19 E.ON Research Award: promoting cutting-edge university research For the second year, in April 2009 the E.ON Research Award was given to outstanding projects from universities and research institutes from around the world. The 2008 Award--and a total of 6 million in funding--went to nine innovative energy applications of nanotechnology. The projects range from advanced photovoltaic cells to high-efficiency heating and cooling systems for buildings. The topic of the 2009 Award, which will be conferred in 2010, is heat storage for concentrated solar power. Over a more than 10-year period, E.ON will provide a total of 60 million in grants for research projects worldwide and 40 million in support for the E.ON Energy Research Center (see textbox on page 16). In 2009, E.ON provided 17 million of support for current programs in energy-technology research at universities. Beyond CCS and offshore wind, we also made progress with other innovative technologies in 2009: Joint pilot project with BMW Low-carbon mobility In July, E.ON Energie began a 12-month project in Munich to test 15 BMW battery- powered Minis and a recharging station that's powered by zero-carbon hydro- electricity. The purpose is to learn more about the auto world of the future; for example, the kind of recharging infrastruc- ture that would be necessary to handle the 1 million electric cars Germany is expect- ed to have by 2020. Biogas fuel cell at brewery Distributed generation Beer is carbonated. But a joint project by MTU Onsite Energy and E.ON is demon- strating that you can reduce carbon emis- sions while brewing it. A brewery in Erding, Germany, became Europe's first to be powered in part by a fuel cell that runs on biogas derived from brewing by-products. The fuel cell's net electric capacity is 214 kW, its thermal capacity 200 kW. It will prevent the emission of up to 1,200 metric tons of CO2 each year. Biomethane plants open in Sweden and Germany Biomethane Two new E.ON biomethane plants en- tered service in Falkenberg (southwest Sweden) and Einbeck (north-central Germany). Together, the plants transform 170,000 metric tons of organic material into 32 million cubic meters of carbon- neutral biomethane annually, enough to heat 10,000 homes or fuel 30,000 vehicles. Strategic research agenda Next-generation nuclear power In May, the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform ("SNETP"), a Europe- wide organization of which E.ON is a member, defined a strategic research agenda and implementation plan to ensure that nuclear power is an essential part of the low-carbon energy mix of the future. The agenda covers areas like enhanced safety, next-generation reactor design, and new uses for nuclear power such as process heat and hydrogen production. Pacesetter in smart technologies Smart meters E.ON will install a total of 1.8 million smart meters as part of a unique European test program. With smart meters, customers can monitor their energy use in real time on the internet and then respond to what they see. One million smart meters are already in use in Sweden; 752,000 more will be installed in Spain by 2014. In early 2009, an entire town in Bavaria was equipped with more than 5,000 smart meters. This is just one of the areas that makes us a European pacesetter for promising technologies. New Technologies Our Company