Deadline: 10-Jan-23
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals for its Best international practice for scaling up sustainable biofuels.
Scope
- Proposals will aim at fostering international cooperation to develop best practices and concepts along the entire value chain for accelerating the scale-up of sustainable biofuels worldwide. Scaling up sustainable biofuels is a global challenge in terms of environmental, social, and economic sustainability, which can benefit from international collaboration and knowledge exchange.
- Proposals should address systemic constraints and opportunities for scaling up complete value chains of sustainable biofuels and propose solutions. Any sustainable non-food/feed biomass feedstock and any innovative technology or combinations of them should be considered. Proposals should enhance overall cost-effectiveness and sustainability of large scale production of sustainable biofuels based on Life Cycle Analysis addressing social, economic and environmental aspects. International cooperation with Mission Innovation countries is expected.
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
- The need of including sustainable biofuels in a transformed integrated energy system is recognized worldwide. Enhancing the European global role in this area will increase the potential to export European renewable fuel technologies into global developing markets, and improve sustainability of biofuel value chains worldwide while supporting the EU goals for climate change mitigation in 2030 and 2050.
- Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following expected outcomes:
- Build global knowledge for the scaling-up and the sustainability assessment of sustainable biofuels value chains.
- Contribute to cost-effective and more sustainable large-scale production of sustainable biofuels.
- Contribute to Mission Innovation Challenge n°4 Sustainable Biofuels.
- Contribute to the SET Plan Action 8 Bioenergy and Renewable Fuels for Sustainable Transport.
- Accelerate capacity building for sustainable biofuels in the world.
- Develop networks for skill development and knowledge sharing in sustainable biofuels value chains worldwide.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- low- and middle-income countries.
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