Opportunities

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Past external funding

Improvement of light harvesting and carbon fixation with synthetic biology and/or bio-inspired//biomimetic pathways for renewable direct solar fuels production

Development of microalgae and/or direct solar fuel production and purification technologies for making advanced aviation and /or shipping fuels from microalgae and/or direct sun 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. Activities are expected to achieve TRL 4-5 by the end of the project.

 

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-04

Dead line: 16 January 2024

Read more about this Fund Call here.

Renewable hydrogen used as feedstock in innovative production routes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of Processes4Planet partnership by developing new processes integrating renewable hydrogen that can replace fossil feedstock-based processes, enabling the full potential of renewable energy sources, and ensuring process flexibility (related to P4Planet operational objectives 1 and 2).

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-34

 
Dead line
: 7 February 2024

Read more about this Fund Call here.

Turning CO2 emissions from the process industry to feedstock (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of Processes4Planet partnership by developing efficient CO/CO2 capture and purification technologies, in combination with valorisation routes; that will drive the partnership’s innovation portfolio towards first of a kind demonstrator and de-risk investment (related P4Planet operational objectives 3, 4 and 9)

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-35

Dead line: 7 February 2024

Read more about this Fund Call here.

EIC Pathfinder Open

 

You should apply if you are looking for support from EIC Pathfinder Open to realise an ambitious vision for radically new technology, with potential to create new markets and/or to address global challenges. EIC Pathfinder Open supports early stage development of such future technologies (e.g. various activities at low Technology Readiness Levels from 1 to 4), based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough research (including ‘deep-tech’). This research must provide the foundations of the technology you are envisioning.

Deadline: 7 March 2024

Read more about this Fund Call here.

CO2-neutral steel production with hydrogen, secondary carbon carriers and electricity OR innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

 

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the objectives of the Clean Steel Partnership (CSP) by contributing to one of the following two aspects:

  1. Enhance CO2-neutral steel production with hydrogen, secondary carbon carriers and electricity;
  2. Contribute to innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions.

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-46

 

Dead line: 7 February 2024

Read more about this Fund Call here.

Efficient and circular artificial photosynthesis (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-03)

Develop artificial photosynthesis solutions, which will minimize further downstream processing and increase their scalability and integration within the industrial value chain in respect of circularity.

Selected proposals will be funded with 3 to 5 million euro and are expected to achieve TRL 5 at the end of the action. Synergies are possible with SUNER-C CSA.

Deadline: 10 January 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

Air Liquide Scientific Challenge Edition 3

Air Liquide invites the scientific & innovation communities to propose disruptive solutions to decarbonize the industrial ecosystems, based on the Essential Small Molecules, Data and related technologies. The Air Liquide Scientific Challenge aims to identify up to 3 laureates. A scientific prize of €50,000 will be awarded to each of the laureate teams at the end of 2023. Moreover, the Group will support collaborations (up to four years) with a total funding up to €1 million to develop the selected scientific proposals and transform them into market-tailored technologies.

Deadline: 10th March 2023

Development of algal and renewable fuels of non-biological origin (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-07)

Proposals will develop and improve algal and/or non-biological renewable fuel technologies (other than for hydrogen as a final product), through developing synthetic pathways including biological, biochemical, thermochemical, electrochemical processes or combinations of them. 

Selected proposals will be funded with 5 million euro and are expected to reach TRL 4-5 at the end of the action. Synergies are possible with SUNER-C CSA.

Deadline: 10 January 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

Innovation Fund. Third call for large-scale projects

With a budget doubled to EUR 3 billion, this third call counts four topics, three of which are part of REPowerEU:

  • Innovative electrification in industry and hydrogen (budget: EUR 1 billion)
  • Clean tech manufacturing  (budget: EUR 700 million)
  • “Mid-sized pilots” projects for validating, testing and optimising highly innovative solutions (budget: EUR 300 million)
  • General decarbonisation (budget: EUR 1 billion).

Deadline: 16 March 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

Development of algal and renewable fuels of non-biological origin (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-07)

Proposals will develop and improve algal and/or non-biological renewable fuel technologies (other than for hydrogen as a final product), through developing synthetic pathways including biological, biochemical, thermochemical, electrochemical processes or combinations of them.

Selected proposals will be funded with 5 million euro and are expected to reach TRL 4-5 at the end of the action. Synergies are possible with SUNER-C CSA.

Deadline: 10 January 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

Development of novel long-term electricity storage technologies

Focus on longer-duration technologies, compared to lithium-ion technology. In scope are novel chemical, mechanical, thermic storage technology solutions, excluding batteries and hydrogen. Use of new advanced materials or new design solutions, always bearing in mind the objective of sustainability and circular economy, minimizing the environmental footprint, which should be underpinned by an LCA. 4-5 M€. Achieve TRL 4-5.

HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-13

Deadline: 30th March 2023

Safe-and-sustainable-by-design bio-based platform chemicals, additives, materials or products as alternatives

Perform a wider scoping exercise and select chemicals/ group of chemicals/ (advanced) materials/products and justify. Proceed then with design, (process) development and testing of the chosen bio-based alternatives. Integrate the safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) framework, for assessing the safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials. Activities are expected to achieve TRL 4-5 by the end of the project.

HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-02-2-two-stage

Deadline: 28th March 2023

Accelerating climate-neutral hydrogen-powered/electrified aviation (RIA)

Project results should focus on transformative technologies that address existing technology gaps for an aircraft hydrogen and electrified powertrain of a megawatt class. Electrified aircraft propulsion is the use of electric motors to drive a subset or all of its propulsors. Hydrogen and electrified aircraft propulsion explicitly expands the scope to include hydrogen combustion propulsion. Activities are expected to achieve TRL 2-3 by the end of the project.

HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-08

Deadline: 20th April 2023

Development of carbon fixation technologies for biogenic flue gases (RIA)

Development of biological and chemical solutions to use the effluent gases from bioenergy combustion systems and upgrade biogenic carbon emissions for the production of renewable energy carriers with renewable hydrogen for later reuse as feedstock for energy needs and achieving carbon circularity. The effluent fixing solution has to be implemented in the conditions of the bioenergy combustion system and provide an integrated structure. Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5 by the end of the project.

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01-05

Deadline: 16th January 2023

HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-01-04: Photoelectrochemical (PEC) and/or Photocatalytic (PC) production of hydrogen

Projects are expected to contribute to:
• Development of breakthrough technologies able to harvest the renewable energy source potential in the EU regions and neighbourhoods;
• Strengthening the solar-energy conversion technologies EU value-chain;
• Contribute to the demonstration of the first scalable photo(electro)chemical system by 2028;
• Execution of techno-economic analyses and/or technology-transfer scenarios.

Deadline: 18th April 2023

Endorsement letter

Are you preparing a proposal and your project falls in the scope of sustainable fuels and chemicals?

Get a suport letter from SUNERGY to enhance your project’s proposal!

You can now apply for a SUNERGY support letter for your project if it fits the SUNERGY scope and if at least half of the consortium members are SUNERGY supporters (or Energy-X / SUNRISE supporters who want to become SUNERGY supporters). Please get in touch with us via contact@sunergy-initiative.eu. We will need information about the call, an abstract and a description of the consortium to decide if the project is aligned with the initiative’s goals. Please, send the information at least two weeks before the call deadline.

Jobs outside

Sustainability and Certification Manager

Climeworks, which is member of CO2 Value Europe, is looking for a Sustainability and Certification Manager (80 – 100%) to help elevate the company’s emissions reporting to compliance level in view of the incoming 2025 regulations.

To know more about the job position, read here.