CEF 2 Energy – Cross-border renewable energy studies projects
Summary
In the energy sector, the programme aims to contribute to further integration of the European energy market, improving the interoperability of energy networks across borders and sectors, facilitating decarbonisation, and ensuring security of supply. Funding will also be available for cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy generation.
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.
Call
Detailed Call Description
Studies in the meaning of CEF-Energy include activities needed to prepare cross-border RES project implementation, such as preparatory, mapping, feasibility, evaluation, testing and validation studies, including in the form of software, and any other technical support measure, including prior action to define and develop a cross-border RES project and decide on its financing, such as exploration of the sites concerned and preparation of the financial package. A study could cover in-depth investigation and exploration of the risk factors of a project e.g. safety, technical, environmental, regulatory, economic or legal issues to determine whether and how the project should be implemented.
A study could also be used to set out in detail the operational aspects of a cooperation, such as the precise legal set up of the financing arrangement e.g. the cross-border tender or the regulatory set up of the cooperation project. For more mature projects, a study may have the objective to move the project through the development stage to a Final Investment Decision (FID) and may include Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) studies, technical design studies, geophysical surveys, seabed surveys, tasks related to territorial planning, environmental assessments and comparable studies as applicable.
Please note that only the projects selected for the CB RES list are eligible for support through EU financial aid in the form of grants in this call.
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rates fixed in the Grant Agreement (maximum 50% for the costs of studies and works, maximum 70% for the costs of works in outermost regions).
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- countries associated to the CEF Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
Projects must comply with EU policy interests and priorities (such as environment, social, security, industrial and trade policy, etc.). Financial support to third parties is not allowed.
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€30,000,000Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Call Opening Date
30/11/2022Call Closing Date
23/02/2023National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry
Energy Service
Andrea Araouzou 13, Nicosia 1076
https://energy.gov.cy/
Telephone: +357 22 867100
Maria Athanasiadou, Industrial Applications Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 409364
Contact Email: mathanasiadou@meci.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 10/11/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Questions should be sent to the following email address: CINEA-CEFENERGY-CALLS@ec.europa.eu.
Questions received after 16 February 2023 will not be answered.