
- To identify good processes which improve planning and speed up the approval process for wind farm developments.
- From the analysis of case studies and surveys, develop a guide to good practice and 'how to' toolkit, which can be used to facilitate deployment of renewable energy in support of the 2020 targets.
A consortium of partners from across Europe, led by the Scottish Government, will take forward this project.
The Intelligent Energy- Europe Programme (IEE)
The objective of the IEE Programme is to contribute to secure, sustainable and competitively priced energy for Europe, by providing for action:
- To foster energy efficiency and the rational use of energy resources;
- To promote new and renewable energy sources and to support energy diversification;
- To promote energy efficiency and the use of new and renewable energy sources in transport.
In particular, the Programme is seeking concrete solutions which will lead to significant change, and, projects which can have an impact in the short term on energy and climate change targets
IEE projects involve:
- At least 3 partner organisations from 3 different eligible countries (EU member states, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Croatia)
- Maximum funding period 3 years
- Budget usually between € 0.5 - 2.5 million
- EU grant support up to 75 per cent of the total eligible costs
The Scottish Government has submitted the following project proposal to the 2009 Intelligent Energy for Europe Call for proposals, which will be taken forward by the Scottish European Green Energy Centre if approved:
for further informationIntelligent Energy-Europe websiteThe 2010 Call for proposals is currently open. Please visit the