Objectives
Based on the vision of the future it developed, ETP ZEP aims at coordinating the establishment and implementation of a strategic research agenda to meet the needs of European Citizens and industry by 2020. In line with the proposed priority for "Near Zero Emission Power Generation" in FP7, the technology platform will identify and remove the obstacles to the creation of highly efficient power plants with near-zero emissions which will drastically reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel use, particularly coal. This will include CO2 capture and storage, as well as clean conversion technologies leading to substantial improvements in plant efficiency, reliability and costs. The platform is open and accessible, allowing the participation of all interested stakeholders.
Structure
The structure of ETP ZEP is closely linked to its Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and Strategic Deployment Document (SDD). Elaboration of both documents was successfully done by five Working Groups. Following finalisation of the SRA and SDD end of 2006, focus has shifted to implementation. To better facilitate the prioritisation necessary for this phase, since 2007 the structure is partially reorganised to the current one with four Taskforces, graphically depicted below.
