Intelligent Energy
Energy is a vital need for our economies. However, the burning of fossil fuels has now been fully recognised as a major contributor to the greenhouse effect and climate change, this, allied to the advent of Peak Oil, presents a profound challenge to society.
Prospect is active on two of the main political challenges set up within the European Union Green Paper on Energy (i) managing the demand and consequently reducing our energy consumption wherever possible, (ii), diversification of our energy supplies (renewable energies, bio-fuels, etc). Our activities in this sector are focussed on the following fields:
Selected reference(s)
Energy Efficiency & Renewables:
Inventory of tools and guidebooks from selected areas of the Intelligent Energy Programme
The project’s objective was to increase the dissemination of results achieved under the Intelligent Energy-Europe (further “IEE”) programme by ensuring that tools and guidebooks developed are widely communicated and used across Europe.
The work carried out by Prospect and it partners consisted of:
- the identification of tools and guidebooks,
- the assessment of these tools and guidebooks and
- build of a website for the compilation of those in a thematic collection
- Energy efficiency in industry
- Local energy management
- Renewable heating and cooling, small-scale renewables and bio-fuels applications
- Energy aspects of transport
Client: European Commission, Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)
Location: EU 25 member states, Croatia, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein
Period: 2008
RECIPES: Renewable Energy markets in Emerging and Developing Countries
RECIPES is an EU-funded project, which aimed at developing an understanding of the Renewable Energy markets in emerging and developing countries. This included the promotion of these markets to the European RE industry and contributing to the implementation of renewable energy in emerging and developing countries. The starting point of the project was identification of the potential of renewable energy in developing countries for 2020. This was based on an analysis of: the technical potential and the effects of different barriers (national policy, practical feasibility, energy market development and economic restrictions). Based on this potential, quantitative and qualitative assessments were made on the socio-economic and environmental implications and the opportunities for the EU industry.
Client: European Commission, DG Research, funding from 6th Framework Programme
Location: Global
Period: 2005-2006
Climate Change:
Provision of services with regard to the technical aspects of the implementation of EC legislation on Ozone Depleting Substances
The project comprised a study that contributed to identifying the possible substantial alternatives to the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances (HCFCs and Methyl bromide). Tasks included: the review of uses of HCFCs and MBr in the EU, an evaluation of existing alternatives for HCFCs uses and development of a database.
Client: European Commission, DG XI - D4
Location: European Union 15
Period: 1995-1998
Carbon Neutral:
Realisation of a Carbon-Statement in the frame of the “CO2 Strategy” of the Belgian Technical Co-operation (BTC)
In line with their eco-management system, BTC has to set-up a CO2 strategy in order to address the climate change issue in its own operatins. As such, Prospect was contracted to carry out a study that will calculate the CO2 emissions of every activities of the BTC. The assignment covered the following:
- Write a report of the CO2 emissions related to BTC’s activities for the headquarter in Brussels as well as their delegations in beneficiary countries;
- Suggest a CO2 policy with a mid-term and long-term strategy in order to reduce and compensate the CO2 emissions. The final objective is to have a neutral balance for BTC’s CO2 emissions;
- Design a monitoring and evaluation system; and
- Contribute to the internal communication on the CO2 issue and to the diffusion of the information.
Client: Belgian Technical Co-operation (BTC)
Location: Belgium
Period: 2008-2009