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.
Process flexibility and efficient energy storage are essential to account for the variable renewable energy production. To support the change of energy supply, current processes, designed to run continuously at maximum capacity, have to be adapted. Furthermore, digital tools need to be developed to attain the energy flexibility of the process, but also to exchange data with network operators and flexibility markets, which will enable industries to provide flexibility services. Powerful digital twins based on suitable combinations of analytical models, physics-based AI or pure AI solutions need to be designed and applied.
The direct integration of renewable energy generation and the higher overall efficiencies will require further flexibility solutions in process industries. Energy storage or conversion in the form of electricity, heat or other energy vectors can further increase an installation’s flexibility.
Proposals should address the following aspects:
Proposals should include a safety and a life cycle assessment for the implementation of the developed technologies and a contribution to standardisation.
Proposals should include activities that specifically target the collaboration with other European projects on energy flexibility in their work plan. Also, International Cooperation is encouraged, in particular with US and Canada.
This topic implements the co-programmed European partnership Processes4Planet.
60%
This funding rate applies both to members and non-members of the partnership, except for non-profit legal entities, where the funding rate is up to 100% of the total eligible costs.
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(Publish Date: 20/08/2021-for internal use only)