Raffaele Liberali was appointed Director for "Energy" within the Directorate-General "Research" of the European Commission in October 2006. He is in charge of the implementation of the Non-Nuclear Energy priority of the 7th Framework Programme, as well as the definition of political priorities and the coordination with Member States and research/industrial stakeholders in the field of non-nuclear energy technologies, including the conception and implementation of the SET-Plan. This work is carried out in close cooperation with DG Transport and Energy.