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Call for proposals

Horizon 2020 – Societal Challenges – Secure, clean and efficient energy, “Competitive Low-Carbon Energy”

- H2020-LCE-2017

Objective and description

A new call for proposals has been published under the Horizon 2020 Programme within the pillar Societal Challenges – Secure, clean and efficient energy, under the title: “Competitive Low-Carbon Energy” - H2020-LCE-2017

One of the major challenges Europe will face in the coming decades is to transform its energy system, allowing for secure affordable and efficient energy, while ensuring Europe to be global leader for renewables.

This call aims at developing and accelerating the time to market of affordable, cost-effective and resource-efficient low carbon energy technology solutions, that would decarbonise the energy system in a sustainable way while increasing role of domestic sources in the energy mix to secure energy supply. This strategy is embedded in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) and fully contributes to the Energy Union objectives.

The call for proposals refers to the following topics:

· LCE-10-2017: Reducing the cost of PV electricity (Innovation Action):

Proposals are requested to address the reduction of the cost of PV electricity by optimising the PV system energy yield and lifetime and decreasing cost at module (encapsulation materials, glass, and antireflective layers, anti-soiling layers, module architecture, etc.), balance-of-system component (electronics, inverters, tracking systems, etc.) or system configuration levels.

· LCE-11-2017: Near-to-market solutions for reducing the water consumption of CSP Plants (Innovation Action)

Projects shall demonstrate cost-effective technical solutions which significantly reduce or replace the water consumption of CSP plants. The demonstration shall take place in a region with very good solar resource values (Direct Normal Irradiation > 2000 kWh/m2 year).

· LCE-12-2017: Near-to-market solutions for the use of solar heat in industrial processes (Innovation Action)

Proposals shall demonstrate less complex and cost effective technical solutions which significantly increase the share of solar heat in industrial processes and which can be easily integrated into existing industrial plants.

· LCE-14-2017: Demonstration of large >10MW wind turbine (Innovation Action)

The aim is to demonstrate and construct now a full scale >10MW turbine and provide proof of a significant cost reduction potential.

· LCE-16-2017: 2nd Generation of design tools for ocean energy devices and arrays development and deployment (Innovation Action)

The action should clearly include an (economic) analysis of supply chains and (potential) markets and assess economic feasibility, develop a cost-benefit methodology and propose pricing methods. Eventually new or improved business and management models can be proposed.

· LCE-17-2017: Easier to install and more efficient geothermal systems for retrofitting buildings (Innovation Action)

Proposals shall target easy to install and efficient underground coupling systems for retrofitting existing types of buildings or adaptable to existing types of buildings, including historical buildings, to make geothermal energy a standard source of heat and cold in building renovation. The difficulties in drilling in built environments must be taken into consideration and properly addressed.

· LCE-18-2017: EGS in different geological conditions (Innovation Action)

Proposals should aim at testing EGS systems to ensure reservoir productivity in different geological settings and energy production at competitive costs. Proposals could propose up-scaling existing EGS systems.

· LCE-19-2016-2017: Demonstration of the most promising advanced biofuel pathways (Innovation Action)

Proposals shall aim at moving technologies that reached already TRL 5-6 to TRL 6-7 through industrial demonstration projects in line with the Implementation Plan of the EIBI. Projects should target the most promising advanced liquid biofuel production pathways incorporating new or improved biochemical/thermochemical/chemical conversion together with upgrading technologies and valorisation of co-products that improve the economic viability of the fuel production.

· LCE-20-2016-2017: Enabling pre-commercial production of advanced aviation biofuel (Innovation Action)

Proposals shall aim at moving technologies that have already reached TRL 5-6 to TRL 6-7 (please see part G of the General Annexes) through novel industrial demonstration projects which support the innovative integration of production processes for advanced biofuels for aviation into first–of-a-kind or existing industrial scale plants.

Eligible applicants

Because these topics fall under the Innovation Action type the application must be submitted by at least three legal entities. Each of the three must be established in a different EU Member State or Horizon 2020 associated country. All three legal entities must be independent of each other.

Budget

The total budget for the topics is distributed as follows:

· LCE-10-2017: Reducing the cost of PV electricity

10.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 7 to 10 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

· LCE-11-2017: Near-to-market solutions for reducing the water consumption of CSP Plants

12.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 10 to 12 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

· LCE-12-2017: Near-to-market solutions for the use of solar heat in industrial processes

8.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 5 to 8 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

· LCE-14-2017: Demonstration of large >10MW wind turbine

25.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 20 to 25 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

· LCE-16-2017: 2nd Generation of design tools for ocean energy devices and arrays development and deployment

7.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 5 to 7 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

· LCE-17-2017: Easier to install and more efficient geothermal systems for retrofitting buildings

· LCE-18-2017: EGS in different geological conditions

10.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 6 to 10 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

· LCE-19-2016-2017: Demonstration of the most promising advanced biofuel pathways

15.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 10 to 15 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately.

· LCE-20-2016-2017: Enabling pre-commercial production of advanced aviation biofuel

10.000.000 EUR with a co-funding rate of 70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 5 to 15 million in 2016 and 5 to 10 million in 2017 would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately while maximizing the acceptable production pathways.

Deadline for proposals’ submission

The deadline of this call is 7 September 2016, 17:00 (Brussels local time)

Applicants must submit their proposal electronically, following the link on the submission service.

Further information

Please find attached the call documents.

Proposal templates are available after entering the submission tool.

More information: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-lce-2016-2017.html#c,topics=callIdentifier/t/H2020-LCE-2016-2017/1/1/1/default-group&callStatus/t/Forthcoming/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Open/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Closed/0/1/0/default-group&+identifier/desc

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