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Delivery of industrial CCUS clusters – Societal Readiness pilot

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
Up to €10,000,000
Deadline
December 1, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL5-2027-07-D3-32 · HORIZON Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL5-2027-07: ENERGY. Opens 2027-08-04; next deadline 2027-12-01. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL5-2027-07-D3-32

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes: - Near-to-market solutions for the safe integration and use of CCUS technologies in the energy- and carbon-intensive industry; - A pipeline of projects that have the potential for commercial scale-up. - Deeper understanding of the needs and concerns of diverse social groups involved in or potentially affected by the R&I development of the technology, thereby increasing the potential for beneficial societal uptake and building trust in results and outcomes.

Scope: Projects are expected to be the de-risking first step to develop local or regional industrial CCUS clusters, i.e. (multi) source and (multi) sink solutions for the decarbonisation of the hard-to-abate industries of the region. Projects are expected to be the basis and orientation for future full-size projects. To maximise the impact, projects should have a substantial industrial involvement. Projects should address most, but not necessarily all of the below issues: - Detailed planning and preparation for retrofitting capture systems to existing industrial plants; - Demonstrating important system components; - Identification and characterisation of the clustering potential of (cross-border) regional CO2 emitters; - Optimisation of industrial symbiosis between emitters and potential users of CO2; - Development of tools to optimise the design and operation of the cluster(s) and operate CO2 streams with different compositions, flow rates and operating regimes to comply with the constraints for the shared transport and storage infrastructure; - Identification of potential regional users of a common CO2 infrastructure…

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