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Demonstration for Long-duration Battery Energy Storage Systems (BATT4EU Partnership)

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
Up to €9,400,000
Deadline
September 15, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL5-2027-05-D2-08 · HORIZON Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL5-2027-05: BATTERIES and ENERGY. Opens 2027-05-05; next deadline 2027-09-15. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL5-2027-05-D2-08

Expected Outcome: Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes: - Demonstrated system-level long-duration energy storage (LDES) solutions, explicitly aimed at enhancing grid stability, resilience, and flexibility in Europe. - Substantial reduction of Europe's dependence on critical raw materials through the use of abundant, low-cost, and sustainable materials. - Contribute to strategic insights for a coherent EU-wide stationary storage deployment strategy, enhancing European energy autonomy and sustainability. - Sufficient and reproducible operational data and insights to serve as reliable input towards detailed technoeconomic analyses.

Scope: Proposals should focus on system-level demonstrations of innovative long-duration (> 8 hours) battery storage concepts that can effectively support utility-scale energy systems or industrial consumers in achieving energy security and operational sustainability. Projects are expected to cover all the following points: - Demonstration of advanced long-duration storage technologies not yet on the market such as novel redox flow batteries (standard or mediated), high-temperature systems, metal-air systems, multivalent chemistries (organic or aqueous), or other non-commercialised technologies or architectures. - Assessment and definition of use case(s) intended for the proposed technology (front-of-the-meter grid-scale storage, behind-the-meter large industrial energy consumer, firming of renewable generation) along with quantified impact on improved grid resilience, reduced emissions, safety, and lowered energy storage cost. - Assessment of hybridization potential of complementary energy…

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