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December 2024 - updates on main clean energy funding programmes and projects' achievements
Commission earmarks EUR 4.6 billion to boost net-zero technologies, electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing and renewable hydrogen under the Innovation Fund
The Innovation Fund has launched three new funding opportunities totalling EUR 4.6 billion to support the deployment of net-zero technologies (IF24 Call), electric vehicles battery cell manufacturing (IF24 Battery) and the production of renewable hydrogen via competitive bidding (IF24 Auction
Help co-create the 2025 European Sustainable Energy Week
The 2025 European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is looking for proposals for organising policy sessions and candidates for the Awards. We are inviting all organisations, projects, public institutions, companies, NGOs, and research entities working in clean energy and shaping the future – your input is highly valued!
2024 Innovation Fund Auction Info Day – material available
The 2024 Innovation Fund Auction makes up to EUR 1.2 billion ️available via competitive bidding for producers of renewable hydrogen. The deadline to apply is 20 February 2025. The recording and presentations of the Info Day that took place on 10 December are available, with insights on the main objectives and design of the scheme, as well as on how to submit a successful application.
CEF Energy: 74 projects requesting approximately EUR 4 billion under the PCI & PMI calls
The submitted proposals hail from a total of 18 countries and cover the sectors of electricity, smart grids, gas, hydrogen and cross-border CO2 networks. The evaluation process is expected to be concluded by February 2025, after which the results will be announced.
On 17 and 18 December, CINEA and DG CLIMA will present the key features and award criteria of two calls: the 2024 Innovation Fund Call makes EUR 2.4 billion available for projects with significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sectors such as cleantech manufacturing, maritime, renewables, energy storage and energy-intensive industries. The Battery call allocates EUR 1 billion for e-vehicle battery cell manufacturing projects that demonstrate innovative technologies, processes, or products.
The FLORA project received the prestigious Atlantic Project Award for Marine Renewable Energy at the 11th Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference. The project, funded under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, is developing an industrial-scale prototype of an ocean station with renewable energy generation and oceanographic capabilities.
Ports and airports collaborating for a greener future from “Seas to Skies”
The five “EU Green Deal” projects for airports and ports joined forces at the Seas to Skies conference this week in Brussels Airport and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The event offered a valuable opportunity to exchange on progress and challenges in the journey towards decarbonisation and sustainability.
Twelve Ukrainian cities join the SUN4Ukraine initiative of the EU Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission
Twelve municipalities from Ukraine are starting a transformative journey to climate-neutral rebuilding with support from the SUN4Ukraine initiative of the EU Cities Mission. The announcement was made at an event organised by the Association of Ukrainian Cities held in Kyiv on 2-3 December 2024.
LIFE heating Danish homes via green district networks
As winter temperatures drop across northern Europe, homes and businesses are dialling up the heat. Across southern Denmark, the green energy transition is being driven by LIFE COHEAT2.
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