Intelligent Energy Europe at A Glance 2011
Intelligent Energy Europe at A Glance 2011
Intelligent Energy Europe at A Glance 2011
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the EU to achieve and promote results more cost effectively than any one Member
State could manage on their own.
IEE helps public and private stakeholders to make changes at local level
where 2020 targets must be delivered. (3.500+ applicants per year - 1/3 public,
2/3 private of which more than 70% are SME's). To date, IEE has supported 500+
projects with 3.000+ beneficiaries.
experienced local and regional teams to transfer their knowhow to other parts of
the EU which have less experience eg new member states, thereby building new
networks and facilitating trade and business opportunities, especially for SMEs.
IEE projects and initiatives trigger investments: IEE projects prepare the
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IEE funding helps preparing projects for structural funds and other investment funds
In the project Energy4Cohesion eight regions mainly from new Member States collaborated to
boost renewable energies and the rational use of energy in less developed rural areas of Europe,
and to prepare the ground for the extended use of Structural Funds. The project demonstrated best
practice by the design of comprehensive Master Plans for these regions. In addition 31 energy
projects - corresponding to a total investment of 60 Mio - which were identified and prepared for
the submission to Structural Funds Programmes. Together with the IEE projects Clear Support,
Promoscene and SF-EnergyInvest, this project also prepared the ground for the ELENA initiative,
as the lack of financial means for the preparation of investment projects was identified as one of
the major bottlenecks.
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