European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Integrated use of renewable energy carriers in industrial sites (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION
Funding Amount
€6.0M - €8.0M
Deadline
23/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Integrated use of renewable energy carriers in industrial sites (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA) Call?
Grant Description
This Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action supports energy intensive industries to develop and demonstrate integrated renewable energy systems at industrial sites. It addresses fluctuating supply of renewable energy carriers by designing prototype industrial site structures with storage and digital control, enabling stable low-carbon and cost-efficient energy inputs, improving grid stability and flexibility, and fostering industrial symbiosis. Funded activities include technology develop...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
• Constant, robust low-carbon and cost-effective energy input to process industries via integrated renewable carriers
• Strategic industrial cooperation mechanisms to manage energy input fluctuations and optimise cost and energy efficiency
• Enhanced power grid stability and operational flexibility through on-site storage solutions and demand-side buffers
• Tools for renewable energy labelling, scheduling and price-compensation models to optimise grid loading
• Improved technical and economic feasibility of integrated renewable energy use in industrial sites versus alternative CO₂ reduction solutions
• Strategic industrial cooperation mechanisms to manage energy input fluctuations and optimise cost and energy efficiency
• Enhanced power grid stability and operational flexibility through on-site storage solutions and demand-side buffers
• Tools for renewable energy labelling, scheduling and price-compensation models to optimise grid loading
• Improved technical and economic feasibility of integrated renewable energy use in industrial sites versus alternative CO₂ reduction solutions
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
• Target energy-intensive industrial clusters or individual large plants integrating multiple renewable energy carriers with significant temporal variability
• Deliver fully integrated technology and prototype design including storage and dynamic operation under fluctuating inputs
• Account for logistics, risk assessment, management and safety at plant and site level
• Embed principles of industrial symbiosis and circularity, contributing to Hubs 4 Circularity evolution where applicable
• Ensure technical interfacing with power grids, hydrogen networks and district heating systems
• Integrate advanced digital solutions: distributed control, AI optimisation, model-based operation, secure data exchange under FAIR principles
• Demonstrate measurable improvements in energy efficiency, carbon footprint and grid stability, including peak buffering via storage
• Provide demand response and pricing models, renewable energy labelling and scheduling tools for optimal grid load balancing
• Validate solutions on real industrial sites via open-loop computations and parallel operations; real-site experiments encouraged
• Develop a robust business case and exploitation roadmap aligned with EU industrial decarbonisation goals
• Define a skills development plan leveraging existing education and training initiatives
• Deliver fully integrated technology and prototype design including storage and dynamic operation under fluctuating inputs
• Account for logistics, risk assessment, management and safety at plant and site level
• Embed principles of industrial symbiosis and circularity, contributing to Hubs 4 Circularity evolution where applicable
• Ensure technical interfacing with power grids, hydrogen networks and district heating systems
• Integrate advanced digital solutions: distributed control, AI optimisation, model-based operation, secure data exchange under FAIR principles
• Demonstrate measurable improvements in energy efficiency, carbon footprint and grid stability, including peak buffering via storage
• Provide demand response and pricing models, renewable energy labelling and scheduling tools for optimal grid load balancing
• Validate solutions on real industrial sites via open-loop computations and parallel operations; real-site experiments encouraged
• Develop a robust business case and exploitation roadmap aligned with EU industrial decarbonisation goals
• Define a skills development plan leveraging existing education and training initiatives
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Type of Action: Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (RIA), single-stage submission
• Funding under Horizon Action Grant Budget-Based MGA (HORIZON-AG)
• Innovation Actions involving legal entities established in China are ineligible
• Proposals must comply with Horizon Europe General Annexes (A–G) and call-specific MGA conditions
• Eligible applicants as per Annex B; financial and operational capacity per Annex C; evaluation per Annex D and F
• Strict page limits and application form layout per Annex A and E
• Data management to adhere to FAIR principles; secure and trusted data sharing required
• Mandatory inclusion of a detailed business case and exploitation strategy (impact criterion)
• Mandatory skills development plan involving social partners and existing training initiatives
• Alignment with the Processes 4 Planet co-programmed partnership and relevant Destination description
• Voluntary contributions to JRC platforms (INCITE, EIGL) recommended
• Use of ESF+ for scalable training materials encouraged
• Funding under Horizon Action Grant Budget-Based MGA (HORIZON-AG)
• Innovation Actions involving legal entities established in China are ineligible
• Proposals must comply with Horizon Europe General Annexes (A–G) and call-specific MGA conditions
• Eligible applicants as per Annex B; financial and operational capacity per Annex C; evaluation per Annex D and F
• Strict page limits and application form layout per Annex A and E
• Data management to adhere to FAIR principles; secure and trusted data sharing required
• Mandatory inclusion of a detailed business case and exploitation strategy (impact criterion)
• Mandatory skills development plan involving social partners and existing training initiatives
• Alignment with the Processes 4 Planet co-programmed partnership and relevant Destination description
• Voluntary contributions to JRC platforms (INCITE, EIGL) recommended
• Use of ESF+ for scalable training materials encouraged
Important dates
Open from: 22/05/2025
Deadline:23/09/2025
Application period has ended
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