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Research actions required
For reducing the energy carbon content
...
- Nuclear
.
Development of fourth generation reactors
.
Waste treatment and storage
.
Development of fusion reactors
- Renewable energies (wind, solar, geothermal)
.
Development of offshore wind turbines
.
Improvement of photovoltaic systems
.
Deep geothermal energy
- Production of energy from biomass
.
Treatment of combustion gases
.
Gasification
.
Production of biogas
.
Production of electricity and/or heat with CO
2
capture and
storage
.
Biofuels
.
Improvement of the first generation technologies
.
Development of processes for the production of fuels from
lignocellulosic biomass by fermentation and thermochemi-
cal pathway
.
Direct liquefaction of biomass
.
Production of biofuels with negative carbon content (pro-
duction with CO
2
capture and storage)
- Hydrogen
.
Synthesis gas production processes
.
Development of hydrogen production with CO
2
capture and
storage
.
Production of hydrogen frombiomass, including production
of hydrogen with negative carbon content
- Hybridisation of sources
.
Development of 'smart grids'
.
Plug-in hybrid systems
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