The Annual Report of the European Commission's Joint Research Initiative describes numerous activities relating to renewable energy, such as sustainable biofuels, smart grids, and the JRC Reference Reports on the calculation of land carbon stocks in the EU biofuels sustainability scheme.
10 May 2011: The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission has released its Annual Report for 2010, which provides an overview of the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC’s work carried out during 2010, including figures on staff, budget and publications.
The report presents highlights of the JRC’s work in different areas, such as energy, safety of food and consumer products, open and competitive economy or sustainable management of natural resources. It also presents the JRC mission and its implementation, the scientific activities and external relations, as well as the JRC input to the various stages of the EU policy cycle.
Activities relating to renewable energy and energy security include: smart power grids, reducing energy consumption in buildings; the Photovoltaic Status report; sustainable biofuels, including full assessment of related emissions from land use; the role of the Strategic Energy Information System; and JRC Reference Reports on the calculation of land carbon stocks in the EU biofuels sustainability scheme and impacts of the EU biofuel target on agricultural markets and land use.
The thematic area “nuclear safety and security” focuses on the assessment of the safety of nuclear reactors, the nuclear fuel cycle, safeguards and non-proliferation, including through activities such as nuclear fuel corrosion in a final repository and experimental demonstration of a closed nuclear fuel cycle. [JRC Press Release][Publication: Joint Research Centre European Commission: Annual Report 2010]