Innovative technologies and solutions to improve wave and tidal energy systems
Project results are expected to contribute to all following expected outcomes: Advance in the realisation of the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan’s research and innovation priorities and targets for ocean energy; Energy producers and consumers benefit from increased performance of wave and tidal energy technologies with the focus on efficiency and flexibility, reduced cost, improved reliability and…
Funding and competition
- 1grant expected (official)
- €43MEU contribution per project
- €3.8Mmedian 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.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 9 | 3 | DTOceanPlus, SEETIP Ocean, ETIP OCEAN 2 |
| Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias Telde | Spain | Public body | 6 | 0 | OceanSET, SEETIP Ocean, PivotBuoy |
| Fundacion Cener Sarriguren | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 5 | 0 | FOREST, SETWIND, MARINET2 |
| Ente Vasco De La Energia Bilbao | Spain | Public body | 5 | 0 | OceanSET, OCEANERA-NET COFUND, EuropeWave |
| Fundacion Circe Centro De Investigacion De Recursos Y Consumos Energeticos Zaragoza | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | SETDEPLOY, SMARTSPEND, SET4BIO |
| Sagres Sl Redondela | Spain | Company · SME | 2 | 1 | OCEAN_2G, NEMMO |
| Oceantec Energias Marinas Sl Derio | Spain | Company · SME | 2 | 0 | DTOceanPlus, OPERA |
| Idom Consulting, Engineering, Architecture S.A.U. Bilbao | Spain | Company | 2 | 0 | DTOceanPlus, OPERA |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 9partners (median)
- 5countries (median)
- 30%of partners are SMEs
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
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- FOREST – Future ocean renewable energy system technologies (forest) (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-04)
- DTOceanPlus – Advanced Design Tools for Ocean Energy Systems Innovation, Development and Deployment (H2020 · 2018 · LCE-16-2017)
- OceanSET – Support to the Realisation of the Ocean Energy Implementation Plan of the SET-Plan (H2020 · 2019 · LC-SC3-JA-2-2018-2019)
- SEETIP Ocean – Support to SET Plan Implementation Working Group and European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-15)
- OCEANERA-NET COFUND – Ocean Energy ERA-NET Cofund (H2020 · 2017 · LCE-34-2016)
- ETIP OCEAN 2 – European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (H2020 · 2019 · LC-SC3-CC-4-2018)
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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.