IEA TCP Alternate Delegates

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Research services

The Hydrogen TCP coordinates and facilitates R&D across the hydrogen value chain (production, storage, distribution, power, heating, industry) to: accelerate hydrogen implementation optimise environmental protection improve global energy systems and grid management

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The SHC TCP covers solar thermal (flat plate, tube collectors, PV Thermal), solar cooling and covers many solar based technologies such as solar reactors (e.g. for production of hydrogen) The TCP has a strong focus on the integration of solar thermal technologies into low carbon systems such as district heating and flexible building heat, the scope is delibe...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The IEA DHC research programme addresses technical and policy issues aimed at lowering environmental impact of heating and cooling. The IEA DHC deals with the design, performance and operation of distribution systems and consumer installations. Currently district heating & cooling is still a relatively nascent albeit fast growing sector in the UK whereas Eur...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The User-Centred Energy Systems mission is to provide evidence from socio-technical research on the design, social acceptance and usability of clean energy technologies to inform policy making for clean, efficient and secure energy transitions. Objectives focus on areas where user choices and actions play a large role in determining both the variability and...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

Bioenergy currently provides the largest fraction of renewable energy in the UK; over half of the 15.5% share of total energy consumption from renewables in 2023. The mission of IEA Bioenergy is to increase knowledge and understanding of bioenergy systems to facilitate the market deployment of environmentally sound, socially acceptable, and cost-competitive,...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The EBC TCP coordinates international research and innovation on energy in buildings and communities, with the aim of furthering energy efficiency and decarbonising energy use of the building stock. Projects typically cover a wide range of research themes spanning from integrated planning and community scale energy systems to thermal fabric of individual bui...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The ISGAN TCP strives for the accelerated development and deployment around the world of smarter, cleaner electricity grids—as in “smart grids”. ISGAN research explores how electricity grids will play a key role in building system flexibility, maintaining system reliability, and enabling more rapid GHG emission reductions through: Dynamic management of elect...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The PVPS TCP conducts joint projects in the application of photovoltaic conversion of solar energy to electricity. This includes tasks related to PV sustainability activities, reliability and performance, transport, off-grid and edge-of-grid PV, and building-integrated PV. The IEA PVPS programme aims to realise its mission through the following objectives: P...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The TCP aims to increase awareness of progress in new technologies and energy efficiency opportunities in industry. The work included in IETS ranges from specific developments of process or energy technologies to overall system aspects, for practically all types of industry types.

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom

The TCP currently undertakes diverse tasks related to environmental impacts, data collection and information, emerging geothermal technologies, geothermal heating and cooling, mine water energy, and subsurface energy storage. The UK leads the Mine Water Energy Expert group, which facilitates increased exploration of mine water energy across the UK. The Mine...

Delivery: UK · United Kingdom