EU Commission invests €3.4 billion in 77 net-zero technology projects
The EU Commission has selected 77 net-zero technology projects across 23 countries for €3.4 billion in Innovation Fund support. For…
EU Commission sets terms for €1 billion industrial heat auction
The EU Commission has published the rules for an auction funding cleaner industrial process heat. Projects using electrification or renewable…
Greensand Future inaugurates Europe’s first commercial offshore CO₂ storage facility
Backed by €41 million from the EU Innovation Fund, Greensand Future aims to store 2.4 million tonnes of CO₂ beneath…
EU Commission opens €1.5bn Battery Booster call for EV cell plants
The EU Commission is offering up to €1.5 billion in interest-free loans to support large-scale electric-vehicle battery cell projects in…
EU Commission targets 46% electrification by 2040 and reshapes ETS to support industry
The EU Commission has proposed measures to double Europe’s electrification rate, reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels and mobilise more…
EU Innovation Fund call draws €17.5bn in clean-tech funding requests
The European Commission’s 2025 Innovation Fund Net-Zero Technologies call received 358 applications from 27 European Economic Area (EEA) countries, requesting…
EU Commission awards over €1bn to hydrogen projects to accelerate clean transition
The European Commission has selected nine renewable and low-carbon hydrogen projects across seven European countries for more than €1 billion…
Spain: EU Commission approves €50m state aid to decarbonise industrial process heat
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €50 million Spanish scheme to boost the decarbonisation of…
Belgium: EU Commission clears €260m state aid for CSS project by BASF and Air Liquide
The EU Commission has approved a €260 million Belgian measure in favour of Air Liquide Large Industry NV and BASF…
Innovation Fund: €5.2bn of EU emissions trading revenues earmarked for cleantech
The EU Commission has opened three new funding calls under the Innovation Fund, worth a total of €5.2 billion from…
Innovation Fund: EU Commission invests €2.9bn to boost 61 net-zero projects
In its largest-ever funding round for clean innovation, the European Commission is investing €2.9 billion from the EU Emissions Trading…
EU invests €852 million in six innovative electric vehicle battery projects
The EU Commission announced that six pioneering electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing projects will receive a total of €852 million in grants…
EU Commission and EIB renew Project Development Assistance under Innovation Fund
The EU Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement renewing the Project Development Assistance (PDA) under the Innovation Fund. The…
EU Commission announces new projects to boost renewable hydrogen development
The European Commission has announced the selection of 15 renewable hydrogen production projects for public funding across the European Economic…
Stakeholder Consultation workshop on new Innovation Fund auction
The first stakeholder consultation workshop on the design of a new auction for industrial process heat...
First STEP Seal list published to promote high-quality strategic technologies
The EU Commission has published the first projects that were awarded a Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Seal, a quality…
Innovation Fund 2024 Auction Info Day
Register here Book your seat, the registration will end today, Sunday 8 December 2024, 18:00...
EU invests €4.8bn of emissions trading revenues in innovative net-zero projects
Today, the EU Commission has selected 85 innovative net-zero projects to receive €4.8 billion in grants from the Innovation Fund (IF). For…
Winners of first EU-wide renewable hydrogen auction sign grant agreements
On 30 April 2024, seven European projects were selected for EU financial support in the Innovation Fund’s pilot hydrogen auction…
Innovation Fund project GO4ZERO: Speech by EU Commissioner Hoekstra
"We have a generational responsibility to make sure we get this whole difficult but pivotally important equation right: with climate…
Innovation Fund: EU awards over €3.6bn to 41 large-scale clean tech projects
Today, the Commission is awarding over €3.6 billion to 41 large-scale clean tech projects, to be financed through the EU…
Innovation Fund: EU invests €1.8bn in clean tech projects
Brussels, 12 July 2022 Today, the EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative...