Stakeholders across Europe submitted their ideas to accelerate the market-uptake of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions under the Call for Proposals 2022 of the Clean Energy Transition sub-programme. The call closed on 16 November 2022.
Overall 18 topics with a total budget of EUR 98M were open in the areas of improving building energy performance, supporting public authorities in the clean energy transition, building skills and capacity in industry, mainstreaming innovative financing solutions and mobilising investment projects, establishing home renovation services and alleviating energy poverty as well as strengthening energy communities.
CINEA will evaluate proposals with the help of external experts in the coming months and it will notify applicants in spring 2023.
Selected projects will benefit from a 95% co-funding rate and those LIFE Clean Energy Transition projects are expected to go live in summer 2023.
The LIFE Clean Energy Transition Call 2022 received the following number of proposals per topic:
| Call Topic | Short name | Indicative budget (M EUR) | Proposals received on 16/11/2022 |
| Energy performance and Smart Readiness of buildings – making the instruments work: support Member States and their implementing bodies Energy performance and Smart Readiness of buildings – making the instruments work: market up-take of EPCs |
BUILDPERFORM | 7 | 4 |
| BUILD UP Skills – Strategies and training interventions enabling a decarbonised building stock – Scope A: Rebooting the BUILD UP Skills National Platforms and Roadmaps Scope B: Upskilling and reskilling interventions enabling a decarbonised building stock |
BUILDSKILLS | 6 | 13 |
| Supporting the clean energy transition of the business sector: Foster a favourable energy audits ecosystem Supporting the clean energy transition of the business sector: Unlock the energy efficiency and renewable potential at value chain level |
BUSINESS | 6 | 14 |
| New ecodesign and energy labelling compliance support facility and help centre for suppliers and retailers | COMPLIANCE | 2,5 | 1 |
| Towards a zero emission building stock: strengthening the enabling framework for deep renovation | DEEPRENO | 6 | 9 |
| Integration of low-grade renewable energy or waste heat in high temperature district heating | DH | 6 | 12 |
| Making the “Energy Efficiency First” principle more operational | EE1st | 3,5 | 12 |
| Developing support mechanisms for energy communities: Local authorities collaborating with citizen-led-initiatives Developing support mechanisms for energy communities: Developing integrated services to support community energy |
ENERCOM | 6,5 | 32 |
| Addressing building related interventions in vulnerable districts | ENERPOV | 6 | 10 |
| National Finance Roundtables to support sustainable energy investments | FINROUND | 4 | 14 |
| Accelerating deployment and affordability of heat pumps through collective purchase actions and procurement | HEATPUMPS | 6 | 5 |
| Integrated Home Renovation Services EU community of “Integrated Home Renovation Services” practitioners |
HOMERENO | 8 | 18 |
| Innovative financing schemes for sustainable energy investments | INNOFIN | 4 | 13 |
| Technical support to clean energy transition plans and strategies in municipalities and regions | LOCAL | 7 | 23 |
| Mainstreaming sustainable energy investments in the financial sector | MAINSTREAM | 3,5 | 4 |
| Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments Community of practitioners of one-stop-shops for public assets |
PDA | 8 | 24 |
| Towards an effective implementation of key legislation in the field of sustainable energy | POLICY | 2 | 1 |
| Setting up facilitation structures to accelerate the renovation wave in the public sector | RENOPUB | 6 | 16 |
Source: European Commission I CINEA (https://bit.ly/3XjklCd)