Deadline: 20-Apr-23
The European Commission (EC) is now accepting proposals for Integration of renewable heat or industrial waste heat in heat-to-cold conversion systems to generate cold for industrial processes.
Scope
Increasing the efficiency of the cooling systems and reducing costs, coupling the cooling systems with renewable energy sources, and harnessing available industrial waste heat (including from data centres), can contribute to reduce the environmental impact and make the industrial sectors more competitive and less dependent on fossil fuel imports.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcomes
Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes, except where options are mentioned:
- Integration of renewable thermal energy sources or industrial waste heat into more energy-, emissions-, cost- and space-efficient conversion systems generating cold for several industrial sectors and processes, maximising primary energy savings and CO2 emission reduction compared to present state-of-the-art, thereby reducing fossil fuel imports dependency.
- Optionally: integration of heat storage, of renewable electrical energy sources; integration of district heating or cooling network.
- Optionally: combined generation of heat and cold for industrial processes.
Eligibility Criteria
- To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding.
- To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions,
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States,
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- the following low- and middle-income countries.
For more information, visit European Commission.