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De-risking renewable fuel technologies through transnational pre-commercial procurement of renewable fuel industrial value chains

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Public authorities, industry, technology providers, energy producers and consumers profit from de-risking of cost-effective essential value chains of those renewable fuel technologies that can contribute to domestic commercial fuel production beyond 2030 customized to their needs, from improved access to better financing exploiting…

Deadline 1 Dec 2026Budget €40MIndicative grants 1EU contribution per project €40MSingle stageHORIZON Pre-commercial Procurement

Funding and competition

  • 1grant expected (official)
  • €40MEU contribution per project
  • €4Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 392projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Eta - Energia, Trasporti, Agricoltura Srl
Firenze
ItalyCompany · SME160SETDEPLOY, BUTTERFLY, SET4BIO
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis
Thermi Thessaloniki
GreeceResearch organisation103METHCESFUEL, FUELPHORIA, POSEIDON
Rise Research Institutes Of Sweden Ab
Boras
SwedenResearch organisation93SETDEPLOY, SET4BIO, ETIP-B-SABS 2
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation80METHCESFUEL, FUELPHORIA, REDIFUEL
Johnson Matthey Plc
Royston
United KingdomCompany70FLEXCHX, HIGFLY, EcoFuel
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt Oy
Espoo
FinlandResearch organisation62SET4BIO, REDIFUEL, FLEXCHX
Sintef As
Trondheim
NorwayResearch organisation53FUEL-UP, BL2F, Pulp and Fuel
Best - Bioenergy And Sustainable Technologies Gmbh
Graz
AustriaResearch organisation · SME42ETIP-B-SABS 2, ETIP-B2026-2028, ETIP-B2022-2025
Acondicionamiento Tarrasense Associacion
Terrassa
SpainResearch organisation51BIOMETHAVERSE, ALGAESOL, NET-Fuels
Corvers Procurement Services Bv
Den Dungen
NetherlandsCompany · SME41PREVENT PCP, PROTECT, SHIELD PCP
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev
Munchen
GermanyResearch organisation61HIGFLY, EcoFuel, SEAFAIRER
Fundacion Circe Centro De Investigacion De Recursos Y Consumos Energeticos
Zaragoza
SpainResearch organisation40SETDEPLOY, SET4BIO, FUELPHORIA
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Kongens Lyngby
DenmarkUniversity41BIOMETHAVERSE, PYRAH2, FlexSNG
Sintef Energi As
Trondheim
NorwayResearch organisation40SETDEPLOY, SET4BIO, BL2F
Corvers Greece Monoprosopi Ike
Athens
GreeceCompany · SME40PREVENT PCP, PROTECT, SHIELD PCP

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 10partners (median)
  • 6countries (median)
  • 29%of partners are SMEs
Company 46%Research organisation 23%Other 13%University 10%Public body 7%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

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  • SETDEPLOY – SETDEPLOY - Driving the implementation of the SET Plan Action 8 (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-13)
  • BUTTERFLY – Biomass Utilized To The Extended portfolio of Renewable Fuels with Large Yields (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-08)
  • METHCESFUEL – Renewable methanol-based synthetic multifuel production (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-02)
  • SET4BIO – Renewable fuels and bioenergy for a low-carbon europe – accelerating the implementation of the set-plan action 8 (H2020 · 2020 · LC-SC3-JA-2-2018-2019)
  • ETIP-B-SABS 2 – European Technology and Innovation Platform Bioenergy - Support of Renewable Fuels and Advanced Bioenergy Stakeholders 2 (H2020 · 2018 · LC-SC3-CC-4-2018)
  • FUELPHORIA – Accelerating the sustainable production of advanced biofuels and RFNBOs - from feedstock to end-use (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-08)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.