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Advanced battery system integration for next generation vehicles

Deadline: 18 April 2024

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to address all the following outcomes:

Novel and innovative approaches to battery integration into vehicle structure focusing on solid state generation-4 cells, including modular systems capable of temporary expansion for long trips in small and medium sized cars without a permanently installed large battery.
Improvement of the fast-charging capabilities up to at least 3C, and aiming for higher capabilities for high energy cells, independent of battery topology in the vehicle.
Reduced battery system cost considering the functionalities of the vehicle structure. Safety aspects of the prototype cells need to be considered.

Scope:

In order to reduce the overall cost of electric vehicles modularity, scalability and the development of strategies for their implementation will become increasingly important in the future. With the expected introduction of new cell technologies, specific choices for connections, cooling system concepts and materials for housing will play a crucial role in the future. With the expected introduction of new cell technologies, specific choices for connections, cooling system concepts and materials for housing will play a crucial role in the battery performance improvements and the battery integration in the vehicle structure. The development and integration of structural, thermal and mechanical aspects( at different levels of modularity or integration) will need to be improved, while exploiting the intrinsic advantages of innovative type of cells.

Proposals are expected to address all the following aspects:

Structural battery pack design and integration in the vehicle considering trade-offs in all important areas such as energy density, thermal management, maintainability and repairability, crash safety, energy density, production cost, second life, dismantling and recycling processes.
Smart thermal management systems for both heating and cooling, with smart interfaces to the vehicle systems, contributing to further improvements in the overall battery system efficiency and optimising the overall battery system, also in consideration of passenger comfort.
Novel cooling system concepts exploiting the reduced thermal constraints of generation-4 cells ensuring minimal impact on system mass and costs, especially taking into account the thermal and electrical interfaces of different possible cell geometries.
Digital twin of thermal behaviour of EV and battery for optimal chemistry / energy management and safety assessment of batteries.

EGNSS-Transition towards a green, smart and more secure post pandemic society

Deadline: 14 February 2024

Expected outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Stimulate the development, validation and use of commercial downstream solutions based on synergies between the different space programme components Galileo, including its differentiators, cutting edge digital technology to enable more efficient and resilient solutions for tomorrow’s society;
Foster the development and validation of integrated synergistic space technologies that improve the quality of life in Europe, toward environmentally-friendly and energetically-efficient communities, in support of the EU mission on climate-neutral and smart cities.
Exploit the increasing digitalisation paradigm and the adaptation of business processes in the post-pandemic environment to create new space-based commercial opportunities improving the prospects of businesses and the life of citizens.

Scope:

The scope of this action is the development of space-based synergistic technologies for green, smart and more secure solutions addressing a variety of social and economic challenges which emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

Accelerating the implementation of the New Approach Methodologies and other innovative non-animal approaches for the development, testing and production of health technologies

Deadline: 16 January 2024

Expected outcome:

Research and innovation (R&I) actions (projects) to be supported under this topic must contribute to all the following outcomes:

Researchers will benefit from the implementation of NAMs and other innovative non- animal approaches which have been assessed and validated from their performance and found to be relevant, reproducible, predictive and standardised, ultimately leading, as relevant, to their regulatory acceptance for use in infectious and/or non-communicable disease applications. The new approaches should lead to an improvement in the assessment of health technologies and/or production processes, and to a significant reduction in number of animals used. In addition these approaches ma answer question that current methods cannot, and improve the predictability and robustness of evidence generated for regulatory decision-making.
European industry will benefit from the establishment and availability of NAMs and other innovative non-animal approaches for the testing, development and/or production of health technologies that are fit-for-purpose to support regulatory decision making.
Researchers and developers of innovative healthcare solutions will have access to high-quality data, new recommendations and best practices incentivise the use of NAMs and other innovative non-animal approaches and their integration in in industrial processes. This should be supported by an appropriate digital repository to ensure both the sustainability and scalability of the knowledge base.
Regulators and policy makers will gain knowledge and have access to high-quality data on the characteristics and use of NAMs and other innovative non-animal approaches in the production and development of health technologies to foster the development of harmonised guidance and requirements, as well as uptake or translation into health policies.

Biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials

Deadline: 7February 2024 ; 24 September 2024

Expected outcome:

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

The packaging industry will have access to the next generation of biodegradable polymer materials, which will also be recyclable materials. Plastic materials producers will switch from PP, PE and PET to bio-degradable materials with reduced GHG emissions along the value chain.
The packaging industry will apply business model of circularity-by-design and sustainable end-of-life (EoL) solutions for plastic packaging materials. This has the potential to lead to a reduction in landfill waste volume of packaging materials; and to a reduction of littering of plastics, coherent with the ambition of the Horizon Europe Oceans and Water mission, to reduce the plastic pollution of the oceans. Projects are expected to contribute to the Plastics strategy, the Single-use Plastics Directive and the EU Circular Economy Action plan (CEAP).
Standards and labels for specific applications will be further defined based on the development of testing of biodegradability of plastics in open environments.

Scope:

Proposals should address the following activities:

Develop new, demonstrate and scale-up novel advanced bio-degradable polymer materials and innovative processes that will allow the bio-degradable polymers to be produced at a large scale with a similar economy of scale to replace present production with PE, PP and PET, and with an improved sustainability profile compared to present production and EoL characteristics.
Develop sustainable additive and catalysts to support the production of bio-degradable polymers.
Provide evidence with life-cycle and techno-economic assessment that the cost for the novel advanced biodegradable polymer products are not significantly higher compared to existing polymer products on the market.
Scale up the production of packaging materials at pilot level.

Alternative equipment and processes for advanced manufacturing of PV technologies

Deadline: 16 January 2024

Expected Outcome:

Photovoltaic power generation is pivotal in the transition to a clean energy system and the achievement of a climate-neutral economy. To this end, it is import, to enhance affordability, security of supply and sustainability of PV technologies along with further efficiency improvements. To ensure security of supply, retaining the whole value chain in EU Member States/Associated countries is essential; technology de-risking is a necessary step towards this direction. Consequently, project results are expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:

Contribute towards establishing a solid European PV innovations and production base.
Reduce the CAPEX and OPEX in the PV solar production chain, ultimately leading to cheaper modules and lower LCOE.
Reinforce the sustainability of the European PV value chain building a secure, resilient and diverse domestic energy sector industrial base.

Scope:

A plan for the exploitation an dissemination of the results should include strong business case and sound exploitation strategy. The exploitation plan should include preliminary plans for scalability, commercialisation and deployment indicating the possible funding sources to be potentially used.

Demonstration of sustainable wave energy farms

Deadline: 16 January 2024

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes :

De-risking wave energy technology development and increased bankability/ insurability of wave energy.
Increased availability and improved market confidence in the technology.
Increased knowledge on positive and negative impacts of ocean energy on its environment and in the case of negative impacts to protected habitats and species proposals for necessary mitigation measures.
Publicly available data collected from the demonstration/pilot structure including support structure.

Scope:

Demonstration of sustainable wave energy pilot farms in full operational conditions for long periods of time is essential to advance this sector. It is the way to bridge the gap from technology development to market development while reducing costs, reducing risks and attracting investors for future commercial projects. The farms should be composed of several devices of the same type.

The wave energy farms have to be connected to the electricity grid. To focus on the technologies with the greatest chances of success, the single wave energy device to be used in the array deployment is expected to be satisfactory demonstrated at full scale, with limited changes to incorporate the learnings. Any change in the wave energy device may be incremental but should not involve fundamental changes to the device design or composition. The innovation component should mainly lie on the pilot farm systems and supporting industrial manufacturing activities that enable a cost-effective and high performance pilot farm.

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