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News article8 February 2021Innovation and Networks Executive Agency2 min read

Finalisation of the fifth wave Horizon 2020 Energy evaluation

The evaluations of the fifth wave of Horizon 2020 Energy calls for several low carbon and circular industries have been finalised. 21 projects with a requested budget of over €122 million have been selected for funding

Finalisation of the fifth wave Horizon 2020 Energy evaluation

The evaluations of the fifth wave of Horizon 2020 Energy calls for several energy topics for the H2020 Energy call on Low Carbon Energy (H2020-LC-SC3-2020-NZE-RES-CC) and the Cross Cutting call on Low Carbon and Circular Industries (H2020-LCCI-INEA-Single Stage) under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme have been finalised.

Overall, the budget for the call was €112 million distributed over 12 single stage topics, all managed by INEA and under the responsibility of DG Research & Innovation and DG ENER. 

INEA received 272 project proposals by the deadline of 1 September 2020, requesting almost €1.4 billion. 

In total, 21 projects with a requested budget of over €122 million have been selected for funding and have been invited to start the preparation of the grant signature.

Topic

Description

Proposals submitted

Proposals evaluated

Retained for funding

Requested funding (M€)

LC-SC3-CC-12018-2019-2020

Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) aspects of the Clean-Energy Transition

51

51

5

15.040.880.53

LC-SC3-CC-7-2020

European Energy and Climate Modelling Forum (2020-2024)

5

5

1

4.999.563.00

LC-SC3-CC-9-2020

Industrial (Waste) Heat-to-Power conversion

4

4

1

13.307.215.15

LC-SC3-ES-13-2020

Integrated local energy systems (Energy islands): International cooperation with India

53

50

2

6.478.594.63

LC-SC3-NZE-5-2020

Low carbon industrial production using CCUS

18

18

2

27.829.579.88

LC-SC3-NZE-6-2020

Geological Storage Pilots

12

12

1

10.022.533.75

LC-SC3-RES-20-2020

Efficient combination of Concentrated Solar Power and desalination (with particular focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region)

16

15

1

9.995.214.75

LC-SC3-RES-25-2020

International cooperation with Japan for Research and Innovation on advanced biofuels and alternative renewable fuels

30

30

3

9.534.508.75

LC-SC3-RES-3-2020

 

International Cooperation with USA and/or China on alternative renewable fuels from sunlight for energy, transport and chemical storage

33

33

2

7.844.061.25

LC-SC3-RES-34-2020

Demonstration of innovative and sustainable hydropower solutions targeting unexplored small-scale hydropower potential in Central Asia

13

11

1

9.954.951.45

LC-SC3-RES-36-2020

International cooperation with Canada on advanced biofuels and bioenergy

36

34

2

7.764.843.75

LC-SC3-SCC-2-2020

Positive Energy Districts and Neighbourhoods for urban energy transitions

1

1

0

0

Total

 

272

264

21

122.771.946.89

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The evaluation of projects was carried out by external independent experts. These evaluators are selected from the European Commission's database.

The Commission is looking to expand the database through a call for experts covering a very broad range of fields. If you fit the profile and would like to be considered for evaluations, please sign up in the Funding and Tender opportunities portal.

Details

Publication date
8 February 2021
Author
Innovation and Networks Executive Agency