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Its members work on basic materials science, physical chemistry of processes, heat and mass transfer phenomena, and develop powerful tools to characterise materials and energy devices.</p> </p> </span> </li> <li> <span class="c-icon-info" onclick="let tip_box = jQuery(this).closest('li').find('.pr-tip');let isVisible = tip_box.hasClass('is-visible-tip'); jQuery(this).closest('ul').find('.pr-tip').removeClass('is-visible-tip');if (!isVisible) tip_box.addClass('is-visible-tip');" >   </span> <a href="http://www.eera-bioenergy.eu/" target="_blank" > <span class="pr-ico"><img src="https://www.eera-set.eu/images/site1/projects/ico-bio.png"></span> <span class="pr-dsc"> Bioenergy </span> </a> <span class="pr-tip" onclick="jQuery(this).removeClass('is-visible-tip');"> <b>Bioenergy</b><br><br> <p> <p>The current generation of biomass conversion technologies is expensive and uses feedstock that is associated with sustainability issues. JP Bioenergy works on sustainable value chains, encompassing feedstock production, conversion technologies, stationary Bioenergy and integrated assessment.</p> </p> </span> </li> <li> <span class="c-icon-info" onclick="let tip_box = jQuery(this).closest('li').find('.pr-tip');let isVisible = tip_box.hasClass('is-visible-tip'); jQuery(this).closest('ul').find('.pr-tip').removeClass('is-visible-tip');if (!isVisible) tip_box.addClass('is-visible-tip');" >   </span> <a href="https://eera-ccs.eu" target="_blank" > <span class="pr-ico"><img src="https://www.eera-set.eu/images/site1/projects/ico-carbon.png"></span> <span class="pr-dsc"> Carbon Capture and Storage </span> </a> <span class="pr-tip" onclick="jQuery(this).removeClass('is-visible-tip');"> <b>Carbon Capture and Storage</b><br><br> <p> <p>Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a key element in decarbonising the power and energy-intensive industry sector and thus reducing anthropogenic CO2 emissions.</p> </p> </span> </li> <li> <span class="c-icon-info" onclick="let tip_box = jQuery(this).closest('li').find('.pr-tip');let isVisible = tip_box.hasClass('is-visible-tip'); jQuery(this).closest('ul').find('.pr-tip').removeClass('is-visible-tip');if (!isVisible) tip_box.addClass('is-visible-tip');" >   </span> <a href="https://www.eera-e3s.eu" target="_blank" > <span class="pr-ico"><img src="https://www.eera-set.eu/images/site1/projects/ico-e3s.png"></span> <span class="pr-dsc"> clean Energy tranSition for Sustainable Society (e3s) </span> </a> <span class="pr-tip" onclick="jQuery(this).removeClass('is-visible-tip');"> <b>clean Energy tranSition for Sustainable Society (e3s)</b><br><br> <p> <p>The Joint Programme clean <strong>E</strong>nergy tran<strong>S</strong>ition for <strong>S</strong>ustainable <strong>S</strong>ociety (e3s) sets out to understand the complex interactions in socio-technical-economic systems, which include, among other things, consumer behavior and engagement, market dynamics, collective action, innovation and technological change, and policy frameworks.</p> </p> </span> </li> <li> <span class="c-icon-info" onclick="let tip_box = jQuery(this).closest('li').find('.pr-tip');let isVisible = tip_box.hasClass('is-visible-tip'); jQuery(this).closest('ul').find('.pr-tip').removeClass('is-visible-tip');if (!isVisible) tip_box.addClass('is-visible-tip');" >   </span> <a href="https://www.eera-csp.eu" target="_blank" > <span class="pr-ico"><img src="https://www.eera-set.eu/images/site1/projects/ico-csp.png"></span> <span class="pr-dsc"> Concentrated Solar Power </span> </a> <span class="pr-tip" onclick="jQuery(this).removeClass('is-visible-tip');"> <b>Concentrated Solar Power</b><br><br> <p> <p>The Joint Programme contributes to achieving the following targets: support the STE industry; cluster European R&D activities on CSP/STE; define a priority of targets in each CSP/STE technology; increase the integration of CSP into the energy system; address all previous challenges in the context of aligned European and Member States Research and Innovation objectives.</p> </p> </span> </li> <li> <span class="c-icon-info" onclick="let tip_box = jQuery(this).closest('li').find('.pr-tip');let isVisible = tip_box.hasClass('is-visible-tip'); jQuery(this).closest('ul').find('.pr-tip').removeClass('is-visible-tip');if (!isVisible) tip_box.addClass('is-visible-tip');" >   </span> <a href="/component/projects/projects.html?id=183" > <span class="pr-ico"><img src="https://www.eera-set.eu/images/site1/jointprogrammes/jp-icon-digitalization-energy2x.png"></span> <span class="pr-dsc"> Digitalisation for Energy </span> </a> <span class="pr-tip" onclick="jQuery(this).removeClass('is-visible-tip');"> <b>Digitalisation for Energy </b><br><br> <p> <p>The transversal Joint Programme (tJP) Digitalisation for Energy (DfE) aims to define key priorities for DfE that will derive in research activities as well as act as contact point with major European initiatives on supercomputing, big data, artificial intelligence, open science, etc.. 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