European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments
LIFE Clean Energy Transition Project Development Assistance
Funding Amount
€1.0M - €1.5M
Deadline
23/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments Call?
Grant Description
Project Development Assistance (PDA) offers technical assistance to convert sustainable energy project ideas into actual energy efficiency and renewable energy investments. It supports project promoters in preparing and launching investment pipelines, delivering innovative organisational facilitation approaches and financing solutions that leverage private sector funds. Proposals must demonstrate that each million euros of EU support mobilises at least fifteen million euros of sustainable energy...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
• Actual launch of a sustainable energy investment programme delivering at least €15 M of investments per €1 M of EU support (or €10 M for residential-only)
• Delivery of innovative organisational facilitation structures and financial solutions that mobilise private sector funds
• Creation of bankable, ready-to-finance project pipelines
• Enhanced technical, economic and legal skills of project staff and increased organisational capacity to deliver further investments
• Increased number of organisations with tailored structures for investment delivery
• Direct and indirect job creation
• Measurable primary and final energy savings (GWh/year) and additional renewable energy generation (GWh/year)
• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (t CO₂-eq/year)
• Cumulative investments in sustainable energy triggered (million €)
• Demonstration of replicable best-practice solutions for accelerating clean energy transition across EU regions
• Delivery of innovative organisational facilitation structures and financial solutions that mobilise private sector funds
• Creation of bankable, ready-to-finance project pipelines
• Enhanced technical, economic and legal skills of project staff and increased organisational capacity to deliver further investments
• Increased number of organisations with tailored structures for investment delivery
• Direct and indirect job creation
• Measurable primary and final energy savings (GWh/year) and additional renewable energy generation (GWh/year)
• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (t CO₂-eq/year)
• Cumulative investments in sustainable energy triggered (million €)
• Demonstration of replicable best-practice solutions for accelerating clean energy transition across EU regions
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
• Projects must lead to the actual launch of energy efficiency and/or renewable energy investments within the project duration
• Demonstrate a leverage factor of ≥15 M€ investment per 1 M€ of EU support (≥10 M€ for residential-only pipelines)
• Identify the initially envisaged investment pipeline
• Target one or more eligible sectors: existing residential buildings (rental, social housing, district renovations), existing non-residential buildings (public, healthcare, education, commercial, defence), district heating/cooling networks based on low-temperature renewables or waste heat, existing public infrastructure (water/wastewater services, lighting), industry and industrial clusters (beyond business-as-usual), citizen-led renewable energy communities, clean urban mobility solutions (infrastructure, soft mobility, smart recharging)
• Propose innovative organisational and/or financial engineering solutions with replication potential across the EU
• Aim for high ambition in energy savings and decarbonisation (deep renovation, nearly zero-energy/zero-emission buildings, positive energy buildings/districts, highly efficient infrastructure)
• Conduct market/barrier analysis
• Define operational, financial and organisational modalities for implementation
• Engage key stakeholders (including financial institutions) ex-ante and during the project
• Eligible applicants: public or private project promoters (single entity or grouping) from an eligible country
• Demonstrate a leverage factor of ≥15 M€ investment per 1 M€ of EU support (≥10 M€ for residential-only pipelines)
• Identify the initially envisaged investment pipeline
• Target one or more eligible sectors: existing residential buildings (rental, social housing, district renovations), existing non-residential buildings (public, healthcare, education, commercial, defence), district heating/cooling networks based on low-temperature renewables or waste heat, existing public infrastructure (water/wastewater services, lighting), industry and industrial clusters (beyond business-as-usual), citizen-led renewable energy communities, clean urban mobility solutions (infrastructure, soft mobility, smart recharging)
• Propose innovative organisational and/or financial engineering solutions with replication potential across the EU
• Aim for high ambition in energy savings and decarbonisation (deep renovation, nearly zero-energy/zero-emission buildings, positive energy buildings/districts, highly efficient infrastructure)
• Conduct market/barrier analysis
• Define operational, financial and organisational modalities for implementation
• Engage key stakeholders (including financial institutions) ex-ante and during the project
• Eligible applicants: public or private project promoters (single entity or grouping) from an eligible country
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Proposals must establish clear causality between activities, results and expected impacts, based on baseline analysis and well-substantiated assumptions
• Plan for and submit during the project evidence of signed work or investment contracts (or equivalent proof)
• Quantify results at project end and five years after using topic-specific and LIFE CET common indicators (e.g. staff skills improvements, investments launched, organisational capacity, jobs created, primary/final energy savings, renewable generation, GHG reductions, cumulative investments)
• Proposals need not address all listed indicators but must use those relevant to their activities
• Adhere to admissibility conditions on page limits, layout, eligibility of countries and applicants, financial and operational capacity
• Follow evaluation, scoring and threshold rules as per the call document and Online Manual
• EU funding rate is 95%; recommended EU contribution is €1–1.5 M (other amounts allowed)
• Cross-reference and not duplicate other LIFE CET topics where appropriate (DHC, LOCAL, OSS)
• Plan for and submit during the project evidence of signed work or investment contracts (or equivalent proof)
• Quantify results at project end and five years after using topic-specific and LIFE CET common indicators (e.g. staff skills improvements, investments launched, organisational capacity, jobs created, primary/final energy savings, renewable generation, GHG reductions, cumulative investments)
• Proposals need not address all listed indicators but must use those relevant to their activities
• Adhere to admissibility conditions on page limits, layout, eligibility of countries and applicants, financial and operational capacity
• Follow evaluation, scoring and threshold rules as per the call document and Online Manual
• EU funding rate is 95%; recommended EU contribution is €1–1.5 M (other amounts allowed)
• Cross-reference and not duplicate other LIFE CET topics where appropriate (DHC, LOCAL, OSS)
Important dates
Open from: 24/04/2025
Deadline:23/09/2025
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