Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
The topic aims at developing innovative technologies to produce renewable hydrogen from biogenic wastes without recycling potential such as agricultural, forest and biogenic part of municipal wastes, sewage sludge and industrial waste waters, through biochemical and thermochemical Waste to renewable Hydrogen (W2rH) pathways.
Focus will be on increasing the resource efficiency (carbon to hydrogen yield), reducing the GHG emissions or even generating a negative carbon footprint, decreasing environmental footprint for pollution and water consumption, and significantly reducing the production cost of hydrogen.
Detailed Call Description
Use of advanced catalysts to enhance primary conversion or upgrading of the intermediate from primary conversion or process intensification methods including advanced reactor technologies are in the scope. Utilisation of side streams such as aqueous and gaseous streams from primary conversion and/or their further conversion using biological, electrochemical, biochemical and/or catalytic technologies are in the scope as well. Development of feedstock pretreatment methods including sorting and post-treatment technologies required for hydrogen purification could be included in the projects.
An assessment of the feedstock cost supply at regional and local level suitable for the selected conversion technology and improvement of feedstock mobilisation patterns including via enabling technologies, such as digitalisation, should be performed. Preliminary economic feasibility as well as socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of the developed concept including assessing potential impacts on land use, water use, biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as social impacts, are expected to be assessed by the project on a life-cycle analysis basis. The production cost of the W2rH pathway should be compared to the state-of-the art production technologies of renewable hydrogen and with aim to be reduced. Projects should develop an overall process concept using advanced modelling techniques including flowsheet modelling for mass and energy flows.
Safety aspects and ways to increase safety concerning the hydrogen and other gaseous and system component leakages are expected to be addressed in a ‘hydrogen safety planning and management’ plan at the project level. Project developers are encouraged to contact the European Hydrogen Safety Panel (EHSP)[1] established under the Clean Hydrogen Partnership to benefit from the developed experience in safety issues for hydrogen systems. The projects should lead to commercially viable and economically interesting pathways when upscaled.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €5.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Processing
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Rural development
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
- Water - Management of Water Resources
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The project must include at least one work package for coordinated activities with the linked project awarded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Government of India (MNRE). In case of participation of legal entities established in India, which is a third country under Horizon Europe, these can only participate as associated partners.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Persons to Contact:
Mr. Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy
Mr. George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy