Scaling up smart and clean energy solutions for affordability in EU cities
Pays one consortium up to EUR 6 million to run the EmpowerEUcities initiative, which then re-grants EUR 60,000 lump sums to local authorities scaling up proven clean-energy solutions.
Only one proposal is selected for this topic; lump-sum grants to local authorities must make up around 70% of the total project budget, capped at EUR 60,000 per grant, and the whole sub-granting process (publication, evaluation, monitoring) must follow EU transparency and equal-treatment standards agreed with CINEA. The managing consortium itself needs at least 3 beneficiary organisations (not aff…
The LIFE Clean Energy Transition programme wants a single consortium to set up and run EmpowerEUcities, an initiative that helps European local authorities scale up smart, clean energy solutions already demonstrated under programmes like Horizon Europe, so citizens see real savings on energy bills. In-scope solutions include energy sharing, community-scale storage, bi-directional EV charging, energy management systems, heating and cooling systems and micro-grids. The winning consortium provides capacity building and peer-to-peer learning to local authorities, then runs at least two of its own calls awarding lump-sum grants so those authorities can build a scale-up roadmap for their chosen solution.
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