On 2nd June 2016, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the US Department of Energy (DoE) signed a collaboration arrangement focused on scientific cooperation on clean energy and energy efficiency. Vladimir Šucha, Director-General of the JRC and Lynn Orr, DoE Under Secretary for Energy and Science signed the agreement in the presence of Secretary Moniz and Commission's Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič. The arrangement seeks to promote inter-laboratory and expert cooperation by fostering advanced low-carbon technologies. It builds on existing collaboration between the JRC and the US DoE and will cover research, technological development and demonstration activities in the areas of electricity generation, energy systems and resource productions, for instance on smart grids systems and interoperability; battery and storage system technology; carbon capture, use and storage; unconventional resources; technology monitoring and assessment; and the energy-water nexus.
