The European Union is working to promote renewable energies and decarbonize the energy sector, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Three quarters of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions are due to energy, which includes electricity production, heat and transport. Accelerating the deployment of renewable energies is essential to drastically reduce emissions from the electricity […]
HORIZON EUROPE: Integrated wind farm control
Expected Outcome The EU aims to be climate neutral in 2050, and to achieve this goal wind energy technologies will need to unlock its full potential on low-cost reliable clean energy generation. Thus, the next generation of wind farms will need to be supported by an even more innovative set of physical and digital tools […]
Commission invests EUR 3 billion in innovative clean technology projects to accelerate energy independence
Today, the European Commission is launching the third call for large-scale projects under the EU Innovation Fund. With a budget doubled to €3 billion thanks to increased revenue from the auctioning of EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances, this 2022 call for large-scale projects will boost the deployment of industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe. With a special focus […]
Supporting the clean energy transition of the business sector
Objective Accelerating the transition of EU companies towards a sustainable growth model is one of the ambitious objectives of the European Green Deal, as they face various barriers that deter energy efficiency measures. In 2019, the industry and services sectors made up almost 40% of the total EU-27 final energy consumption (respectively accounting for 25.6% […]
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for ‘Fit for 55’
Scope This EIC Accelerator Challenge aims at supporting the development and scaling up of technologies and boosting breakthrough innovations that strengthen the green transition. Breakthrough innovations for this Challenge should have the potential to create significant economic, competitiveness and employment benefits for Europe. This Challenge targets ground-breaking innovations in any field of technology that have […]
LIFE Programme: Technical support to clean energy transition plans and strategies in municipalities and regions
Objective: The topic aims to provide local and regional authorities with the necessary capacity to deliver sustainable plans and strategies for the energy transition. To successfully support the achievement of energy and climate targets, transition strategies and plans need to be institutionalised, cross-sectoral and tailored to the level of innovation, ambition and specific geographic context […]
Colourful plastics to increase greenhouse production
Increasing the productivity of greenhouses is the objective of a project of the University of Almeria that uses colored plastic and ventilation to change the climatic conditions of greenhouses and play with the radiation that reaches the crop. The aim is to increase humidity and temperature conditions and increase productivity with clean energy without impacting […]
H2020: Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Social Sciences and Humanities aspects of the Clean-Energy Transition
This call (LC-SC3-CC-1-2018-2019-2020), which aims to present practical recommendations to address the challenges of the transition to clean energy in European coal- and carbon-intensive regions, belongs to the Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future sub-programme within the Horizon 2020 Programme. The clean energy transition not only poses technological and scientific challenges, but also requires a […]
Horizon 2020: Secure, clean and efficient energy Programme. The role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions
This call for proposals focus on the role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions, subprogramme “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future (LC)” A precondition for active demand is for consumers to be aware of their own potential to permanently or temporarily reduce energy consumption; and moreover, for them to […]