Innovation Fund Large Scale Projects - General decarbonisation

Scope :

The following activities can be funded under this topic:

• activities that support innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in sectors listed in Annex I to the EU ETS Directive 2003/87 , including environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, as well as products substituting carbon-intensive ones produced in sectors listed in Annex I to the EU ETS Directive
• activities that help stimulate the construction and operation of projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage of CO2 (CCS)
• activities that help stimulate the construction and operation of innovative renewable energy and energy storage technologies.

Carbon capture and utilisation can be funded if the capture of CO2 occurs within one of the activities listed in Annex I of the EU ETS Directive, or if the utilisation of CO2 results in products substituting carbon-intensive ones from the sectors listed in Annex I to the EU ETS Directive, even if carbon is captured outside the activities of Annex I.

1. Eligible countries : as described in the call document .

EU Member States, Norway or Iceland (see section 6 of the call document )

2. 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").

3. Evaluation

Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document .

Described in sections 8 and 9 of the call document

4. Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: .

Described in section 4 of the call document

5. 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