Delivery of industrial CCUS clusters – Societal Readiness pilot
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes: Near-to-market solutions for the safe integration and use of CCUS technologies in the energy- and carbon-intensive industry; A pipeline of projects that have the potential for commercial scale-up. Deeper understanding of the needs and concerns of diverse social groups involved in or potentially affected by the R&I development of the…
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €10MEU contribution per project
- €5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 392projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 10 | 1 | Eastern Lights, C4U, STRATEGY CCUS |
| Centro De Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales Y Tecnologicas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | STRATEGY CCUS, ENOS, PilotSTRATEGY |
| Asociacion Bc3 Basque Centre For Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai Leioa | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 1 | SSH CENTRE, MAIA |
| Fundacion Centro De Tecnologias De Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech Donostia San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 2 | 0 | MultiRATE, SENSEI |
| Universidad De Santiago De Compostela Santiago De Compostela | Spain | University | 1 | 0 | Eastern Lights |
| Wedo Project Intelligence Made Easy Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 1 | 0 | All4SR |
| Repsol Sa Madrid | Spain | Company | 1 | 0 | IMPACT-EUCO2 |
| Zabala Innovation Consulting Sa Mutilva Alta Navarra | Spain | Company | 2 | 1 | ALRIGH2T, IntEnSys4EU |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 17partners (median)
- 8countries (median)
- 19%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.
- Eastern Lights – Development of CO2 transport and storage demo project in Eastern Europe - Eastern Lights (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-17)
- C4U – Advanced Carbon Capture for steel industries integrated in CCUS Clusters (H2020 · 2020 · LC-SC3-NZE-5-2019-2020)
- STRATEGY CCUS – Strategic planning of regions and territories in europe for low-carbon energy and industry through ccus (H2020 · 2019 · LC-SC3-NZE-3-2018)
- HERCCULES – Herccules: heroes in southern europe to decarbonize industry with ccus (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-15)
- REALISE – Demonstrating a Refinery-Adapted Cluster-Integrated Strategy to Enable Full-Chain CCUS Implementation (H2020 · 2020 · LC-SC3-NZE-5-2019-2020)
- CCUS ZEN – Zero Emission Network to facilitate CCUS uptake in industrial clusters (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-12)
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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.