Research in Enterprises – Energy “ENTERPRISES/ENERGY/1123”

Budget €4,000,000
Maximum funding/project €200,000
Addressed to The Host Organisation (HO) of a project must be a Small, Medium or Large Sized Enterprise (B1, B2, B3).

Startups can participate as Host Organisations only if they sold at least one product or service in the last two (2) years and can document sales and turnover through audited financial statements. Otherwise, they can participate as Partners.

Research Organisations, Enterprises or Other Organisations may participate as Partner Organisations.
Scope Funding of research projects with industrial research and experimental development activities of technological maturity 4-7 (TRL 4-7), which aim at developing technological solutions to be exploited by energy production, storage, transmission and distribution organisations. The proposals submitted under this Call for Proposals should fall under one of the following Specific Objectives, addressing challenges faced by electricity generation and transmission organisations.

  1. Analysis of Lightning Activity on Transmission Lines
  2. Monitoring of substations through thermal imaging 
  3. Fault detection on the transmission lines
  4. Holistic Management of Small PV/Dispersed Generation in the Electricity Grid
  5. Energy storage systems
  6. Use of state-of-the-art digital technologies in the field of electricity generation or/and storage or/and, transmission or/and distribution (including High Performance Computing, Quantum Technologies, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, etc.)
Eligible Costs
  • Personnel costs
  • Instruments and Equipment Costs
  • Costs for External Services
  • Costs for Foreign Research Organisations
  • Costs for Travelling Abroad
  • Consumables
  • Other Specific Costs
  • Overheads
Project Activities Must necessarily include Experimental Development activities. Industrial Research activities may also be included.
Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4-7

Upon completion should be at least at TRL 6.
Closing date 26 January 2024
Proposal submission Through RIF’s IRIS portal.

Find out more in the CALL FOR PROPOSALS. Submit your proposal now!

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