On 20 April, the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the European Commission's DG Climate Action organised an info day to present the third Innovation Fund small-scale call for projects. This new call was launched on 30 March 2023 with a budget of EUR 100 million for projects with a total capital costs between EUR 2.5 million and below EUR 7.5 million, it will be open for projects submissions until 19 September 2023, 17:00 Brussels time.
During the event, participants had the opportunity to get an overview of the new call and practical tips to succeed in their application.
The Info Day was recorded and the video recording link is already available:
- EU financing
- Thursday 20 April 2023, 10:00 - 13:00 (CEST)
- Online only
- Live streaming available
Programme
- 20 Apr 2023, 10:00 - 10:30 (CEST)Welcome and Introduction
- CINEA presentation
Patrik KOLAR - Head of Department Green Research & Innovation - DG CLIMA presentation
Alexandre PAQUOT - Director Innovation for a Low Carbon, Resilient Economy
- CINEA presentation
- 10:30 - 10:40 (CEST)Project Development Assistance (PDA)
- EIB presentation
Dr Zoran STANIC - Head of the Innovation Fund Unit
European Investment Bank
- EIB presentation
- 10:40 - 10:55 (CEST)The new small-scale call
- SSC Presentation
Roman DOUBRAVA - Head of Unit Innovation Fund
CINEA
- SSC Presentation
- 10:55 - 11:25 (CEST)Overview of the award criteria (part I)
- Degree of innovation presentation
Maria ALFAYATE - Deputy Head of Unit, Innovation Fund
CINEA - The GHG emissions saving criterion presentation
Joao SERRANO GOMES
DG CLIMA - Questions & Answers via Sli.do #IFSSC2022
- Degree of innovation presentation
- 11:35 - 11:45 (CEST)Short break
- 11:45 - 12:40 (CEST)Overview of the award criteria (Part II)
- Technical Maturity presentation
Gianluca TONDI - Head of Sector Innovation Fund Unit
CINEA - Financial Maturity presentation
Quentin NERINCX - Financial Engineer
CINEA - Operational Maturity presentation
Gianluca TONDI - Head of Sector Innovation Fund Unit
CINEA - Scalability presentation
Maria ALFAYATE - Deputy Head of Unit Innovation Fund
CINEA - Cost Efficiency presentation
Quentin NERINCX - Financial Engineer
CINEA
- Questions & Answers via Sli.do #IFSSC2022
- Technical Maturity presentation
- 12:55 - 13:00 (CEST)Closing of the session
- Closing of the event andfinal recommendations
Roman DOUBRAVA - Head of Unit Innovation Fund
CINEA - Small-Scale Call 2021 overview
Innovation Fund - Deployment of net-zero and innovative technologies
- Closing of the event andfinal recommendations
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 20 April 2023, 10:00 - 13:00 (CEST)
- Where
- Online only
- Languages
- English
Description
The Innovation Fund is a dedicated funding programme for the deployment and up-scaling of innovative low-carbon technologies, aiming to bring industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe to the market. The Innovation Fund is funded with revenues from the auctioning of allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System.
The Commission has launched two calls for small-scale projects to date (total capital costs above EUR 2.5 million and below EUR 7.5 million) with a total budget of EUR 100 million each in the energy-intensive industries, renewables, energy storage, and carbon capture, use and storage.