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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

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.