EULAC for energy transition: Research in Infrastructures cooperation for energy transition between Europe and Latin American and the Caribbean countries

The EULAC Energytran project aims to strengthen cooperation between the European Union and the research infrastructures of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to tackle a common challenge: achieving a clean, sustainable, and just energy transition. This project pursues its goal through the exchange, creation, and transfer of knowledge among entities, using a multidisciplinary approach (technological, environmental, social) and by supporting the development of public policies and regulatory frameworks towards climate neutrality.

This general objective will be achieved through four specific goals that align with the multidisciplinary approach, addressing the complexity of the energy transition. Consequently, the project supports technological R&I to overcome existing limitations of renewable energies, recognizing that these developments can have environmental and social impacts that need to be addressed. This proposal aims to present ideas on how to achieve an energy transition compatible with environmental protection and social justice.

The energy transition is at the top of the political agendas of both regions, the EU and LAC, making this project a potential contributor to its consolidation as a priority area of inter-regional scientific cooperation. This project will be carried out by a heterogeneous and interdisciplinary consortium, composed of eleven partners with a strong presence in the EU and LAC, including ERICS and an international organization, among other entities from different fields of knowledge. This way, the complexity of the energy transition is better addressed.

Within this framework, EULAC ENERGYTRAN will create an interconnected and sustainable research network between the EU and LAC that contributes to the energy transition through the technological, social, and sustainable enhancement of entities' performance via knowledge sharing and close interactions among researchers. This common effort will represent a step forward in both regions towards achieving a resilient society.