Demonstration of solid biofuel supply and conversion to high efficiency CHP from fully sustainable regional value chains
- Funder
- European Commission · Horizon Europe
- Award amount
- Up to €6,750,000
- Deadline
- December 1, 2026
- Eligible countries
- European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global
Summary
Open EU call topic HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-05 · HORIZON Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL5-2026-11: ENERGY. Next deadline 2026-12-01. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-05
Expected Outcome: Fully sustainable regional bioenergy value chains and efficient conversion can play an important role in renewable efficient power and heating generation and for reaching the EU climate and energy targets and contribute to European competitiveness and energy security. Project results are expected to contribute to at all of the following expected outcomes: - The demonstration of regional value chains for the use of locally to regionally sourced sustainable and cheap solid biofuel from upgraded biogenic residues and wastes in line with the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive in high efficiency CHP plant creates opportunities for SMs, regional value generation and European knowledge advancement and international competitiveness in the sector. - Provide flexible renewable power and heat to local industries for their processes and allow for high penetration of renewables in the energy system by ensuring sustainable bioenergy base load capacity. - Provide replicable solutions, where bioeconomy stakeholders can benefit from the knowledge generated for the development of their strategies aligned with energy and environmental policy objectives and which can contribute to the objective of decreasing the EU’s and Ukraine`s dependence on fossil fuels and increasing energy security. - Regulatory and permitting authorities as well as investors and important actors of the value chain are in a better position to assess socio-economic and environmental aspects of the value chain, in particular on circularity, industrial resilience biodiversity and soil carbon.
Scope: Demonstration of a viable regional value chain for the use of locally to regionally sourced sustainable and cheap…
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