The Innovation Fund is financed from the sale of CO2 allowances on the European carbon market. Its total budget – c. €10bn at current CO2 price – will be shared between innovative renewables, CCS, storage and heavy industries (steel, cement, chemicals, bricks…).
Please use the password OFFSHORRENSTRAT20 to watch the video. The European Commission just announced that it will create a new Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy in 2020. The Commission will set a development pathway for the sector up until 2050 and…
The European Commission’s DG MARE is organizing a free event for blue economy companies in Brussels. This is the opportunity to meet investors and get in touch with DG MARE officers working on the currently open EUR 22.5m call for demonstration projects and the upcoming BlueInvest Fund (equity).
Please use the password OEEMembers2019 to watch the video. The European Innovation Council (EIC) ‘Accelerator’ aims to help SMEs develop and bring to market new innovative products that can drive economic growth. It offers grants (up to €2.5m) and will…
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator (formerly ‘SME Instrument’) provides grants, optional equity and coaching to SMEs to help them develop and bring to market new innovative products, services and business models.
The EIC Accelerator pilot has a total budget of €654 million for 2020 - 89% grants, 8% equity, 3% for coaching.
Following the recommendations of the Ocean Energy Forum’s Strategic Roadmap, the European Commission is launching a 2nd call for proposals to fund environmental data collection and monitoring activities around deployed wave and/or tidal energy devices. The budget for the call is €2.3m.
Please use the password OEEMEMBER0719-EIC to watch the video. The European Innovation Council (EIC) is a new EU initiative, to provide direct funding to disruptive and breakthrough market-creating innovation. Ocean energy is most certainly disruptive and market-creating, so OEE wants the…
The European Innovation Council is a new ‘one stop shop’ for DG RTD innovation funding. It will act as an ‘umbrella’ program for various H2020 related instruments such as the SME instrument, Fast Track to Innovation or the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) instrument.
The Fund is designed to support innovative renewable energy generation and is extra flexible for smaller-scale projects. Large upfront capital grants are available and grants can be blended with other financial instruments.
‘Horizon Europe’ will be the successor to Horizon 2020 (H2020), once the European Parliament and Council of the EU have agreed on a final text.
