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    LIFE-2026-CET-INDUSTRY

    Supporting the clean energy transition of European industry and businesses

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    LIFE Clean Energy Transition · LIFE-PJG · TRL 8–9 · Needs partners

    16 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €7M
    Call budget (2026)

    What this call funds

    This call funds projects that help European industries and businesses switch to clean, affordable energy. You can either build collaborations between industrial sectors and clean-tech providers to create standardized, market-ready energy solutions (Scope A), or set up energy cooperation among nearby companies, industrial parks and ports to share renewable energy, waste heat and infrastructure (Scope B). The technologies involved should already be commercially available and near market-ready. The goal is real-world deployment, business models and investment plans that cut energy use and emissions in industry.

    renewable energy · energy efficiency · energy storage · smart grids · climate adaptation · regional development

    Who wins this

    A consortium of industry associations, technology providers, industrial clusters or port authorities from at least three EU countries seeking to jointly deploy near-market clean energy solutions or set up regional energy cooperation schemes.

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    The call in detail

    Funding model
    LIFE-AG
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    LIFE Project Grants
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium — at least 3 partners, from 3 countries.
    Funding rate
    95% (Other Action Grants)
    Also required
    Proposals must address only one of the two defined scopes (A or B), and equipment/demonstration costs are only eligible to a very limited extent.
    Sectors
    CleanTech · Energy · Circular Economy
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document

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