Innovation Fund Large Scale Projects - Clean-tech manufacturing
European Comission
Objective :
The objective of this topic is to support projects on innovative clean-tech manufacturing of components for hydrogen production, renewable energy and energy storage in order to build industrial capacity, technology leadership, supply chain resilience and strategic autonomy on these decarbonisation technologies within the EU.
Scope :
The following activities can be funded under this topic:
Construction of manufacturing facilities and their operation to produce specific components for:
- renewable energy installations (in photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, on-shore and offshore wind power, ocean energy, geothermal, solar thermal, and others), including their connection to the electricity/heat grid;
- electrolysers and fuel cells;
- energy storage solutions for stationary and mobile use for intra-day and long duration storage;
- heat pumps.
This topic is targeted at the innovation in manufacturing of components. Components, in line with GHG methodology guidance, are to be understood to include also final equipment such as wind turbines, solar panels, batteries, heat pumps or electrolysers.
As regards components, the topic is targeting those components that are a significant factor in the performance and/or cost of the final equipment. Activities relating to the recycling of critical materials to be used in the above equipment categories or components thereof may also be funded under this topic.
Equipment and components can be sold on the EU market and in third countries.
The topic seeks to enhance the Union’s innovation and technological leadership in clean tech manufacturing. Activities that can be funded include those where the main innovation lies in the product (e.g. achieving lower cost when fully mature, higher performance, more energy efficient, better system integration, higher durability, flexibility, reliability and/or convenience as compared to the state-of-the-art product) as well as in the production processes (e.g. higher use of recycled materials, less/improved/ more efficient use of critical materials, lower environmental/carbon footprint, improved automation and use of digital technologies, etc.). Innovation can concern one or several steps of the manufacturing process.
Excluded activities: use of innovative components (including the final equipment) in power/heat generation/energy storage/production of hydrogen.
- Eligible countries : as described in the call document .
EU Member States, Norway or Iceland (see section 6 of the call document )
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the call document .
Described in section 5 and 6 of the call document
Proposal page limits and layout:
See instructions in section 5 of the call document and in Application Form Part B
(downloadable from SEP Submission system under "Part B templates").
- Evaluation
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document .
Described in sections 8 and 9 of the call document
- Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: .
Described in section 4 of the call document
- Documents and proposal templates:
Call document:
- Call document - UPDATED (version 1.2 - 24 February 2023)
- Methodology for calculation of GHG emission avoidance
- Methodology for calculation of relevant costs Standard proposal template:
- Application form (downloadable from SEP Submission system under "Part B templates")
- Detailed budget table/relevant cost calculator Tools and guidance to support the calculation of GHG emission avoidance potential:
- GHG calculator: Renewable electricity and renewable heating - includes an example calculation - UPDATED (version 6.0 - 3 February 2023)
- GHG calculator: Energy storage - includes an example calculation - UPDATED (version 7.0 - 3 February 2023)
- GHG calculator: Energy intensive industries - includes 3 examples calculation (Production of green hydrogen, e-fuels, methanol) - UPDATED (version 4.0 - 3 February 2023) Knowledge sharing:
- Knowledge sharing report template - for information only at submission stage Model Grant Agreement (MGA):
- Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement Legal basis:
- Legal basis Innovation Fund
- Legal basis call for proposals C(2022)7547 and Annex
- Decision on lump sums for the Innovation Fund