The call for small-scale projects is open until the 31st of August. The budgetary envelope allocated (€100 million) would allow financing of at least 22 projects and it targets projects on low-carbon technologies and processes in all sectors covered by the EU ETS Directive. Those includes:
Innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in sectors listed in Annex I, including environmentally safe Carbon Capture and Utilisation that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, as well as products substituting carbon-intensive ones produced in sectors listed in Annex I, and energy storage technologies.
Eligible Countries:
- EU Member States
- Norway
- Iceland
To assist applicants, EU Environment and Climate has published on the Innovation Fund website dedicated best practices and statistics for the small-scale projects, as well as a video gathering projects’ stories and testimonials.
More on the submission here.