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E.ON Research Initiativeinvesting EUR60 million |
E.ON’s annual grant program, which was launched in 2007, supports researchers and teams at universities and institutes in a wide variety of research topics relevant to the energy business. In its research initiative, E.ON will invest around EUR60 million in international research projects in order to find solutions for the challenges we are facing in the future energy supply. The focal topic of the research calls will change annually.
E.ON is funding research into new, innovative solutions in projects which are scheduled to last for several years. E.ON is dedicated to supporting international energy research to find new answers to pivotal questions in energy technology. It is important to stress that E.ON is not laying claim to the insights gained from this research as they will remain the property of researchers. Funding recipients are encouraged to publish their findings and to make the information accessible to the general public.
As one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies E.ON believes that it has a responsibility to provide investment into research in order to meet future challenges in energy technology. E.ON intends to contribute significantly towards progress in global research of energy technologies. Research into new technologies needs strong financial support, even if they are not yet close-to-market and this is recognized and supported by E.ON. One aim of E.ON’s International Research Initiative is to generate results with potential benefit for society, the environment and future energy supplies.
E.ON is currently inviting applications from universities and research institutes worldwide for grant proposals for the 2009 research topic "Heat storage for Concentrating Solar Power". In 2007, "Energy Storage" was the topic of the grant program and ten projects received funding of around EUR6 million. In 2008 the focus of the E.ON International Research Initiative was "Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business" where nine projects received funding at a similar level.
E.ON is funding research into new, innovative solutions in projects which are scheduled to last for several years. E.ON is dedicated to supporting international energy research to find new answers to pivotal questions in energy technology. It is important to stress that E.ON is not laying claim to the insights gained from this research as they will remain the property of researchers. Funding recipients are encouraged to publish their findings and to make the information accessible to the general public.
As one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies E.ON believes that it has a responsibility to provide investment into research in order to meet future challenges in energy technology. E.ON intends to contribute significantly towards progress in global research of energy technologies. Research into new technologies needs strong financial support, even if they are not yet close-to-market and this is recognized and supported by E.ON. One aim of E.ON’s International Research Initiative is to generate results with potential benefit for society, the environment and future energy supplies.
E.ON is currently inviting applications from universities and research institutes worldwide for grant proposals for the 2009 research topic "Heat storage for Concentrating Solar Power". In 2007, "Energy Storage" was the topic of the grant program and ten projects received funding of around EUR6 million. In 2008 the focus of the E.ON International Research Initiative was "Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business" where nine projects received funding at a similar level.
