Increasing the efficiency of innovative static energy conversion devices for electricity and heat/cold generation
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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.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Projects are expected to implement both the activities in (1) and the validation/demonstration in (2) for the technologies listed above addressed individually and/or as combination of them or with other generation technologies (e.g., Thermionic Photovoltaic TIPV).
Projects are expected to develop further the harvesting of renewable energy in areas/conditions where other conversion systems are less efficient, less convenient or not possible.
Detailed Call Description
1. Development of at least three of the above-mentioned technologies involving the activities listed below. These can be complemented among them and/or with others pertinent to the topic.
- Simulation, analysis, design, test and validation/demonstration of innovative generators such as the ones described above converting directly heat/cold into electricity with applications in energy waste recovery (e.g., industry, geothermal, data centres, buildings, automotive, etc.).
- Simulation, analysis, design, test and validation/demonstration of innovative generators converting electricity directly in heating or coolin systems (e.g., in industrial processes such as metallurgy, semiconductor lithography, etc., to cool or heat control elements, to cool Li-Ion-Batteries of electric cars, temperature control in data centres, etc.).
- The development of new materials to overcome the drawbacks of the above-mentioned technologies such as of their interdependent electrical and thermal properties, etc.
- Innovative designs of the above-mentioned types of generators that allow better integration into energy conversion systems, from the point of view of efficiency and environmental impact.
- Potential use of nanotechnology for the development of the above-mentioned innovative energy conversion technologies.
2. Validation/demonstration of the activities developed in (1) with at least one pilot for each technology in different EU Member States/Associated Countries.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
EU contribution per project: €3.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
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Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Mr Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Telephone: +357 22 205 029
Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy
Mr George Christou
Scientific Officer
Telephone: +357 22 205 030
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy