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OPET / FEMOPET Network
One of the main activities of the Energy Centre Bratislava is
carrying out the duties and responsibilities associated with
membership in the European Union's OPET/FEMOPET Network. The
Energy Centre Bratislava, in a consortium with the Slovak Energy
Agency, became a member of the European Union's OPET/FEMOPET
Network in 1998, and became a member of the EU's consolidated
OPET Network beginning in the year 2000.
FEMOPET = Fellow Members Of Organizations
For the Promotion of Energy Technologies
With the aim to extend the OPET Network into Central Europe,
the EC launched on September 30, 1997 a call for Fellow Members
of the OPET Network in countries of Central Europe. Organizations
or consortia that became members of this network were responsible
for promoting new and innovative European energy technologies,
especially those demonstrated through the JOULE-THERMIE program,
in a defined geographical area of the CEE. Their role was to
extend the service already provided by the existing OPET Network
to these regions. This provided added value and a multiplier
effect to the Community's efforts in dissemination and promotion
of new and innovative energy technologies and in international
cooperation. FEMOPETs were integrated into the OPET Network,
so they had access to all information exchange tools and other
facilities available for the OPETs.
A new OPET Network
A new OPET Network is in operation from January 1, 2000 managed
by the newly-created DG TREN (Transport & Energy).The OPET
(Organizations for the Promotion of Energy Technology) Network
was established under the THERMIE Program with the aim of fostering
market penetration of successful new and innovative energy technologies.
The Network consists of either public or private bodies with
expertise in the promotion of new and innovative energy systems
in a variety of technological sectors. The OPET Network exists
to promote these new technologies in their respective geographical
regions. The OPETs undertake a wide range of activities, such
as specialised technical seminars, major exhibitions, and technology
training sessions, media campaigns and sectoral and technical
market evaluations. All OPETs provide information about innovative
energy technologies as well as about means of support from European
Union programs.
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