Support to the SET Plan stakeholders’ groups in geothermal energy
In 2015, the launch of the Energy Union saw the SET Plan (Strategic Energy Technology Plan) incorporated as the Energy Union’s fifth pillar on ‘Research, Innovation and Competitiveness’. With the 2023 Communication on the revision of the SET Plan, its strategic objectives were harmonised with the European Green Deal, REPowerEU and the Green Deal Industrial Plan. Moreover, the SET Plan became a structural policy…
Funding and competition
- 1grant expected (official)
- €380kEU contribution per project
- €597kmedian 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.
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 5partners (median)
- 4countries (median)
- 21%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.
- STT4SET – Solar Thermal Technologies: Support for the Implementation of the SET Plan (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-11)
- SET4H2 II – Support to the SET Plan IWG on hydrogen 2026-2028 (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-11)
- SYeNERGYS – Support to the SET PLAN communitY for eNERGY Systems (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-11)
- CO2NEXUS – Coordination of the ZEP and IWG9 Networks for the execution of CCUS Under the SET Plan (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL5-2025-02-D2-11)
- SUPEERA – Support to the coordination of national research and innovation programmes in areas of activities of the European Energy Research Alliance (H2020 · 2020 · IBA-SC3-EERA-2018)
- SET-IndEU – Strategic Energy Technology for Industry in Europe (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02-06)
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- 10 Nov 2026 · European Research and Innovation Days 2026 (Brussels and online)
- 19 Nov 2026 · Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Info Day: Climate, Energy and Mobility (Charlemagne, Brussels, and online)
- 19 Nov 2026 · Horizon Europe Cluster 5 onsite brokerage event (Charlemagne, Brussels)
- 1 Dec 2026 · Interdisciplinary Pathways towards Green and Resilient Societies (Online)
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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.