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Two new Horizon calls published for sustainable energy
The European Commission's Horizon Europe Work Programme for 2023-2024 has allocated 188.6 million EUR to support sustainable energy projects within Cluster 5. This cluster covers the areas of Climate, Energy and Mobility, and as such is a vital component of the EU’s...
Three tips for a successful EHB Auction proposal
The European Hydrogen Bank (EHB) is an initiative of the European Commission established in 2023 with the aim to support among other things the EU domestic renewable hydrogen production. At EGEN, we are dedicated to navigating the European Hydrogen Bank Auction...
Unlock your Innovation Fund’s full potential with expert GHG reporting support
Several successful Innovation Fund projects from the first rounds are currently starting of their operations and are therefore also entering their monitoring phase. During this phase, ensuring accurate GHG reporting is crucial to maintain compliant and maximize the...
€ 1.2 billion for second European Hydrogen Bank auction
The European Commission has announced the preliminary budget for the second European Hydrogen Bank auction round foreseen at the end of the year. The European Hydrogen Bank is an initiative of the European Commission established in 2023 with the aim to support among...
15 new Horizon Europe Cluster 5 deadlines in September
Horizon Europe Cluster 5 ‘Climate, Energy and Mobility’ aims at climate neutrality in Europe by 2050. Therefore, the Horizon Europe Cluster 5 calls for proposals focus on tackling climate change. Fifteen calls for proposals opened on 7 May with a deadline on 5...
IMKE: New Investment Grant for Climate-Neutral Economy Acceleration
To make the Netherlands climate-neutral and more independent, a new investment subsidy is being set up to stimulate a manufacturing industry for the production of essential components in electrolysers, solar panels and batteries. Read more below. Manufacturing...
Circular Bio-based Europe Partnership launches new call
The Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE-JU) Partnership, has published a new call aimed at boosting innovation and development of circular bio-based solutions in Europe. The 18 topics in this call range from valorisation of sustainable oil crops, conversion of biomass into...
European City Facility announces grant call for municipalities
Are you a municipality or local authority and currently preparing climate or energy action plans? Then perhaps you can apply for a 60,000 euro grant from the European City Facility (EUCF). The fast-approaching sixth round is open for applications from 15 January 2024...
Celebrating an Innovation Fund success with EGEN
This year, EGEN contributed to several successful Innovation Fund applications. This list includes InnoSolveGreen, a project by Green Genius, which was submitted under the small-scale Innovation Fund Call 2021 and was one of only 16 projects to receive funding. To...
CEF Transport call 2023 launched
On 26 September 2023, the brand-new CEF Transport call 2023 was published. With this grant round, the European Commission is looking for projects that will contribute to an efficient and interconnected multimodal transport system in Europe. The call, with a budget of...
The future of Europe’s Energy infrastructure
The EU is working on a strong, resilient and greener European energy infrastructure, that will make us less dependent on external sources. A recent funding round by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) has recently been closed, but new opportunities are already being...
CountEmissionsEU and GHG emissions in transport
The European commission has proposed a new Regulation related to GHG emissions in the transport sector. The initiative concerns both the passenger and the freight sector and aims to achieve fair comparability between various transport services. EGEN’s impact...