about helios \ mission

Founded in 1996, the Helios Centre is an independent, non-profit energy research group, dedicated to developing the knowledge base required to foster appropriate strategies, policies, regulatory decisions and market choices for a sustainable energy and climate future.

Helios' first area of expertise is energy. It rests on three main activities:

• Research, sponsored or not, on legislative, regulatory and commercial solutions;
• Studies and expert advice responding to specific needs of decision-makers and other stakeholders in the energy sector; and
• Publications to raise public awareness regarding the path to sustainable energy.

The Centre's other main field of expertise is climate change. Its activities include:

• Analysis of international negotiations and the evolving of the regulatory framework;
• Identification of opportunities and analysis of policy and regulatory issues;
• Expert support in developing CDM projects under the Kyoto Protocol;
• Support for capacity-building and the implementation of Designated National Authorities (DNA); and
• Professional training enhancing public understanding of climate issues.