LIFE Clean Energy Transition – Standard Action Project

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

LIFE: Environment & Climate Action

Programme Description

The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. After 22 years, €3.4 billion and 4.170 projects, the LIFE Programme continues to finance actions for the environment and climate action.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

LIFE-2024-CET-SAP

Call

LIFE Clean Energy Transition – Standard Action Project

Summary

This topic aims to support actions from key commercial and non-commercial actors in the clean energy transition, involving in particular local and regional authorities, energy agencies, energy service companies (ESCOs), financial institutions and EU manufacturers of net-zero energy technologies.
Actions under this topic should contribute to the implementation of the EU’s energy efficiency and renewable energy policy and legislation and demonstrate their positive contribution to the overall clean and fair energy transition.

Detailed Call Description

The focus of the actions under this Call should address one of the following areas:

  • Support local and regional authorities in establishing new energy agencies to support the delivery of the clean energy transition on the ground, including synergies with other areas addressed by the LIFE Programme and contributing to a carbon neutral future;
  • Support energy service companies (ESCOs) in piloting and rolling-out ambitious investment and financial solutions for deep energy renovation of buildings, such as EnPC or similar contractual arrangements.
  • Support financial institutions, brokers, insurers and other actors involved in the energy financing areas, as well as public-private partnerships, in developing and marketing financial products and solutions to finance investments in energy efficiency and integrated renewables.
  • Support EU manufacturers of net-zero energy technologies to roll-out innovative techniques, including activities such as the identification of needs for regulatory updates where relevant (e.g. regulatory sandboxes), along with fostering collaboration with all actors in the value-chains to increase the market uptake and large-scale deployment of their clean energy solutions in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan and the Net-Zero Industry Act.

Proposals should address one of the above listed points. Addressing more than one point does not increase the relevance of the proposal.

Actions should provide the right mix of activities that will ensure their sustainability and replicability after LIFE CET support.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to €1.5 million would allow the specific objectives to be addressed appropriately.

Call Total Budget

€4.000.000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

60%

Cost categories: costs for financial support to third parties for topic LIFE-2024-CET-SAP: allowed for grants and prizes; maximum total amount for financial support to third parties €100.000; maximum amount per third party €20.000.

For further details please visit pages 76-78 of the call document.

Thematic Categories

  • Energy
  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Industry
  • Processing

Eligibility for Participation

  • Businesses
  • Large Enterprises
  • Legal Entities
  • Local Authorities
  • NGOs
  • Other Beneficiaries
  • Private Bodies
  • Semi-governmental organisations
  • 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, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
    • non-EU countries:
      • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme (list of participating countries)
      • the coordinator must be established in an eligible country

Consortium composition:
proposals must be submitted by at least one applicant from an eligible country.

For all topics, the coordinator must be established in an eligible country.

Call Opening Date

18/04/2024

Call Closing Date

19/09/2024

National Contact Point(s)

Department of Environment

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
www.lifecyclamen.com.cy

Persons to Contact 
Marilena Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Environment
Telephone: +357 22 408 926
Email: mpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy

Chrystalla Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Climate
Telephone: +357 22 408 962
Email: cpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy