CETPartnership

Do you want to collaborate with an international partner on an innovative energy project? With the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership), you get a grant to cooperate with another company from abroad to demonstrate an energy innovation at your location. Pre-proposals for this round could be submitted from 19 September until 25 November 2024. Full applications can be submitted from 29 January until 2 April 2025.

Who can apply for CETPartnership?

Participating partners in a project can be public or private organisations. A partnership consists of at least three different organisations, from three different countries. Of which at least two are from an EU Member State or Associated Country. One partner in the consortium may carry a maximum of 60% of the project.

What projects are eligible?

Innovation projects eligible for CETPartnership focus on one of the 10 call modules:

• Data spaces and interoperability
• Energy system flexibility: renewables production, storage and system integration
• Advanced renewable energy (RE) technologies for power production
• Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)
• Hydrogen & renewable fuels
• Heating and cooling technologies
• Geothermal energy technologies
• Integrated regional energy systems
• Integrated industrial energy systems
• Clean energy integration in the built environment

You get a grant for research costs, for the purchase of equipment and even for travel and accommodation costs. The project must start between 1 September and 15 December 2025, and be completed within 36 months at the latest. This grant opportunity gives you the chance to demonstrate your innovation in cooperation with a foreign partner to a wider audience and investors. A great opportunity to get your product to the energy market faster!

CETPartnership applications in 2024

You were able to submit a pre-application from 19 September to 25 November 2024. Thereafter, if your pre-application is selected, you will be invited to submit a full application. Submission of the full application is possible from 29 January 2025 to 2 April 2025.

Support from Hezelburcht

Wondering whether this grant is interesting for your project? Would you like advice on this? Or can we help you find a cooperation partner? Feel free to get in touch! Our specialists will be happy to assist you. Please contact us at 088 495 20 00 or info@hezelburcht.com for more information or an introductory meeting free of charge.