Deadline: 19-Oct-22
The European Commission (EC) is currently seeking applications for the EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Mid to Long Term and Systems Integrated Energy Storage.
Objectives
The proposals, through non CRM-based systems integrated, life-cycle and circular thinking driven approaches, should develop a proof of concept (PoC) or lab-scale validated innovative mid to long term storage for centralised or decentralised applications ranging from large to mid scale and excluding small micro scale such as single building solutions. The proposed technologies include, but are not limited to, the following:
- computational modelling and optimisation applied to materials, components and control (i.e. charging/discharging) for storage;
- heating/cooling storage through chemical and thermochemical technologies (adsorption, absorption, etc.) included their integration in buildings or industrial processes and for different temperature;
- integration of energy storage systems into multi-vector energy grids and existing infrastructures, or into industrial processes for waste energy recovery and industrial symbiosis including concepts to enable smart control;
- systems-integrated thermal energy storage technologies for industrial and building applications (i.e. energy storage combined to solar and geothermal energy conversion, to pumped heat technologies, or to combined cooling, heat and power generation);
- innovative concepts for hydrogen (H2) storage/compression combined with thermal energy management and storage.
Details
This Challenge will support proposals from the following technologies and systems for stationary applications:
- mid/long term energy storage for power systems, with technologies such as metal air or redox flow batteries, power to heat to power, chemical bonds, electrochemical/chemical/thermal hybrid solutions, integration of energy carriers and ‘storage to X’ strategies; concepts for centralised or decentralised applications at grid, industrial or district scale level are included, excluding micro and small scale or single building solutions;
- mid/long term thermal energy storage (heating or cooling) at different temperature, such as building integrated and process systems integrated solutions, chemical looping or thermochemical storage, solar thermal energy harvesting and storage, combined storage of thermal and electrical energy as well as other energy vectors, storage systems integrated in cold chains and in industrial processes.
Funding Information
Up to Euro 167.00 Million available.
Expected Outcome and Impact: This EIC Pathfinder Challenge aims at providing solutions that will optimise European energy storage and thus enable demand response strategies and capabilities to host higher penetration of intermittent renewable technologies. Proposed solutions with multidisciplinary and cross-sectorial approaches, looking for inspiration, ideas and knowledge in a broad range of disciplines are particularly welcome.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including legal entities from non-associated third countries or international organisation (including international European research organisations) is eligible to participate (whether it is eligible for funding or not), provided that the conditions laid down in the Rules for Participation have been met together with any other conditions laid down in the specific call or topic.
- In order to be eligible for funding, the applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e., Member States (including their outmost regions and overseas countries and territories (OCTs)), countries associated to Horizon Europe and low- and middle-income third countries.
- In order to be eligible for funding, the applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- Member States of the European Union (including overseas countries and
- territories (OCTs))
- Eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe
- Low- and middle-income countries.
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