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Innovation Fund: Stakeholder Consultation Event on the IF25 Calls for Proposals

On 27 June 2025, the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) will host a hybrid Stakeholder Consultation Event on the upcoming 2025 Innovation Fund Call for Proposals (IF25 Call).

The objective of this event is to provide an overview of the Innovation Funds’ progress and achievements, and to gather stakeholder feedback on future calls for proposals. Thus, this event presents an opportunity for sector-specific stakeholders to provide their input on the design of the 2025 Innovation Fund Call for Proposals.

Registration

Registration for on-site participation has closed, but online registration is still open.

Online registration is not mandatory to access the live stream; however, by registering, you will receive event updates and resources.

Please email if [dot] helpdeskaticf [dot] com (if[dot]helpdesk[at]icf[dot]com) for any questions.

Livestreaming 

  • EU financing
  • Friday 27 June 2025, 09:30 - 17:45 (CEST)
  • Live streaming available

Programme

  1. 27 Jun 2025, 09:30 - 10:00 (CEST)
    Registration
  2. 10:00 - 10:15 (CEST)
    Policy developments & new support mechanisms
  3. 10:15 - 10:30 (CEST)
    Progress achieved by the Innovation Fund – Room OA
  4. 10:30 - 10:45 (CEST)
    Project Development Assistance
  5. 10:45 - 11:30 (CEST)
    Main outcomes from the 2024 call for proposals
  6. 11:30 - 12:00 (CEST)
    Coffee Break
  7. 12:00 - 12:30 (CEST)
    Knowledge sharing – key takeaways from IF projects
  8. 12:30 - 13:30 (CEST)
    IF25 call design options
  9. 13:30 - 14:30 (CEST)
    Lunch Break
  10. 14:30 - 15:30 (CEST)
    Sector working sessions (parallel sessions)
    • Sector A: Net Zero Mobility: Aviation, Maritime & Road Transport - Room OA
    • Sector B: Clean tech manufacturing - Room OB
  11. 15:30 - 15:45 (CEST)
    Coffee Break
  12. 15:45 - 16:45 (CEST)
    Sector working sessions (parallel sessions)
    • Sector C: Renewable energy generation and Energy storage use - Room OB
    • Sector D: Energy Intensive Industries (including CCS and CCU) - Room OA
  13. 16:45 - 17:30 (CEST)
    Key takeaways from discussions of sectoral sessions
  15. 17:30 - 17:45 (CEST)
    Concluding remarks and next steps

Practical information

When
Friday 27 June 2025, 09:30 - 17:45 (CEST)
Where
Albert Borschette Conference Center, rooms 0A and 0B
Languages
English

Description

Innovation Fund: Stakeholder Consultation Event on the IF25 Calls for Proposals - 27 June é025

The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration and commercialisation of innovative net-zero and low-carbon technologies. The Innovation Fund aims to bring industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe to the market and is funded with revenues from the auctioning of allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System. 

With a total budget of around €12 billion already committed since 2021, the Innovation Fund supports over 200 innovative projects across the European Economic Area (EEA).

The Innovation Fund now:

  • Includes a €1 billion battery call for electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing or projects demonstrating innovative technologies, processes or products, that are sufficiently mature and have a significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Includes a €1.2 billion available to produce renewable hydrogen categorised as ‘Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin’ (RFNBO).
  • Anticipates the inclusion of a new auction for industrial process heat decarbonisation which proposes to allocate the budget of up to €1 billion through fixed-premium auctions in support of projects that decarbonise industrial process heat through innovative electrification technologies such as heat pumps, electric boilers, resistance heating, induction heating, plasma heating and other solutions as well as renewable heat solutions (solar thermal and geothermal).

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