CELEX: 31975D0510
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-22 00:00:00
Title: 75/510/EEC: Council Decision of 22 August 1975 adopting an energy research and development programme

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                                                     COUNCIL
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 22 August 1975
                               adopting an energy research and development programme
                                                         (75/510/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          Community objectives within the functioning of the
                                                                   common market;
                                                                   Whereas the Treaty has not provided the powers
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 necessary for these purposes ;
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article
235 thereof;
                                                                   Whereas the Council adopted the resolution concern­
                                                                   ing Community energy policy objectives for 1985 (2)
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                on 17 December 1974;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       Whereas the Council adopted the resolution on an
Parliament ( 1 );                                                  initial outline programme of the European Communi­
                                                                   ties in the field of science and technology (3) on
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                   14 January 1974 ;
Social Committee ;
                                                                   Having regard to the Opinion of the Scientific and
Whereas Article 2 of the Treaty assigns to the Com­                Technical Research Committee ( CREST),
munity the task of promoting throughout the
Community a harmonious development of economic
activities, a continuous and balanced expansion and
                                                                   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
an accelerated raising of the standard of living ;
whereas Article 3 of that Treaty defines the aims of
Community action to these ends ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas energy research and development is an
important factor in achieving these objectives ;                   An energy research and development programme for
                                                                   the European Economic Community is hereby
                                                                   adopted in the form set out in the Annex hereto for
Whereas the research and development activities                    a four-year period starting on 1 July 1975 . The
which form the subject of the Decision therefore                   Annex forms an integral part of this Decision.
seem necessary in order to achieve certain
                                                                   (2) OJ No C 153 , 9 . 7. 1975 , p. 1 .
(x) OJ No C 76 , 7 . 4 . 1975 , p. 28 .                            (3) OJ No C 7, 29 . 1 . 1974, p. 6
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                            Article 2                               Committee ( CREST) has delivered its Opinion, so
                                                                    that any amendments to the programme resulting
The upper limit for expenditure commitments               and       from that review can be implemented by the begin­
for staff necessary for the implementation of             this       ning of 1977 at the latest.
programme shall be 59 million units of account            and
27 employees respectively for the duration of              the      As long as there has been no decision to review the
programme .                                                         programme, the projects undertaken will be con­
                                                                    tinued within the limits of the resources made
The unit of account is defined in Article 10 of the
                                                                    available .
Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (x ) applicable
to the general budget of the European Communities.
                                                                                              Article 5
                            Article 3
The Commission shall be responsible for the im­                     The information resulting from the implementation
plementation of this programme which shall be im­                    of the programme defined in the Annex shall be
plemented in two stages. The first stage shall extend               disseminated in accordance with Council Regulation
from 1 July 1975 until 31 December 1976 with an                      (EEC) No 2380/74 (2 ) of 17 September 1974 adopting
                                                                    provisions for the dissemination of information
appropriation of 12 million units of account; the
second shall extend from 1 January 1977 until                        relating to research programmes for the European
30 June 1979 with an appropriation of 47 million                     Economic Community.
units of account. In the implementation of this
programme the Commission shall be assisted by
advisory committees on programme management set
up for this purpose and shall keep the Scientific and                Done at Brussels, 22 August 1975 .
Technical Research Committee (CREST) informed.
                                                                                                             For the Council
                            Article 4
                                                                                                              The President
 The programme shall be reviewed at the end of the
 first year, after the Scientific and Technical Research                                                      M. RUMOR
(l ) OJ No L 116 , 1 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            (2) OJ No L 255 , 20 . 9 . 1974 , p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
                                                  INDIRECT ACTION
                           ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
          The aims of the programme are as follows :
          1 . ENERGY CONSERVATION
              A maximum of 11-380 million units of account and a staff of six shall be assigned to this
              objective.
              This programme covers the following sectors:
              — improved insulation of buildings,
              — use of heat pumps,
              — urban transport,
              — residual heat recovery,
              — materials recyling,
              — production of energy from waste,
              — evaluation of the specific energy consumption of equipment, processes and techniques,
              — development of methods for storage of secondary energy.
              This work shall be carried out under contract.
          2 . PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF HYDROGEN
              A maximum of 1 3-240 million units of account and a staff of four shall be assigned to this
              objective.
              This programme comprises the following proj£cts :
              Project A: Thermochemical production of hydrogen
              Action :    1 . Research into chemical and electrochemical reaction cycles of high potential
                               efficiency in the conversion of heat energy into hydrogen energy ;
                          2. Practical experiments on promising cycles.
              Project B : Electrolytic production of hydrogen
              Action :    1 . Improvement of existing electrolytic production technology;
                          2 . Study of the viability and economics of high-temperature and high-pressure
                               electrolysis.
              Project C : Utilization of hydrogen
              Action :     1 . Analysis of the potential applicability of hydrogen and of synthetic
                               hydrogen-based fuels ;
                          2 . Development of safety specifications for the handling of hydrogen;
                          3 . Improvement of the small-scale storage of hydrogen.
              This work shall be carried out under contract.
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            3. SOLAR ENERGY
               A maximum of 17-500 million units of account and a staff of six shall be assigned to this
               objective.
               This programme comprises the following projects :
               Project A: Solar heat collectors and their application to dwellings
               Action :    1 . Low-temperature use of solar energy for heating and cooling buildings;
                           2 . Study of plane surface collectors ;
                           3 . Pilot applications to dwellings for domestic use;
               Project B : Self-contained generating sets for the production of mechanical and/or
                           electrical power
               Action :    1 . The use in medium and high temperature areas of solar heat to produce
                               mechanical and/or electrical power;
                           2. Improvement of low-power groups (1 + 10 kw);
                           3 . Pilot installation of 1 MWe.
               Project C : Photovoltaic conversion
               Action :    1 . Development of alternative cells and improvement of existing cells ;
                           2 . Feasibility study on new concepts ;
                           3. New methods of preparing semiconductor materials ;
                           4 . Silicon thin film ;
                           5 . Automation of panel production .
               Project D : Photochemical, photoelectrochemical and photobiological processes
               Action :    1 . Basic studies on photochemical, photoelectrochemical and photobiological
                               systems .
               Project E: Photosynthetic production of organic matter
               Action :    1 . Choice and development of the most suitable energy crops for the different
                               regions of Europe.
               Project F : Data network relating to solar radiation
               Action :    1 . Collection, standardization and distribution of comprehensive data on
                               number of hours of sunshine throughout the Community ;
                           2 . Definition of the implications of the large-scale use of solar energy.
               This work shall be carried out under contract .
            4. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
               A maximum of 13-000 million units of account and a staff of four shall be assigned to this
               objective.
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             This programme comprises the following projects :
             Project A: Acquisition and collation of existing and new geothermal data
             Action :     1 . Collation of existing geothermal data ;
                          2. Acquisition and collation of new additional geothermal data.
             Project B : Improvement of methods of exploration
             Action :     1 . Improvement and/or adaptation of existing prospecting methods to specific
                              geothermal requirements and development of new methods of prospecting
                              and exploration .
             Project C: Sources of hot water (low enthalpy)
             Action :     1 . Compilation of geothermal models in regions concerned ;
                          2 . Full-scale experimental verification of theoretical models (operation);
                          3 . Utilization tests on sources of hot water for district and agricultural
                              heating.
             Project D : Steam sources (high enthalpy) and hot rocks
             Action :     1 . Construction of geothermal models in the areas concerned ;
                          2 . Improvement of measuring and drilling techniques for experimental work
                              at high temperatures ;
                          3 . Stimulation of hot rocks to increase their permeability and extraction of
                              heat from hot rocks .
             Project E:   Training of specialists
             Action :     1 . Training courses and detachments .
             This work shall be carried out under contract.
          5. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS : DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS
             A maximum of 3-880 million units of account and a staff of seven shall be assigned to
             this objective.
             This programme comprises the following action :
             Action :     1 . Static models ( short term );
                          2. Dynamic sector models (medium/long term).
             This work shall be carried out under contract.