Horizon Europe Cluster 5 — Climate, Energy and Mobility

Funds high-risk renewable energy concepts that prove technical feasibility at TRL 4–5 and outperform current commercial options.

Funds disruptive onboard technologies that cut long-distance ship energy use by at least 25% and work across routes and vessel types.

Funds measurement, modelling and mitigation of tyre, brake, rail-contact and resuspended particle pollution from roads and railways.

Funds research that closes major climate-science gaps, reduces projection uncertainty and supplies evidence for policy assessments.

Funds four €7.1M projects that make battery electrode materials cleaner to produce — via greener refining or plant-based sourcing instead of mined graphite.

Funds a €9.4M lithium-ion battery recycling pilot line in India, matched to a separately funded Indian project on the same schedule.

Funds one €93M wind-energy project — split across breakthrough R&D, technology validation, and at least three real-world demonstrations.

Funds three €5.25M studies of how different groups of people actually use smart buildings, and what that means for real energy savings.

Funds four €7M pilots that retrofit apartment blocks to near-zero-energy standard with prefabricated systems and minimal disruption to residents.

Funds three €5.25M projects that plug embodied and operational carbon data into building certificates, passports and BIM tools.

Funds three €5M projects on what actually makes renovating rental housing affordable — for policy researchers and housing providers, not hardware builders.

Funds two €9M projects that capture a factory's own waste heat and put it back into the process, proven at a live plant and built for EU-wide reuse.

Funds three €33.3M pilot lines that turn a working battery-cell chemistry into a vehicle-ready pack for one transport mode.

Funds one €100M flagship project running live self-driving and connected-vehicle pilots for people, transit and freight across Europe, for at least a year.

Funds a single €4M project building the evidence, future scenarios and governance plan for Europe to keep its edge in connected and automated driving.

Funds two €6.5M projects using generative AI to sharpen real-time perception and decision-making for automated vehicles.

Funds three €6.5M grants for digital tools that connect rail, inland waterway and short-sea freight data into the platforms carriers already use.

Funds the €4M coordination project that runs CIVITAS, the EU's network helping cities share and scale mobility innovation.

Funds two €6M projects piloting road-safety fixes and a climate-risk mapping tool for rural roads, to help regional authorities cut crash deaths.

Funds two €5M projects that give transport operators AI tools to predict service disruptions and cut passenger delay across real multimodal corridors.

Funds a public buyers' group, not R&D suppliers, to run a €40M tender that de-risks renewable jet and shipping fuel production.

Funds two €6.75M demonstrations that turn regional biomass residues into solid biofuel and burn it in a 10-30 MWe combined heat and power plant.

Funds four €4.5M projects that develop methods to find and assess deep, low-permeability geothermal reservoirs between 2,000 and 6,000 metres.

Funds four €7.5M pilots — at least two pairing solar with farming, at least two offshore or nearshore, one track per proposal.

Funds three €10M projects that pool energy data and train AI foundation models on it, tested in lab demonstrators and real-life pilots.

Funds three €6M research projects that improve prediction and preparedness for extreme weather and climate events across Europe and beyond.

Funds two €7M projects using deep-time climate records to improve Earth-system models, tipping-point insight and future climate scenarios.

Funds three €3M research projects that show which climate policies cut emissions effectively, fairly and acceptably across Europe.

Funds three €5–6M research projects that help Europe identify, prevent and correct climate adaptation actions that backfire.

Funds a €15M EU-Africa climate co-fund that backs joint research, capacity building and practical resilience projects across Africa.

Funds five €5M research projects that improve how land and ocean carbon sources and sinks are measured and reconciled.

Funds six €4M projects to make climate scenarios more diverse, actionable and useful for fair, resilient transitions worldwide.

Funds two €9.4M innovation projects that make battery recycling more flexible, efficient and ready for mixed European feedstocks.

Funds two €18.9M projects to make lithium-ion and sodium-ion cell production cheaper, cleaner, flexible and ready for industrial scale-up.

Funds two €6M projects to supply industrial processes with concentrated solar heat, storage and at least 50% annual solar coverage.

Funds a €30M renewable-fuel co-fund that connects regions, supports annual calls and scales sustainable fuel value chains across Europe.

Funds a €43M Innovation Action that advances wave and tidal energy from breakthrough research to multiple monitored demonstrations.

Funds two €4.5M Innovation Actions that demonstrate affordable, locally anchored renewable energy systems in Africa.

Funds three €12M innovation projects that scale efficient, reliable and resilient solar-PV manufacturing beyond today’s commercial technologies.

Funds two €10M innovation projects that bring secure, frugal AI from the lab into real-time grid operations and consumer energy tools.

Funds two €8M Innovation Actions that scale direct air capture toward pilot demonstration with lower costs and full life-cycle evidence.

Funds one €5M coordination action to turn the EU CO2 transport and storage policy framework into workable rules, markets and investment pathways.

Funds four €5–7M innovation projects that make electric vehicles more repairable, traceable and circular through real-world data.

Funds a €13.5M Innovation Action that proves zero-emission coaches and buses can serve reliable long-distance routes across Europe.

Funds two €8M Innovation Actions that make electric heavy-duty vehicles more efficient, modular and ready for megawatt charging.

Funds one €8M project to prevent, detect and contain electric-vehicle fires in garages, depots, ferryboats and other confined spaces.

Funds two €2.5M projects to make aircraft components more circular through certified additive manufacturing, repair and high-quality material recovery.

Funds one €6.5M project to combine onboard renewables and energy-saving measures that cut ship fuel use by at least 55%.

Funds a €2M coordination action that maps whether nuclear propulsion could be safe, viable and responsible for commercial shipping.

Funds two €7.5M innovation projects to demonstrate remote and fully autonomous vessels for short-sea shipping and inland waterways.

Funds two €7M projects to prevent fuel spills and pollution from waterborne transport while protecting marine, river and port ecosystems.

Funds two €10M projects to extend electric vessels beyond 150 nautical miles with rapid charging, safer batteries and durable whole-vessel energy management.

Funds two €3.5M research projects that measure airport pollution, noise and water impacts and turn the evidence into healthier nearby communities.

Funds ten €4.8M research projects developing safer, cheaper and higher-performing battery concepts for mobility, grids and industry.

Funds two €2.5M research projects to reduce cabin, engine and community noise from new ultraefficient aircraft designs.

Funds two €9.4M innovation projects that demonstrate long-duration battery storage for resilient, sustainable European energy systems.

Funds three €6.75M innovation projects using on-site robotics to make building renovation and construction faster, safer and more resource-efficient.

Funds three €5.25M projects to cool small edge data centres and turn their waste heat into useful local energy in cold and warm climates.

Funds four €6.75M innovation projects that make circular renovation choices visible in whole-life carbon and energy models.

Funds two €6.75M innovation projects that turn industrial waste heat into useful mechanical or electrical power.

Funds one €5.5M research project to keep connected and automated mobility safe when rare, high-risk events disrupt normal operations.

Funds one €4M coordination action to make connected and automated mobility safer and easier to deploy across Europe.

Funds three €7M innovation projects to make rural-urban transport more affordable, reliable and accessible for people at risk of transport poverty.

Funds one €5M Innovation Action to make aviation navigation and low-altitude collision awareness more resilient beyond GNSS.

Funds one €1.6M coordination action to deliver the 2030 Transport Research Arena and transport research awards.

Funds two €8.5M projects that modernise existing hydropower plants for efficient, flexible and climate-resilient electricity generation.

Funds three €9.5M innovation projects that make high-efficiency tandem PV technologies reliable and ready for large-scale European manufacturing.

Funds three €6M projects that make solar PV more efficient for industrial electrification and more valuable in flexible electricity markets.

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

Funds three €9.5M projects that make electricity distribution grids more flexible, resilient and efficient through advanced digital control.

Funds €7.5M projects that turn obsolete energy and industrial infrastructure into secure, circular energy storage for a more flexible grid.

Funds one €6M coordination action to connect energy stakeholders around open data, analytics and AI tools for smarter grids.

Funds three €10M industrial projects that prepare safe, trusted CCUS clusters for hard-to-abate regions and commercial scale-up.