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.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Proposals are expected to address at least three of the following aspects:
- Develop and demonstrate innovative wind energy manufacturing technologies that improve the health and safety working conditions of staff along the supply chain;
- Develop and demonstrate innovative wind energy manufacturing technologies that allow for reduced energy and material consumption, increased circularity, lower costs and decreased pollution;
- Develop and demonstrate automated and/or semi-automated manufacturing solutions that ensure high-quality products, high productivity, increase the lifetime and the reliability of wind energy systems;
- Develop and demonstrate manufacturing solutions for wind energy technologies that allow for high production throughput, optimisation of logistics and transport of components and reduced impacts on the environment, cultural heritage, landscapes and people.
Detailed Call Description
The project could, for instance, support the development of innovative manufacturing solutions for onshore and/or offshore wind energy production, including airborne wind energy. It could focus on specific components of a wind energy system (e.g., blades, nacelles and towers, gearboxes, foundations, generators, floaters, mooring systems, anchors, kites, etc.).
The project should analyse and report on the potential for standardisation of the solutions developed, as well as on possible connections with ongoing standardisation efforts.
The project must include a clear go/no-go milestone ahead of entering the demonstration phase. Before this go/no-go milestone, the project must deliver the detailed engineering plans, a techno-economic assessment, and all needed permits for the demonstrator. The project proposal is expected to present a clear and convincing pathway and timeline to obtaining the permits.
The project must assess the sustainability of the proposed solutions in environmental and socio-economic terms.
The demonstration must be at a realistic, representative scale and must cover a continuous interval of at least six months.
When developing improvements along the supply chain to improve the health and safety working conditions, projects must give special consideration to the gender dimension.
Whenever the expected exploitation of project results entails developing, creating, manufacturing and marketing a product or process, or in creating and providing a service, the plan for the exploitation and dissemination of results must include a strategy for such exploitation. The exploitation plan should include preliminary plans for scalability, commercialisation, and deployment (feasibility study, business plan) indicating the possible funding sources to be potentially used (in particular the Innovation Fund).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €7.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Health
- Processing
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.
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