#1 CALL

Programme: Horizon Europe

Call: Development of microalgae and/or direct solar fuel production and purification technologies for advanced aviation and /or shipping fuels (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-08)

Scope: The call aims at funding projects that deal with the development of microalgae and/or direct solar fuel production and purification technologies for making these advanced aviation and/or shipping fuels use a techno-economic feasible, cost-effective and sustainable option for large scale use of microalgae-based and/or solar-based advanced fuels in aviation and /or shipping. The sustainability and GHG reduction should be addressed on a life-cycle assessment basis including circular economy, social, economic and environmental aspects, in line with the European Green Deal priorities.

Objectives:

• Developing disruptive sustainable renewable fuel technologies in order to accelerate the replacement of fossil-based energy technologies in aviation and/or shipping.
• Reducing costs and improving efficiency of sustainable microalgae-based and/or direct solar renewable fuel technologies and their value chains.
• Increasing technology leadership, competitiveness and technology export potential of European industry in possibly game-changing microalgae and/or direct solar renewable fuel technologies.
• Increasing the European energy security and reliability by enlarging the renewable feedstock basis for aviation and maritime fuels as well as maintaining and fostering the European global leadership in affordable, secure and sustainable microalgae-based and/or direct solar fuel renewable energy technologies.  

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 4-5 by the end of the project

Eligibility Criteria: Any legal entity, i.e. also SMEs (up to 250 employees), established in a EU Member State or in a Horizon Europe Associated Country.

Consortium: 3 legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows: at least 1 independent legal entity established in a Member State; and at least 2 other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries.

Call Budget: The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 8 million.

(Co)funding: The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.

Deadline: 10 October 2023

#2 CALL

Advanced concepts for crystalline Silicon technology (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-11)

Deadline: 05 September 2023

#3 CALL

Bio-based packaging materials with improved properties: barrier, food contact, forming, printability, safety, recyclability / circularity-by-design (HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IAFlag-03)

Deadline: 20 September 2023

#4 CALL

Programme: Innovation Fund

Call:  Innovation Fund Small Scale Projects (INNOVFUND-2022-SSC)

Scope: The call aims at funding projects that deal with activities that support innovation in low-carbon technologies, including environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, as well as products substituting carbon-intensive ones and activities that help stimulate the construction and operation of innovative renewable energy and energy storage technologies. Projects are expected to contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 and to the target to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030 as defined in the European Climate Law and the European Green Deal and to targets set out in the REPowerEU Plan on renewables, energy efficiency and renewable hydrogen. 

Objectives:  

• Supporting projects demonstrating highly innovative technologies, processes, business models or products/services that are sufficiently mature and have a significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
• Offering financial support tailored to market needs and risk profiles of eligible projects, while attracting additional public and private resources.

Eligibility Criteria: The applicants must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be established in one of the eligible countries: any country in the world.

Consortium: n/a 

Call Budget: EUR 100 million

(Co)funding: Only projects with a total capital expenditure between EUR 2,5 and EUR 7,5 million will be eligible under this call.

Deadline:  19 September 2023

#5 CALL

Development of next generation advanced biofuel technologies (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-07)

Deadline: 05 September 2023

#6 CALL

Innovative components and configurations for heat pumps (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-04)

Deadline: 05 September 2023

#7 CALL

Programme:  Horizon Europe

Call: Demonstration of sustainable hydropower refurbishment (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-09)

Scope: With existing hydropower installation as a base, solutions are expected to demonstrate innovative technical solutions for refurbishment with increased sustainability of refurbished hydropower in terms of business models in changing power markets, including digital requirements. The innovative refurbishment solution should go beyond increased efficiency but lead to net-improvements in socioeconomic and environmental sustainability also considering future climate change adaptation needs, SDGs, circular economy, to be addressed on a life cycle basis.

Objectives:   

• Refurbishing, upgrading and increasing existing hydropower capacity to make it fit for market and digital challenges of the future power system and for supporting increasing shares of variable renewable energy sources;
• Increasing technology leadership, competitiveness and technology export potential of the European hydropower industry;
• Enhancing sustainability of refurbished hydropower installations, taking fully into account circular economy, social, economic and environmental aspects.

Activities are expected to achieve Technology Readiness Level 7-8 by the end of the project.

Eligibility Criteria:  Any legal entity, i.e. also SMEs (up to 250 employees), established in a EU Member State or in a Horizon Europe Associated Country.

Consortium: 3 legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows: at least 1 independent legal entity established in a Member State; and at least 2 other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries.

Call Budget: 8 million

(Co)funding: The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 8.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately.

Deadline: 05 September 2023

#8 CALL

Industrial manufacturing for lower-cost solar thermal components and systems (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-03)

Deadline: 05 September 2023

#9 CALL

Re-Centre EuroCluster | Financial support to third parties | From Ideas to Proof of Concepts | Cross-sectorial Projects for Higher Competitiveness through Digital, Green Transition and Resilience

Deadline: 27 June 2023