EU outlines research funding opportunities for renewable heating & cooling

Jul. 22, 2011 – A number of calls for proposals announced this week under the European Union's principal instrument for funding research (FP7) aim to advance renewable heating and cooling technologies. Of particular interest is the call for ‘Next generation heat pump technologies’ such as those using natural refrigerants, as well as a call for ‘Large scale systems for urban heating and cooling’ that make use of low temperature waste heat.

Seeking to enhance the application range of heat pumps, up to 2 projects will be funded under the topic of ‘Next generation heat pump technologies’ (Topic ENERGY.2012.8.1.1). The topic is aimed at the development of:

• Very efficient heat pumps using alternative refrigerants, such as natural refrigerants
• Sorption heat pump technologies
• High power heat pumps

The projects will also explore the coupling of heat pumps with other renewable energies as well as the intelligent integration of heat pumps into large renewable energy systems (including storage).

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Source: ammonia21.com