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Objective 
Strategy
Calls

Objective

Strategic scientific research and experimental development programme “Advanced Technologies for Energy Generation” was established in October 2008 by the minister competent for science, within the National Scientific Research and Experimental Development Programme. This National Programme should be recognized as specific tool for facilitation of the development of the national science – technological and innovation policy. Its main goal is to actuate sustainable economic growth and improvement of the life standards of the Polish society.

The “Energy & infrastructure” is the one of the priority research area defined in the National Programme, within that the above mentioned strategic programme is placed. This research area includes the scientific projects that results will support the leveling of the negative consequences of the growth in energy consumption in industrial sector. Long-term policy within the range of the national energy safety was supposed to be realised within the “Energy & infrastructure” research area.

The following priority research topics, with reference to the energy, were defined in National Programme:

1. Reduction of the energy consumption in economy through development and implementation of the energy-saving solutions in industry, services and households;
2. Effective exploitation of the national fossil resources with the ecological safety assured;
3. Development of the alternative energy resources – renewable, nuclear, based on hydrogen and new technologies leading to an increase in reliability, efficiency in production, processing, storage and energy transport.

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Strategy

The main goal of the “Advanced Technologies for Energy Generation” programme is the implementation of the Strategy ‘3x20’, mentioned in the European Commission report from 10.01.2007, that presumes the following actions to be undertaken by the EU before 2020 (with 1990, as a point of reference):

• improvement of energy efficiency by 20 %;
• increase of the renewable energy up to 20 %;
• reduction of the CO₂ emission by 20 %.

In November 2008, the minister for science forwarded this strategic programme to the National Centre for Research and Development.

The objectives of this strategic programme will be achieved through the completion of research tasks, i.e. projects that encompass scientific research and development, designed for solving specific technical, scientific or social problems. The completion of this programme should support the consolidation of top research teams and the integration of scientific and economic communities around the issues of key significance to national development. It should be emphasized that performers of specific research tasks, or parts thereof, may also include enterprises (the Centre will be allowed to provide public support).

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Calls to be established in the future

In January 2009 the Experts Committee of the NCBiR for specification of the strategic scientific research and experimental development programme - “Advanced Technologies for Energy Generation” indicated main research topics within this programme. The Committee accepted also the priorities and evaluation conditions for the future calls. In March 2009 the Council of the NCBiR accepted the resolution on the propositions of the Experts Committee and in this way defined the following research tasks within this strategic programme:

1. Coal gasification for highly effective production of fuels and energy;
2.  Integrated production of fuels and energy from biomass and agricultural and other wastes;
3. Oxygen combustion technology for dust and fluid boilers with integrated capture of carbon dioxide;
4. Highly effective zero-emission coal blocks integrated with capture of carbon dioxide from the exhaust fumes.

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