P4Planet is a Horizon Europe co-programmed partnership with an overall budget of €2.6 billion, €1.3 billion from Horizon Europe and €1.3 billion for the private partners. The partnerships private partners are represented by A.SPIRE, with brings together more than 150 members.  

P4Planet, the successor to the Horizon 2020 SPIRE Partnership, will aim to achieve three general objectives:

1. Developing and deploying climate neutral solutions: P4Planet aims to contribute to the climate neutrality of the overall European economy by bringing technological and non-technological innovations to readiness for subsequent deployment.
2. Closing the energy and feedstock loops: process industries will develop and deploy sustainable circular business models through technological and non-technological innovations, cross-sectoral collaboration and engagement with the local ecosystem. This will help them evolve towards resource circularity and improved resource efficiency. P4Planet aims to achieve near-zero landfilling and near-zero (waste) water discharge in 2050.
3. Achieving global leadership in climate-neutral and circular solutions, accelerating innovation and unlocking public and private investment: innovation is needed to make climate-neutral and circular solutions more attractive. The competitive position of the European process industries will benefit from global leadership in these economically attractive solutions, as well as from a strengthened integration in the economic fabric of European regions and the Member States.

At least 10 leading sectors of the European Process Industry will be engaged in the implementation of the partnership. These include cement, steel, ceramics, chemicals, engineering, minerals and ores, non-ferrous metals, water, refineries, and pulp or paper.

The partnership works on emerging technologies and on the scaling up of already developed technologies at higher technology readiness levels (TRLs) to deliver expected CO2 emission reductions by 2030 and achieve their full impact by 2050. Proactive and continuous engagement with EU countries, regions, civil society, other research and innovation partnerships and initiatives, and other relevant stakeholders is crucial. 

Contact

Partners: A.SPIRE - info@aspire2050.eu

About A.SPIRE

A.SPIRE represents innovative process industries, 20% of the total European manufacturing sector in employment and turnover, and more than 180 industrial and research process stakeholders from more than 20 countries spread throughout Europe. A.SPIRE brings together cement, ceramics, chemicals, engineering, minerals and ores, non-ferrous metals, pulp and paper, refining, steel and water sectors, several being world-leading sectors operating from Europe.