SWEETER Call 1 — Industrial Processes
Funds two Swiss SWEETER challenge themes for high-temperature industry transitions and reuse of energy system components through consortium projects.
SWEETER Call 1-2026 is a competitive call issued by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE/BFE) under its SWEET (SWiss Energy research for the Energy Transition) programme, which funds solution-oriented research aligned with Switzerland's Energy Strategy 2050. The call targets two industrial-process research challenges: optimising high-temperature industrial processes and transitioning them away…
Two challenges: (1) optimising high-temperature industrial processes and transitioning away from fossil fuels; (2) improving reuse, repurposing, remanufacturing, and recycling of energy system components.
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