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Innovation Fund signed the first large-scale grants

Innovation Fund's second small-scale call open until 31 August 2022

The second Innovation Fund call for large-scale projects, making €1.5 billion available, closed on 3 March 2022 with 138 project proposals submitted, requesting a total of €12.1 billion.

Today, 27 projects selected for a grant under the first Innovation Fund call dedicated to for small-scale projects signed their grant agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), the implementing body of the Fund.

The European Union is investing over €1,1 billion into 7 large-scale innovative projects under the Innovation Fund. The grants will support projects aiming to bring breakthrough technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, carbon capture, use and storage, and renewable energy

The first three projects to be financed since the creation of the Innovation Fund signed their grant agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), the implementing body of the Fund, during the COP26 side event

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Commission is launching the second call for large-scale projects in the context of the Innovation Fund, with EUR 1.5 billion from the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

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