Renewable Energy Valleys in Africa to increase energy security and energy access in Africa
BATTERIES and ENERGY · HORIZON-IA · TRL 8+ · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds large-scale demonstration projects that design, build, and operate decentralised renewable energy systems ('renewable energy valleys') in Africa, delivering electricity, heat or fuel to local or regional communities. It aims to increase energy security and access in Africa while creating jobs and sustainable value chains, and strengthening EU-Africa energy cooperation. Projects must include a full business, training and market strategy to ensure the demonstrated technology becomes commercially viable.
renewable energy · energy storage · smart grids · energy efficiency · regional development · circular economy
Who wins this
A consortium of European and African organisations, including African SMEs and local communities, ready to build and operate a near-market-ready (TRL 8) renewable energy demonstration project in an African urban or rural setting.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €4.5M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — at least 2 partners, from 2 countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation, SME, large enterprise, public body, non-profit
- Also required
- At least two legal entities established in at least two different African Union member states must be part of the consortium as beneficiaries; legal entities from all African Union member states are exceptionally eligible for funding; proposals must demonstrate access to necessary land/permits or convincing risk management for delayed availability.
- Sectors
- CleanTech · Energy · Mobility
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions Due to the scope of this topic, legal entities established in all African Union member states are exceptionally eligible for Union funding. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). The following additional eligibility criteria apply: At least two legal entities established in at least two different African Union member states must be part of the consortium as beneficiaries. described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes The following additions to the general award criteria apply: For the criterion 'Quality and efficiency of the implementation', in addition to its standard aspects, the following aspect shall constitute a major element: Demonstrated access to necessary land and / or permits for operation at the time of application and / or convincing risk management regarding delayed availability of land or permits. Risk management can include go / no-go decisions at mid-term. are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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