"The mission of the JRC-IET is to provide support to Community policies and technology innovation to ensure sustainable, safe, secure and efficient energy production, distribution and use and to foster sustainable and efficient transport in Europe"

The Institute for Energy and Transport (IET) is one of the 7 scientific Institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. The IET is based both in Petten, the Netherlands, and Ispra, Italy, and has a multidisciplinary team of around 300 academic, technical, and support staff. The research areas listed below involve partners from member states and beyond.

Typical Activities of the Institute include:
 

• Sustainable transport
• Renewable energies including solar, photovoltaics and biomass, 
• Sustainable & safe nuclear energy for current & future reactor systems 
• Energy techno/economic assessment 
• Bioenergy including biofuels, 
• Hydrogen and fuel cells, 
• Clean fossil fuel 
• Energy efficiency in: buildings, industry, transport and end-use, 
• Security of energy supply