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Horizon Europe Cluster 5 — Climate, Energy and Mobility

Grid Control Rooms for a Resilient Electricity System

Funds €9.5M projects that modernise electricity transmission control rooms for more observable, stable and renewable-ready grids.

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Electricity transmission grids are becoming harder to operate: renewable generation is distributed, weather can trigger incidents, and control rooms need to coordinate across organisational and software boundaries. This topic funds practical innovation to make those control rooms more observable, stable and resilient.

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Design, test and validate vendor-agnostic hardware, software and processes for next-generation electricity transmission system operator control rooms. Projects should combine real-time observability, forecasting, analytics, visualisation, automation and decision support to manage congestion, integrate more renewable generation, reduce curtailment and prepare for or recover from incidents. They may use wide-area monitoring systems, digital twins and artificial intelligence, with security-by-design, cyber protection and open-source components where possible. The work must improve interoperability between different TSOs and with connected distribution system operators, produce an operations manual and best practices, and demonstrate the results in at least two pilots in different eligible countries.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Biennial
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.1 Dec 2027
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.22 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.30%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€28.5M

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: HORIZON-CL5-2027-07-D3-25Source: ec.europa.eu