Apply for Clean Energy Transition (CET)
This call is an excellent opportunity, if you are active in the energy sector and want to develop a small-medium R&D project in the field of climate transition.
The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) aims at accelerating the clean energy transition to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. It is a multilateral and strategic partnership of national and regional Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) funding programmes in EU Member States and associated countries, co-funded by the European Commission through Horizon Europe (HE).
This Climate Energy Transition (CET) Partnership 2023 is the second annual co-funded call under this partnership. It is a two-stage call for consortia, structured in 12 thematic modules within the energy field and open to a wide range of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL 3-9).
WHO CAN APPLY?
Consortium of at least 3 independent entities (at least, one coordinator and two partners).
Eligibility for funding requires approval from relevant national/regional funding organisations in at least three participating countries (list of funding organisations & modules) with two from EU Member States or HE associated countries.
Any legal entity can apply (private or public) regardless of type.
The call demands compliance with certain transnational, national and module requirements (e.g., TRL levels, budget). Moreover, carefully check all these requirements and the eligibility approval from the corresponding funding organisation for each applicant entity before applying.
Depending on each module’s specific requirements, the call targets both research-focused and development-focused projects or one of these. Our recommendation is to check in advance each module’s specific requirements for the maturity of the technologies.
DEADLINES
More Information on the CETPartnership
Technologies Supported in CETPartnership
There are many thematic modules defined in this CETPartnership call: 1: Direct current (DC) technologies for power networks, 2:Energy system flexibility: renewables production, storage and system integration, 3: Advanced Renewable Energies (RE) technologies for power production, 4: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUs), 5: Hydrogen and renewable fuels
6: Heating and cooling technologies, 7: Geothermal energy technologies, 8: Integrated regional energy systems, 9: Integrated industrial energy systems, 10: Clean energy integration in the built environment.
Grant Size & Project Details
Total budget: 0.5-5M€. Moreover, one partner's total effort in the project consortium can be max. 60%, and partners from one country/region can contribute up to 75% of the total project efforts.
Projects may last up to 36 months, starting by 15 December 2024 with grants per partner reaching €1M (depending on the nature of the applicant entity, each funding organisation’s rules and number of partners from the same region/country in the consortium)
Evaluation Criteria
The call process includes stage 1 (the pre-proposal stage) and stage 2 (the full proposal stage).
To be considered for funding, your pre-proposal must be invited to the stage 2 process.
Both CET proposals will be evaluated based on their technological innovation, commercial impact, contribution to the module’s expected impacts, consortium quality and efficiency of the implementation.