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SC3 - Secure, clean and efficient energy

The Energy Challenge is designed to support the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system. To make the transition to a competitive energy system, we need to overcome a number of challenges, such as increasingly scarce resources, growing energy needs and climate change.

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Alfons Vanbesien

alfons.vanbesien@vlaio.be

+32 2 553 00 73

About this programme

The Energy Challenge is designed to support the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system.

To make the transition to a competitive energy system, we need to overcome a number of challenges, such as increasingly scarce resources, growing energy needs and climate change.

The Energy Challenge is structured around seven specific objectives and research areas:

Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint
Low-cost, low-carbon electricity supply
Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources
A single, smart European electricity grid
New knowledge and technologies
Robust decision making and public engagement
Market uptake of energy and ICT innovation.

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2021-03-17 Energy Transport Climate/Environment

Latest draft work programme of cluster 5: climate, energy and mobility now...

The launch of the full Horizon Europe programme is now very close. Here you can find the latest version of the work programme for cluster 5 climate, energy and mobility. This is still a draft version so minor changes to the texts are still possible. If you want information regarding the background of these calls you can contact the PC representa... read more

2021-02-18 Energy

INEA looking for experts to assess CEF Energy calls

The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) is looking for experienced experts in energy to assess project proposals submitted under the 2021 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy call. The experts should have experience in one or more of these fields: energy systems (production, distribution, application), electricity grid systems... read more

2021-02-08 NMBP Food Energy Transport

Success rate for the EU Green Deal call

The success rates for the EU Green Deal call for proposals can be found on our website in this document The numbers are based on our own calculations and are merely for your information. For most calls we are not sure how many projects will be funded so we have used a minimum and a maximum amount to calculate the ratios. For more informati... read more

2021-01-29 NMBP Food Energy Transport

Number of proposals submitted in the H2020 European Green Deal Call

A total of 1550 proposals were submitted in response to the H2020 European Green Deal Call (H2020-LC-GD-2020). The number of proposals for each call topic is shown below: - LC-GD-1-1-2020: 6 - LC-GD-1-1-2020: 49 - LC-GD-1-2-2020: 13 - LC-GD-1-3-2020: 4 - LC-GD-1-3-2020: 29 - LC-GD-2-1-2020 (IA): 42 - LC-GD-2-1-2020 (RIA): 56 - LC-GD-2-2-20... read more

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STARGATE - Sustainable Aviation

The Stargate project obtained funding under the special Green Deal call of Horizon 2020, more in particular under the topic of “green ports and airports”. It received the maximum score of the evaluators and was selected out of more than 40 projects. Stargate’s purpose is to prove that sustainable aviation is possible and happening. It focuses on the further decarbonization of the aviation industry, the improvement of local environmental quality and the stimulation of the modal split. Together with a consortium of 21 European partners with a diverse and rich expertise (airports, community partners, knowledge institutions, consultants, local governments, …), Brussels Airports takes the lead as lighthouse airport to develop and implement innovative solutions. Results that prove successful can be deployed at the fellow airports (Toulouse, Budapest, Athens). Over the course of the coming five years, the consortium will exchange knowledge to investigate and realize more than 30 concrete projects.

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