Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Innovation Fund program that helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
“Large-scale” projects are projects with a capital expenditure of over € 7.5 million.
“Small scale” projects are projects with a total capital cost of less than € 7.5 million.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
These topics aim to support and advance innovative low-carbon technologies and processes to significantly mitigate climate change in sectors listed in Annex I and Annex III to the EU ETS Directive 2003/87/EC, promoting sustainable development and technological leadership within Europe.
Topic: Innovation Fund 2024 Net Zero Technologies – Clean-tech manufacturing
Detailed Call Description
Construction and operation of manufacturing facilities to produce specific components for:
- Renewable energy: facilities producing components for photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, onshore and offshore wind power, ocean energy, geothermal, solar thermal, and other renewable energy systems, including their connection to the electricity/heat grid.
- Electrolysers and fuel cells: manufacturing of electrolysers and fuel cells for hydrogen production and consumption.
- Energy storage solutions: production of batteries (except manufacturing of battery cells, that can be used in electric vehicles (also as part of integrated projects)) and other storage solutions for stationary and mobile use, covering both intra-day and long duration storage.
- Heat pumps: development and production of heat pumps.
Components also include final equipment such as wind turbines, solar panels, batteries, heat pumps or electrolysers.
The topic also targets the manufacturing of components and materials (except mining activities) that are a significant factor in the final equipment’s performance and/or cost. Activities relating to recycling or reusing critical materials (except manufacturing of battery cells, that can be used in electric vehicles (also as part of integrated projects)) to be used in the above equipment categories or components thereof may also be funded under this topic.
The produced equipment, components and materials can be sold on the EU market and in third countries.
Activities should demonstrate innovation in (and/or):
- Products: achieving lower cost when fully mature, higher performance, more energy efficiency, better system integration, higher durability, flexibility, reliability and/or convenience as compared to the state-of-the-art product.
- Production processes: increased use of recycled materials, more efficient use of critical materials, lower environmental/carbon footprint, improved automation and use of digital technologies, etc. Innovation can concern one or several steps of the manufacturing process.
Under this topic, the use of innovative components, including the final equipment, in power/heat generation, energy storage, or production and consumption of hydrogen will not be supported.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The grant will be a lump sum grant. This means that it will reimburse a fixed amount, based on a lump sum. The amount will be fixed by the granting authority on the basis of the relevant costs of the project calculated in accordance with the Guidance on the relevant cost methodology and a fixed funding rate of 60% (or lower requested grant amount, if any).
- INNOVFUND-2024-NZT-CLEAN-TECH-MANUFACTURING: €2.500.000
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries: any country in the world.
Eligible activities:
Applications will only be considered eligible if their content corresponds wholly (or at least in part) to the topic description for which they are submitted.
Eligible activities are the ones set out in section 2 above.
The following activities are not considered as eligible for funding under this call:
- manufacturing of battery cells, that can be used in electric vehicles (also as part of integrated projects)
- projects focused on services, including software, that primarily aim to improve the efficient use of products listed under Annex I and Annex III of the EU ETS.
This exclusion doesn’t concern mobility projects where the activity directly decreases the climate impacts:
ship or plane building or refurbishment outside of the EU/EEA Projects must comply with EU policy interests and priorities (such as environment, social, security, industrial and trade policy, etc). Projects must also respect EU values and European Commission policy regarding reputational matters (e.g. activities involving capacity building, policy support, awareness raising, communication, dissemination, etc).
Financial support to third parties is not allowed.
Geographic location (target countries):
- Projects must be located in EU Member States or EEA countries (i.e. Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein).
- Projects may also be located in Northern Ireland on the condition that they concern the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity.
- For maritime sector projects:
- when the projects concern investments on ships, those ships must carry a flag of an EU Member States or an EEA country and call ports under the jurisdiction of an EU Member State or EEA country (see list here) on a regular basis (at least 15% of their calls on ports over two years); or must call ports under the jurisdiction of an EU Member State or EEA country (see list here) on a regular basis (at least 30% of their calls on ports over two years); or perform service or support activities in ports under the jurisdiction of an EU Member State or EEA country.
- when the projects concern investments in ports infrastructure (e.g. renewable alternative fuel bunkering infrastructures in ports, including container transhipment ports), the ports must be under the jurisdiction of an EU Member States or an EEA country (see list here).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
Address: 28th of October Avenue 20-22, 2414 Engomi, Nicosia
Mrs. Maria Loizou
Telephone: +357 22408955
Email: mloizou@environment.moa.gov.cy
Website: www.moa.gov.cy
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Address: 29 Vyronos Avenue, 1096 Nicosia
Ms. Elena Poulli
Telephone: +357 22691921
Email: epoulli@research.org.cy, epoulli@dmrid.gov.cy
Website: www.dmrid.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
- For individual questions on the Portal Submission System, please contact the IT Helpdesk Contact Form.
- Non-IT related questions should be sent to the Contact Innovation Fund (INNOVFUND).