European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Using captured CO2 as a resource to replace fossil hydrocarbons in industrial production
Horizon Europe – Cluster 5 "Climate, Energy and Mobility", Destination 3: Unlocking the economic potential of CO2 utilisation
Funding Amount
Amount not specified
Deadline
02/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Using captured CO2 as a resource to replace fossil hydrocarbons in industrial production Call?
Grant Description
This call supports innovative solutions for the conversion of captured carbon dioxide into advanced synthetic fuels, chemicals, polymers or minerals. It aims to reduce the capital intensity, energy use and environmental footprint of CO2 conversion technologies to enable commercial upscaling, foster economic competitiveness, advance emission reduction and substitute fossil feedstocks in chemical and material production.
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
• Unlocking the economic potential of CO₂ utilisation by developing cost-competitive, market-ready technologies.
• Strengthening the industrial carbon management value chain via innovative recycling solutions that convert CO₂ into advanced synthetic fuels, chemicals, polymers or minerals, and accelerate their market deployment.
• Contributing to EU emission reduction, energy security and strategic autonomy by gradually substituting fossil-based feedstocks with alternative feedstocks such as waste, residues and captured CO₂ in chemical and materials production.
• Unlocking the economic potential of CO₂ utilisation by developing cost-competitive, market-ready technologies.
• Strengthening the industrial carbon management value chain via innovative recycling solutions that convert CO₂ into advanced synthetic fuels, chemicals, polymers or minerals, and accelerate their market deployment.
• Contributing to EU emission reduction, energy security and strategic autonomy by gradually substituting fossil-based feedstocks with alternative feedstocks such as waste, residues and captured CO₂ in chemical and materials production.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
1. Aim to significantly lower capital intensity, energy consumption and environmental footprint of CO₂ conversion technologies to enable short-to-medium-term up-scaling.
2. Provide comprehensive economic feasibility studies and commercial-scale up-scaling potential assessments.
3. Demonstrate reduced use of virgin critical raw materials in process materials and equipment.
4. Define clear, quantified targets for:
• Energy requirements per unit of product
• Production costs and product yields
• Price competitiveness thresholds
5. Specify minimum CO₂ purity requirements and maximum impurities tolerated; solutions handling lower-purity streams score higher.
6. Apply full life-cycle analysis (LCA) consistent with EU guidelines (Innovation Fund GHG methodology, relevant ISO standards, EU Taxonomy), assessing climate mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity, water use, pollution and resource depletion impacts.
7. Focus primarily on the CO₂ conversion stage, though integration with capture or direct air capture is allowed.
8. Exclude enhanced oil, gas or coalbed methane recovery (EOR/EGR/ECBM) applications.
9. Include an exploitation and dissemination plan covering market equivalence analysis, scalability and commercialisation roadmap (feasibility study, business plan, financial model), and identify potential follow-on funding (e.g., Innovation Fund).
1. Aim to significantly lower capital intensity, energy consumption and environmental footprint of CO₂ conversion technologies to enable short-to-medium-term up-scaling.
2. Provide comprehensive economic feasibility studies and commercial-scale up-scaling potential assessments.
3. Demonstrate reduced use of virgin critical raw materials in process materials and equipment.
4. Define clear, quantified targets for:
• Energy requirements per unit of product
• Production costs and product yields
• Price competitiveness thresholds
5. Specify minimum CO₂ purity requirements and maximum impurities tolerated; solutions handling lower-purity streams score higher.
6. Apply full life-cycle analysis (LCA) consistent with EU guidelines (Innovation Fund GHG methodology, relevant ISO standards, EU Taxonomy), assessing climate mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity, water use, pollution and resource depletion impacts.
7. Focus primarily on the CO₂ conversion stage, though integration with capture or direct air capture is allowed.
8. Exclude enhanced oil, gas or coalbed methane recovery (EOR/EGR/ECBM) applications.
9. Include an exploitation and dissemination plan covering market equivalence analysis, scalability and commercialisation roadmap (feasibility study, business plan, financial model), and identify potential follow-on funding (e.g., Innovation Fund).
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
All proposals must comply with Horizon Europe general and specific topic conditions:
• Admissibility: page limits and layout per Work Programme General Annexes (Annex A, E) and Application Form Part B.
• Eligibility: legal entities from eligible countries (Work Programme Annex B); participants from non-automatic funding third countries as detailed in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
• Financial and operational capacity: demonstrated as per General Annex C; exclusions apply as per the EU Financial Regulation.
• Evaluation and award: criteria, scoring and thresholds from General Annex D; procedures and timelines from Annex F and the Online Manual.
• Grant set-up: legal and financial provisions per General Annex G and the Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement.
• Submission: single-stage electronic submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal by 02/09/2025 17:00 Brussels time; use the specific IA Application Form template.
• Documentation: adherence to the HE Programme Guide, Work Programme Parts (General Introduction, Climate/Energy/Mobility, General Annexes), EU Financial Regulation, MGA documentation, Portal Terms, etc.
• Out-of-Scope: any enhanced oil, gas or coalbed methane recovery (EOR/EGR/ECBM) processes.
• Exploitation planning must address equivalent market products, scalability, commercialisation, deployment and potential funding routes, notably the Innovation Fund.
• Admissibility: page limits and layout per Work Programme General Annexes (Annex A, E) and Application Form Part B.
• Eligibility: legal entities from eligible countries (Work Programme Annex B); participants from non-automatic funding third countries as detailed in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
• Financial and operational capacity: demonstrated as per General Annex C; exclusions apply as per the EU Financial Regulation.
• Evaluation and award: criteria, scoring and thresholds from General Annex D; procedures and timelines from Annex F and the Online Manual.
• Grant set-up: legal and financial provisions per General Annex G and the Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement.
• Submission: single-stage electronic submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal by 02/09/2025 17:00 Brussels time; use the specific IA Application Form template.
• Documentation: adherence to the HE Programme Guide, Work Programme Parts (General Introduction, Climate/Energy/Mobility, General Annexes), EU Financial Regulation, MGA documentation, Portal Terms, etc.
• Out-of-Scope: any enhanced oil, gas or coalbed methane recovery (EOR/EGR/ECBM) processes.
• Exploitation planning must address equivalent market products, scalability, commercialisation, deployment and potential funding routes, notably the Innovation Fund.
Important dates
Open from: 06/05/2025
Deadline:02/09/2025
Application period has ended
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