Deadline: 22-Sep-22
The European Commission (EC) is offering grants for Biogenic carbon capture and use (CCU) for circular bio-based products.
The European Union has established the European Climate Law, having as objectives to become climate resilient and economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050, with the aim to achieve negative emissions thereafter. To achieve these objectives, the circular economy and the sustainable bioeconomy sectors need to promote technological solutions for carbon capture and use (CCU) and the production of sustainable renewable-carbon-based products.
Details
Proposals under this topic should:
- Develop new or improve existing innovative CCU processing and conversion of circular gaseous carbon emitted from bio-based industry. These conversion steps can include, e.g., intensified use of industrial (bio)technologies tailored to the composition and characteristics of the exhaust emissions from existing and emerging processing of bio-based feedstock.
- Provision for the project integrating ‘safe-and-sustainable-by-design’ generic criteria and framework considerations, in line with the EU Chemicals strategy for sustainability.
- Improve the efficiency and circularity of the bio-based industry to minimise process losses.
- Apply innovative design of circular bio-based products in the scope of CBE, for example safe and sustainable by design bio-based products and solutions for specific new applications, and/or with carbon storage capacity and/or low carbon footprint to substitute non-circular, fossil-based, energy-intensive or carbon-intensive product, and/or replacing toxic and hazardous substances in industrial processes and in final products and/or circular-by design bio-based products to allow for reuse, recycling, composting and biodegradation (in specific environments and conditions).
- Improve the environmental performances of bio-based processes through the capture, fractionation, extraction, and conversion of gaseous carbon from the exhaust flows, and recirculation as much as possible, thus minimising pollutant emissions from the plant.
- Design and apply an integrated monitoring system of the carbon removal potential of the developed technologies, to allow for reporting and verification to be recognised as contributing to EU climate and environmental objectives (following the upcoming European certification framework). The monitoring systems for carbon removal should include factors such as e.g., the storage time in bio-based materials, the risk of storage reversal, the uncertainty of the measurement, or the risk of carbon leakages increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions elsewhere.
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Apply and/or adapt existing/mature or novel digital technologies, provided that they are instrumental to achieving the project’s outcomes and scope, especially to ensure high standards of resource efficiency and environmental protection. Applications of digital technologies that should be considered in the scope are among the following areas:
- chemicals, materials and process design & modelling
- (real-time) process monitoring and optimisation (including environmental performance)
- predictive maintenance & plant engineering and
- data analytics and data management of the CCU technologies in the scope”.
- Disseminate the outputs and learning outcomes from the project in order to increase the public awareness, and awareness of relevant industry actors, of potential benefits of bio-based solutions.
- Propose recommendations on opportunities/challenges for targeted stakeholders, including, where possible, national/regional stakeholders, investors and brand owners
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 should contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Higher carbon removal potential of bio-based systems.
- Improved environmental performances of bio-based processes.
- Public awareness and acceptance of bio-based solutions.
- Support market uptake growth and acceptance of scalable bio-based solutions.
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;
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eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- low- and middle-income countries.
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