Programme name
Development of next generation synthetic renewable fuel technologies – HORIZON Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-02)
Forthcoming call
Objective(s) and scope
Expected outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Increase availability of disruptive emerging synthetic renewable fuel technologies.
- Accelerate the readiness of cost-effective and highly performing future technologies of synthetic renewable fuels for all economy sectors.
- Reinforce the European scientific basis and European technology export potential for synthetic renewable fuel technologies.
Scope: Focus should be on the high source to product conversion efficiency, process energy efficiency and carbon emission neutrality from the overall production. Overall, proposals are expected to improve competitiveness and minimize GHG emissions in the production process. Pathways via production of renewable hydrogen or renewable hydrogen ionic compounds from all forms and origins of renewable energy (e.g., electricity, direct sunlight, heat) are in scope. The new technologies should also address uses in fuel cells for all transport modes for electricity generation from renewable fuels used as renewable energy carriers with high conversion efficiency and low pollution. An assessment of the sustainability and the GHG emissions should be made based on a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA).
Type of actions: Research and Innovation Actions
Financing value
EUR 12.0 million for three grants (indicative number of grants). Expected EU contribution per project is around EUR 4.0 million.
Eligible countries
Legal entities from the EU and associated countries (EEA, European Neighbourhood Policy countries, third countries that fulfil the criteria of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695)
Eligibility criteria (if available)
Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment and including legal entities from non-associated third countries or international organisations, may participate in actions under the Programme, provided that the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/695 have been met together with any conditions laid down in the work programme or call for proposals.
Further information on eligibility criteria
Annex B Eligibility of Horizon Europe Work programme 2023-2025.
In this call, the following exceptions apply:
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).
Technology readiness level (TRL)
Activities are expected to achieve TRL 3-4 by the end of the project
Additional information
Further information on the call and specific conditions are described in the Work Programme (pages 286-288).
