Development and demonstration of cost affordable and adaptable retrofit solutions for tailpipe and brake polluting emissions
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Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
Transport is noticed to have an impact on the quality of air and water, due to tailpipe emissions from older vehicles, vehicles exceeding emissions limits in real driving conditions, or by vehicles, which, by not being subjected to specific limits, have high emissions of certain pollutants (e.g. ammonia-fuelled vehicles which emit a high number of particulates).
Therefore, the proposed actions on retrofit technologies should aim at reducing real emissions at a relatively low cost, thus providing an early improvement of air quality without waiting for the vehicles to be replaced (or exported to other markets, thus just shifting the pollution to poorer countries).
Detailed Call Description
The proposed actions should demonstrate in the field, the results of deploying available retrofits, in particular to public and private fleets running high numbers of kilometers within the city (buses, delivery vans, taxis), as well as developing and demonstrating new, low cost retrofit technologies for natural gas buses and natural gas and gasoline cars in the above mentioned applications, with a clear validation in real driving of the reduction of emissions. The proposed actions should also consider awareness raising of little known emissions issues (for instance, ammonia and nanoparticles below the regulated threshold) and specific incentive schemes to facilitate the adoption of these technologies should also be considered, taking into account the results of the currently running EU-funded projects on retrofits.
The proposed activities should assess the specific contribution of brake particles on local air and water quality, possibly including citizen science contributions, for instance to assess the situation of complete network of metro and rail stations in cities or workers exposure, and to develop low cost retrofit solutions for these transport vehicles and demonstrate existing solution in the field to assess their benefit and usability/operating costs, while at the same time reducing the acquisition and installation costs, both for first installation
and retrofitting (specifically on long-lived public transport assets). Additionally, the retrofit solutions should look at reducing exhaust noise, particularly during transients, while low particle emissions brake solutions should also look at integrating ways to reduce brake noise.
Projects should have a duration of 36 to 48 months. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts or durations.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: between €4,00 and €5,00 million
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
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Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Phone Number: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Mr Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 029
Contact Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy
Mr George Christou
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 030
Contact Email: gchristou@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 29/06/2021-for internal use only)