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EIT InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy, has been ranked by PitchBook as the most active investor in the energy sector worldwide in their report “2022 Annual Global League Tables”. EIT InnoEnergy was selected in recognition of its role in supporting over 500 climatetech start-ups since 2010. Its current equity portfolio of more than 180 …
The Start-Up Grant Agreement (SUGA) consortium will receive up to EUR 6 million to get EIT Culture & Creativity up and running for 2024. The SUGA will regulate the set-up phase of EIT Culture & Creativity is now signed. Fraunhofer Gesellschaft coordinates the consortium composed of 29 organisations that will cooperate under the SUGA to get EIT Culture …
The 1st of March, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, opened ‘Repowering the EU with Hydrogen Valleys: showcasing innovative solutions’, the high-level event that brought together over 300 leading stakeholders from the EU hydrogen community to stage the EU R&I support for a clean energy transition and end our dependence …
The Mission Platform of the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities has invited 53 cities from across twenty-one European Union and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries to take part in its Pilot Cities Programme. These Pilot Cities will experiment with new ways to rapidly decarbonise over the course of a two-year programme. The 53 cities were …
On 23February 2023, the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission (RTD) and the National Science and Technology Council, NSTC (Taiwan), co-organised a technical Horizon Europe Info Session. It provided information on the opportunities for international cooperation available in the latest Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-24, which was adopted on the 06 December …
The European Commission launched the 16th edition of REGIOSTARS awards competition that rewards the best projects financed under Cohesion Policy each year. Beneficiaries of all Cohesion Policy-funded projects, including those from the European Social Fund (Plus), are encouraged to submit their applications. This year there is a category dedicated to the European of Year of …
The European Commission and the Government of the United Kingdom reached a political agreement in principle on the Windsor Framework. This constitutes a comprehensive set of joint solutions aimed at addressing, in a definitive way, the practical challenges faced by citizens and businesses in Northern Ireland, thereby providing them with lasting certainty and predictability. The …
On 17th February 2023, the EMODnet Secretariat and wider representatives attended the first Annual Forum of the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030” (Mission Ocean) which brought together stakeholders in Brussels and online to take stock of the first year of implementation of the Mission, showcasing the first portfolio of projects and actions …
The objective of World Energy Efficiency Day, celebrated annually on 5 March, is to raise awareness about the need to reduce energy consumption through reasonable and sustainable energy use. Energy intensive industries will require a radical transformation of their production processes to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. HaDEA-managed projects developed solutions that demonstrated: energy efficiency …
LIFE LETsGO4Climate aims to accelerate renewable energy production and reduce energy consumption in France’s Centre-Val de Loire region. The energy sector causes over 75% of Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. European and national initiatives are not enough to solve the problem, but united action from territories and citizens could help. There are, however, various financial, legal …