Collaborative Research Projects
Current projects
New calibration standards and methods for radiometry and photometry after phaseout of incandescent lamps
NEWSTAND
Accurate measurement of the wavelengths and amplitudes emitted by light sources is vital for a range of applications. These include monitoring essenti...
Integrated European research, calibration and testing infrastructure for fibre-optic thermometry
INFOTherm
Accurate temperature measurements are vital across numerous fields. Many processes need to be held within specific temperature ranges to ensure safety...
Standardisation of Black Carbon aerosol metrics for air quality and climate modelling
STANBC
Black carbon, a by-product of combustion, is an air pollutant affecting human health and the Earth’s climate. Annually, around 300,000 deaths are link...
Metrology to support standardisation of hydrogen fuel sampling for heavy duty hydrogen transport
MetHyTrucks
Road transport accounts for a fifth of carbon dioxide emissions within the EU. Non-fossil fuels like hydrogen need to be applied to sectors such as he...
Metrology support for enhanced energy efficiency in DC transportation systems
e-TRENY
Transportation generates almost one quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Road vehicles are a major contributor and increasing the use o...
Characterisation of AC and DC MV instrument transformers in extended frequency range up to 150 kHz
ADMIT
The increased use of renewable energy has placed a strain on electricity networks. Solar, wind, or other sources produce electricity often of a differ...
Operando metrology for energy storage materials
OpMetBat
The European Green Deal targets net zero CO2 emissions in Europe by 2050; including zero emissions from new cars by 2035. Electric vehicles do not emi...
Metrology Support for Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage
MetCCUS
The European Commission’s Green Deal aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, with carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) named as a priorit...
Metrology for the hydrogen supply chain
Met4H2
The 2020 EU hydrogen strategy has laid out the European Commission’s plans to transition towards ‘green’ hydrogen, a zero-carbon alternative to natura...
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Completed projects
Metrological framework for passive radiative cooling technologies
PaRaMetriC
It is estimated that 10 % of global greenhouse gas emissions are related to cooling buildings and environments. Passive Radiative Cooling (PRC) materi...
Metrology in manufacturing compound semiconductors for power electronics
PowerElec
Europe’s Green Deal aims for climate neutrality by 2050. The implementation of semiconductors based on ‘wide bandgap ’ compounds such as Gallium nitri...
Metrology for decarbonising the gas grid
Decarb
Natural gas serves almost half of Europe’s heating and cooling demand, has become a major source for electricity generation, and is starting to be ado...
Metrology infrastructure for high-pressure gas and liquified hydrogen flows
MetHyInfra
Hydrogen is finding growing use as an energy source in applications where requirements for carbon emission reductions are urgent and hard to achieve b...
Sustainable advanced flow meter calibration for the transport sector
SAFEST
Even as the transport sector transitions to zero-carbon propulsion, innovation in combustion engine technologies remains important, for example to sup...
Support for a European Metrology Network for Clean Energy
Clean Energy
The European Green Deal announced by the European Commission in December 2019, commits the EU to becoming climate-neutral by 2050 whilst promising to ...
Standardisation of measurements for DC electricity grids
DC grids
Incumbent electricity grid infrastructures, designed when large thermal power generation, distributed by alternating current, was the norm, effectivel...
Metrology for emerging PV applications
Metro-PV
Photovoltaic (PV) energy generation has an important role in realising EU targets for reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of generation capac...
Metrology of magnetic losses in electrical steel sheets for high-efficiency energy conversion
HEFMAG
Steel sheets are central to electric motors, generators, and transformers that produce and convert virtually all energy from conventional and renewabl...
Quantum traceability for AC power standards
QuantumPower
The power industry is transitioning to renewable sources of energy, which tend to be locally distributed. To avoid instability, poor power quality and...
Metrology for Advanced Hydrogen Storage Solutions
MefHySto
Hydrogen offers the potential to be a major contributor to helping achieve the EU target of deriving 32 % of Europe’s energy usage from renewable sour...
High throughput metrology for nanowire energy harvesting devices
NanoWires
Semiconductor nanowires, tiny cylindrical crystals with diameters of about around 100 nm and relatively long lengths, can be engineered to produce sma...
Metrology for enhanced reliability and efficiency of wind energy systems
Met4Wind
Europe’s measurement capabilities will need to continue to develop to support delivery of enhanced efficiencies and reliabilities of wind energy syste...
Traceable mechanical and electrical power measurement for efficiency determination of wind turbines
WindEFCY
New technologies for wind turbines are currently assessed in the field, are time-consuming to perform and highly affected by wind conditions. Shorteni...
New metrological methods for biofuel materials analysis
BIOFMET
Biomass is used to produce electricity, heat, or transportation biofuels, and is considered a renewable energy source if the organic material from whi...
Measurement methods and test procedures for assessing accuracy of instrument transformers for power quality measurements
IT4PQ
Renewable electricity can cause grid-injected disturbances, damaging power quality (PQ). PQ represents the grids ability to supply constant, stable po...
Metrology for future energy transmission
FutureEnergy
Electricity travels over transmission networks as alternating current (AC) at high voltages to help minimise energy losses, currently equivalent to 15...
Metrology for hydrogen vehicles 2
MetroHyVe 2
The EU has targeted net-zero emissions from transport by 2050 which will require rapid take-up of cleaner, non-fossil fuels such as hydrogen. Electric...
Support for a European Metrology Network for energy gases
Energy Gases
With a background of regulatory pressure to expand renewable energy markets, the European Metrology Network (EMN) on Energy Gases aims to be the centr...
Support for a European Metrology Network on smart electricity grids
SEG-Net
Smarter grids will enable integration of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles into Europe’s electricity distribution networks. Such ‘smart’ ...