Initiative 2.4. Strategic Energy Technology Plan

What is it about?

This initiative strengthens European coordination and cooperation in the field of clean energy technologies to accelerate the energy transition.

The SET Plan was established in 2007, and since the creation of the Energy Union in 2015, it became one of the main instruments of the Energy Union’s 5th pillar on research, innovation and competitiveness.

There are 15 Implementing Working Groups (IWGs), each focussing on one key technology, and 5 temporary task forces on crosscutting topics.

Goals & Key Activities

• Development of Common Implementation and Investment Plans (CIIPs);
• Development of recommendations on crosscutting topics and their implementation in the SET Plan.

Who is involved?

• Austrian Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI)
• Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (BMWET)
• European Commission (DG ENER, DG RTD, JRC)
• Member States and Associated Countries
• Industry, research & innovation actors, other stakeholders.

Expected impact

Improved coordination and alignment of RTI and clean energy agendas across EU countries, implemented, inter alia, in European R&I initiatives (Clean Energy Transition (CETP) und Driving Urban Transition (DUT)) and nationally.