The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is a leading institute in the Netherlands for energy and environmental research and policy advice. ECN is a private and independent organisation, employing over 900 people, and focusing its activities on the needs of the energy industry and government in their objectives, and contributes to a sustainable development of a reliable, environmentally sound and cost-effective energy sector and economy.

ECN priority areas are: Policy Studies, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Biomass, Renewable Energy in the Built Environment, Energy Efficiency, and Clean fossil Fuels. ECN Policy Studies is the envisaged partner in the project. ECN Policy Studies has extensive experience in the research fields of energy policy, renewables, policy instrument evaluation and the liberalisation of energy markets. It employs staff of various disciplines, among which renewable energy experts. Specific research topics in the area of renewable energies include: long term cost development of renewable energy, implementation of biomass, wind and solar energy, and the role of renewable energies in the long term development of the energy sector. In these long years of experience, ECN has build up extensive research contacts with key institutes in developing countries.

Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)
ECN - Policy Studies
PO Box 1, Westerduinweg 3
1755 ZG  Petten, Netherlands
Contact: Mr. Stefan Bakker
Tel.: +31 224 564021
Fax.: +31 224 568338
email: [email protected]
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