Electricity, Gas, Smart Grids, Hydrogen and CO₂ networks - Studies
Funds feasibility and preparatory studies for EU-designated cross-border energy grid projects that the market alone won't finance.
Electricity, Gas, Smart Grids, Hydrogen and CO₂ networks - Studies is a European Commission CEF Project Grant, administered by CINEA, funding feasibility, mapping, testing, site or route identification and financing-preparation studies for cross-border electricity, gas, smart grid, hydrogen and CO₂ network projects already named on the EU's First Union List of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) or …
The call funds studies that prepare the implementation of a Project of Common Interest (PCI) or Project of Mutual Interest (PMI) — feasibility, mapping, testing, site or route identification, and preparation of financing. Only projects already named on the EU's First Union List of PCIs and PMIs qualify. Studies should push these cross-border electricity, gas, smart grid, hydrogen and CO₂ network projects toward a financing decision.
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