€99 million available for funding your project ideas for the Clean Energy Transition

Building on the success of the Intelligent Energy Europe (2003-2013) and Horizon 2020 Energy Efficiency (2014-2020) programmes, the LIFE Clean Energy Transition sub-programme continues to support the delivery of EU policies in the field of sustainable energy, in particular, the European Green Deal, the Energy Union (2030 energy and climate targets) and the European Union’s 2050 long-term decarbonisation strategy.

The LIFE Clean Energy Transition sub-programme has a budget of nearly EUR 1 billion over the period of 2021-2027 and aims at facilitating the transition towards an energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and -resilient economy by funding coordination and support actions (Other Action Grants) across Europe. These are actions of high EU added-value, which are targeted at breaking market barriers that hamper the socio-economic transition to sustainable energy, and typically engage multiple small and medium-sized stakeholders, multiple actors including local and regional public authorities and non-profit organisations, as well as consumers.

Projects are co-financed under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition sub-programme in the following five areas of intervention:

• Building a national, regional and local policy framework supporting the clean energy transition; 
• Accelerating technology roll-out, digitalisation, new services and business models and enhancement of the related professional skills on the market; 
• Attracting private finance for sustainable energy; 
• Supporting the development of local and regional investment projects;
• Involving and empowering citizens in the clean energy transition.

The LIFE Clean Energy Transition Call 2023 (2023 Call document) has EUR 99 million available for 13 funding topics to support the clean energy transition in Europe in areas such as:

• Technical support to clean energy transition plans and strategies in municipalities and regions 
• Towards an effective implementation of key legislation in the field of sustainable energy 
• Maximizing use of and valorising EPREL data through innovative applications
• Energy Performance of Buildings - Creating the conditions to make renovation faster, deeper, smarter, service and data-driven
• Supporting the clean energy transition of the European businesses
• BUILD UP Skills – Upskilling and reskilling interventions enabling a decarbonised building stock and energy system integration
• Boosting heat pump deployment through alternative models and skilled installers
• District heating and cooling: Enabling modernisation and fuel switch through support for investment plans and skills development
• Crowding in private financeIntegrated services for clean energy transition in buildings and businesses
• Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments
• Alleviating household energy poverty and vulnerability in Europe
• European Energy Communities Facility

The deadline to submit your project ideas is the 16 November 2023