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 should focus on demonstrating innovative approaches to resource development:
(i) in the area of shallow depth and low/medium enthalpy geothermal (depth 0-500 meters and temperature below 150ºC) and/or
(ii) in the area of deep depth and high enthalpy geothermal (depth above 500 meters and temperature above 150ºC).
Proposals must also explicitly identify whether they relate to
(i) shallow geothermal,
(ii) deep geothermal or
(iii) both shallow and deep geothermal.
Detailed Call Description
The scope covers advances beyond the state of the art in one/several of the following points:
- subsurface engineering;
- well design, drilling and completion;
- reservoir characterisation and development planning.
Proposals should include one or more of the following: robot and AI-physics-based simulation solutions for geothermal resource development, novel cost-efficient drilling methods and equipment, advanced drilling fluids, new materials for casing, cementing and completion, working fluids, logging while drilling, wireline technologies and geosteering high temperature electronics, well architecture and stimulation, closed loop technology, enhanced production pumps, and innovative monitoring systems during geothermal resources exploitation including their integration in digital twins.
Proposals are expected to reduce project development time while ensuring safety of operations and adaptation to specific geothermal environments (including offshore), constraining and quantifying geological uncertainties, reducing field development and seismic risks. They can include standardisation of the drilling equipment enhanced well production, enhanced environmental performance, improve component resistance to corrosion, scaling, high temperature, wear, and mechanical failures, increase energy extraction.
The project must include a clear go/no-go milestone ahead of entering the demonstration phase of the project. Before this go/no-go milestone, delivery of the detailed engineering plans, a techno-economic assessment, and all needed permits for the demonstrator should be foreseen. The project proposal is expected to present a clear and convincing pathway and timeline to obtaining the permits.
Environmental impact of the proposal should be assessed, and mitigation measures considered.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €10.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- 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