The notice will expire April 30, 2012
The notice will expire April 30, 2012
€ 150 million’s worth have been allocated for the support of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies through research and demonstration projects, with € 77, 5 million from the European Commission matched by in-kind contributions from industry and research organisations. The 2012 call covers 31 topics divided into 5 application areas: transportation and refuelling infrastructure; hydrogen production and distribution; stationary power generation, early markets and cross-cutting issues.
The European Commission’s Trans-European Transport Networks TEN-T Programme is one of the most important Community financing means for European transport infrastructure projects — equalling €8 billion for 2007–2013.
Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) supports EU energy efficiency and renewable energy policies, with a view to reaching the EU 2020 targets. In 2012, there will be € 67 million available for funding.
The Trans-European Energy Networks 2012 call for proposals is open with the deadline for submission 29/02/2012. The indicative EU budget allocation available for this programme is EUR 21,129.600 million.
The Alpine Space Programme is the EU transnational cooperation programme for the Alps. Partners from the seven Alpine countries work together to promote regional development in a sustainable way.
On July 19th, DG Research and Development of the European Commission has announced the adoption of the 2012 Work Programme and on July 20th formally launched the calls for proposals for research and innovation projects under the FP7 that is worth €7 billion. This announcement marks the biggest ever calls for proposals that is up by 9% from the previous year with a stronger focus on innovation and on tackling the challenges of our era with an eye on climate change, energy and resource efficiency. The six activities covered under Sustainable Surface Transport are: 1. The greening of surface transport 2. Encouraging modal shift and decongesting transport corridors (co-modality) 3. Ensuring sustainable urban mobility 4. Improving safety and security 5. Strengthening competitiveness 6. Cross-cutting actions for implementing the sub-theme. The activities are further divided in areas where proposers can find the topics calling for proposals. Topics are classified in two levels of categories according to the degree of specification of the topic descriptions: Level 1 (generic) and Level 2 (specific). It is also indicated that there is no direct relation between budget allocation and either topic levels or the funding scheme. The indicative budget of the FP7-SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT (SST)- 2012-RTD-1 is [...]
The EU Commission on June 29, 2011 presented its proposal Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020. that should facilitate business-driven research and innovation through the use of public funding to leverage private investments. A key step to modernising EU programmes for research and innovation is to bring together within a single Common Strategic Framework for Research and Innovation (CSF) the three main existing initiatives and sources of funding: the 7th Framework Programme (FP7); the innovation part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP); and, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT). The CSF will set out the strategic objectives for all EU research and innovation funding actions. It will be more streamlined than current funding schemes, and will be implemented through harmonised rules and procedures… Regarding innovative financial instruments, the Commission proposes a new type of instrument, i.e. the EU project bond initiative which would be used as a means of securing investment resources for infrastructure projects of key strategic European interest. A contribution from the EU budget will be used to support projects through enhancing their credit rating, and thereby attract financing by the EIB, other financial institutions, and private capital market investors to pursue the following objectives: [...]
On 1st July 2011, the Commission launched a new European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEE-F) as part of the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR). It will allocate around EUR 146 million from the EEPR (3.7% of the total EEPR envelope) towards a new financial facility dedicated to projects in energy efficiency and renewable energies. This EU contribution comes from funds mobilised for the EEPR in 2009 which could not immediately be allocated to projects in the sectors of infrastructure, off-shore wind and carbon capture and storage. The setting up of the fund follows an agreement between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament in December 2010 to a European Commission proposal. The EEE-F will invest in energy saving, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, particularly in urban settings, achieving at least 20% energy saving or GHG/CO2 emission reduction. The fund will offer a wide range of financial products such as senior and junior loans, guarantees or equity participation to local, regional and (where justified) national public authorities to promote sustainable energy investments. At its launch the initial fund volume will be EUR 265 million : in addition to the EU contribution (EUR 125 million), the European Investment Bank will invest EUR [...]
The SSH2S project, started in february 1, 2011, coordinated by Prof. Baricco from University of Turin has been awarded a grant of € 1.613.878 by Jti Fuel cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.