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Energy Management Systems for flexibility services

Deadline: 16 January 2024

Expected Outcomes:

Contribute to the use of smart buildings and smart industrial sites for the integration of renewables in the energy system in an efficient way.
Demonstrate interoperability and data exchange technologies to aggregate data from different sources and in different formats through cooperation between aggregators and energy management system developers.
Piloting and demonstration of flexibility pool operations at the local and regional levels.
Demonstrate aggregation of multiple (building or industrial) energy management systems to provide flexibility services (wholesale market price signals, demand response, flexible production, smart charging, balancing & frequency services, congestion management) to the electricity network.

Scope:

Projects are expected to :

Develop solutions to aggregate flexibility from different energy consumers that use different energy management systems to develop interoperable solutions to optimise the energy management systems and valorise its flexibility in wholesale markets and for balancing and/or congestion management services.
Define and demonstrate the type of flexibility services that clusters of smart buildings and smart industrial sites can provide.
Include at least 3 different energy management systems in case of industry, or 5 in case of buildings, developed by different technology providers and that use different protocols/standards/proprietary solutions for the energy management system.
Involve at least 3 different energy system management service companies in case of industry, or 5 in case of buildings.

Next generation of renewable energy technologies

Deadline: 16 January 2024

Expected Outcomes :

Available breakthrough and game changing renewable energy technologies enabling a faster transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions EU economy by 2050.
Establishing a solid long term dependable European innovation base.
Knowledge and scientific proofs of the technological feasibility of the concept including the environmental, social and economic benefits to contribute to R&I strategy and policy forecast.

Scope:

The proposal is expected to address high-risk/high return technology developments for game changing renewable energy technologies. It could cover catalyst development, dedicated renewable energy storage systems, integration of renewable energy technologies into a single energy generation system, heating & cooling systems, fuels production systems, solar driven chemical processes, hybrid electricity generation solutions between different renewable energy sources, direct utilization of renewable energy sources.

Scope of partnerships:

Hydrogen production through electrolysers.
Fuel cells.
Material research is covered under cluster 4 topics.
Batteries as being covered in Destination 2.

In developing its concept, the proposal is expected to address the following related aspects: lower environmental impact, minimising the impacts on biodiversity and protected species and habitats, better resource efficiency (materials, geographical footprints, water, etc…), issues related to social acceptability or resistance to new energy technologies, related socioeconomic and livelihood issues.

Holistic approaches for effective monitoring of water quality In urban areas

Deadline: 05 September 2023

Expected outcome:

Improved accessibility of the built environment for persons with disabilities and older persons, following a ‘design for all’ approach.
Improved comfort for larger shares of the population.
Improved sense of inclusiveness[2] and social cohesion in larger shares of the population.
Availability of a common evaluation and certification framework for accessibility and inclusiveness of the built environment.
Reduced energy consumption and lifecycle GHG emissions of the facilities of the built environment.

Scope:

The focus will be on the different facilities of the built environment that are open to the public. Design concepts should make these facilities for persons with disabilities and fragile people, following and inclusive, ‘design for all’ approach.

Proposals are expected to address all the following:

Develop innovative methods to ensure and facilitate the implementation of accessibility at all stages of design and construction processes, as well as monitoring and testing of results.
Address the adaptability of the built environment over its lifecycle, to ensure flexibility for accessibility adaptations.
Ensure the involvement of persons with disabilities by means of a participatory approach.
Demonstrate the solutions in at least two demonstrators.
Where new digital tools are used in the built environment, ensure their accessibility for persons with disabilities and older persons.

Innovative technologies for zero pollution, zero-waste biorefineries

Deadline: 03 May 2023

Objective:

Alliances for Innovation aim to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by boosting innovation through cooperation and flow of knowledge among higher education, vocational education and training, and the broader socio-economic environment, including research.

Objectives of the action:

These partnerships shall implement a coherent and comprehensive set of sectoral or cross-sectoral activities, which should be adaptable to future knowledge developments across the EU.

To boost innovation, the focus will be on talent and skills development.

They intend to achieve one or more of the following aims:

Fostering new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning;
Supporting skills development in the deep tech domains;
Fostering the setting up of incubators within education and training institutions across Europe;
Fostering corporate social responsibility;
Improving the quality and relevance of skills developed and certified through education and training systems;
Facilitating the flow and co-creation of knowledge between higher education and vocational education and training, research, the public sector and the business sector;
Building and supporting effective and efficient higher education and vocational education and training systems, which are connected and inclusive, and contribute to innovation.

PLASTIC POLLUTION PROGRESSO

Safe-and-sustainable-by-design bio-based platform chemicals, additives, materials or products as alternatives

Deadline: 26 December 2023

Expected outcome:

Successful proposals will address expected impacts under the Destination ‘Clean Environment and zero pollution’ and in line with the European Green Deals zero pollution ambition, the bioeconomy strategy, the chemicals strategy for sustainability and the chemicals transition pathways.

Projects are expected to contribute to:

Enable circularity(-by-design) of final products, predominantly in applications where recyclability is currently hindered or very challenging, especially due safety implications;
In addition to fossil-feedstock substitution, reduce the dependency on or replace harmful substances, in particular in materials and formulations, leading eventually to safer final bio-based products, while meeting overall environmental sustainability requirements;
Build on a portfolio of promising bio-based solutions showing potential for scaled up production and future market uptake of alternative, safe, circular and sustainable bio-based products.

Scope:

Perform a wider scoping exercise, including opportunities and challenges, to propose priority areas and which bio-based solutions show ‘solid’ potential as safer and sustainable alternatives/substitutes.
Select chemicals/group of chemicals/materials/products and justify. Proceed then with design, development and testing of the chosen bio-based alternatives;
Integrate the safe-and-sustainable-by-design framework, developed by the Commission, for assessing the safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials.
Address the adaptability of the built environment over its lifecycle, to ensure flexibility for accessibility adaptations.
Ensure the involvement of persons with disabilities by means of a participatory approach.
Demonstrate the solutions in at least two demonstrators.
Where new digital tools are used in the built environment, ensure their accessibility for persons with disabilities and older persons.

Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI)’s circular systemic solutions

Deadline: 26 December 2023

Expected outcome:

Successful proposals will support the delivery of solutions to implement the European Green Deal, the Eu circular economy action plan and the bioeconomy strategy. The topic will support the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular economy at local and regional scale across regions of Europe, boosting interregional and cross-border cooperation.

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

Significantly increased circularity, reduced GHG emissions, increased carbon removals, in product value chains and efficient valorisation of local resources In cities regions or their groupings;
Creation of business opportunities and jobs in the circular economy at urban and/or regional scale;
Increased uptake and participation of citizens in circular and climate-neutral practices;
Enhanced knowledge transfer between the cities, regions or their groupings involved in the proposals financed under this topic and other cities and regions in EU Member States and Associated Countries;
More effective widespread uptake and easier replication, scalability and visibility of circular systemic solutions and hence multiplication of their economic, social and environmental benefits;
Contribution to achieving the policy targets of the European Green Deal, circular economy action plan, EU bioeconomy strategy and the European industrial strategy at local, regional, national, European and international levels.

Scope:

Proposals are expected to implement and demonstrate at large scale circular systemic solutions for the deployment of the circular economy in cities and regions or their groupings. The implemented circular systemic solutions should address economic, social and environmental dimensions of the transition towards a circular economy and include science, technology and governance components.

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