Horizon Clean Industry: Market-Ready Climate Tech
Funds €15–25M lump-sum projects led by industry to mature energy, power, storage, fuels or CCU solutions from TRL 6 to market-ready deployment.
This topic backs industry-led projects that can move a clean-technology solution from a late demonstration stage into market deployment. The solution must start at TRL 6 and reach TRL 8, with a clear route to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, lower delivered energy costs, improve circular material use and strengthen Europe's manufacturing base.
Choose one main area: integrated net-zero energy systems…
Bringing an innovative clean-technology solution from TRL 6 to TRL 8 and close to market readiness in one or more of three areas: integrated net-zero energy systems; enhanced zero-emission power technologies; or storage, renewable fuels and carbon capture and utilisation. Projects can strengthen a specific value chain across energy, manufacturing or transport, including enabling infrastructure, advanced materials, process engineering, resource efficiency, circularity and recycling. They need a clear business case, industrial leadership, quantified competitiveness and greenhouse-gas benefits, and a go/no-go point before contracting and demonstration.
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