The European Commission has launched new calls for energy projects.

The European Commission has launched new calls for energy projects under Horizon Europe’s Work Programme for 2023-2024 Cluster 5 (Climate Action, Energy and Mobility).

The calls cover the following subject areas or ‘destinations’:

Destination 3 “Sustainable, secure and competitive energy“, with an envelope of €138,6 million,  closing on 04 February 2025, covering:

• Technologies related to CO2 conversion, CO2 removal, futur ocean farms, next generation synthetic renewable fuel
• Application of PV for electric mobility, ressource efficiency of PV lifecycle
• Solutions for market uptake of renewable energy systems (RES), for community-integrated PV systems
• Renewable fuels and bioenergy
• Support to Strategic Energy Technologies (SET plans)
• Digital solutions for non-concentrated and concentrated solar plants
• Demonstaration for floatting wind concept
• Environmental and socio-economic impacts  related to offshore windfarms

Under the same destination, The Clean Energy Transition (CET) Partnership, with an envelope of €97 million, has its next cut-off on 21 November 2024,

Destination 4 “Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use”. All open calls are under the Built4People partnership and amount to €50 million and are closing on 04 February 2025.  They cover topics such:

• Sustainable and circular deep renovation workflows
• Automated solutions (including robotics)
• BIM-based processes and digital twins in regard to circular energy renovation.
• Adaptability , re-use, and deconstruction of building aligned with circular economy
• Digital solutions and participative design, planning, and management of buildings.

For more details about the Cluster 5 calls and where to apply please visit this page

Interested in other funding opportunities for urban energy? Then make sure to have a look at the Driving Urban Transition (DUT) partnership , which just opened a new wave of calls with a cutoff date on 14 November 2024. You will find more information on the DUT partnership on our dedicated article.

Your NCP Brussels contact for energy topics under Cluster 5 and the DUT is  AÏda Yassine – don’t hesitate to get in touch for a bilateral meeting and tailor-made advice!