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 demonstrate new inverter technologies with higher efficiency, reliability, and lower cost, incorporating materials like GaN and SiC to provide grid services.
They are expected to include smart design with monitoring capabilities, electromagnetic compatibility, advanced control techniques, and integration with other components to collect data and support Digital Twin development.
Finally, system integration and cybersecurity should be assessed, offering guidance for future hardware and software improvements.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals are expected to:
- Demonstrate new inverter technologies with increased power density and reliability at lower cost (e.g., allowing for medium voltage PV systems), that integrate new power device technologies based on wide bandgap semiconductors (e.g., GaN, SiC) that could supply synthetic inertia and a range of grid services;
- Design of smart (e.g., integrating condition and health monitoring), and with improved capabilities, inverter hardware and firmware;
- Ensure inverters’ electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) proposing optimal mitigation techniques for the causes and propagation pathways of electromagnetic interference (EMI), and conformity with current and under development standards;
- Use of control and power hardware-in-the-loop techniques to determine interactions between multiple inverters at multiple points of common coupling;
- Demonstrate integrated communication connection between inverters and other components (e.g., battery, PV modules, grid, etc.) to automatically gather their information (serial number, geolocalisation, etc.) and support the creation of Digital Twins and PV data models, towards a real predictive monitoring of electricity production;
- Evaluate system integration and cybersecurity, while providing guidance for future developments (e.g., recyclability) in both hardware and software.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €6.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
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