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HORIZON EUROPE – BATTERIES and ENERGY – 2026

Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe programme aims to boost innovation, competitiveness, and employment in Europe through collaborative projects, international partnerships, and funding opportunities accessible to companies of all sizes and sectors.

2026-03-31
176.70 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-CL5-2026-03
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Business & Industry Energy Environment & Climate Research & Innovation Technology & Digital Transport
Beneficiaries Association & NGO EU & International Organisation Financial Institution Large company (> 250 employees) Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Media & cultural organisation Professional organisation & network Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities Training organisation & school

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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

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  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D2-02: Development of direct recycling processes (BATT4EU Partnership)
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-01: Targeting key value chain components for increasing the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies in Europe
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-12: Longlifetime and optimised use of materials in recyclable Ag and In-free Si PV modules (EUPI-PV Partnership)
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-13: Industrial scale up and circularity pathway for IPV technologies (EUPI-PV Partnership)
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-18: Gridforming capabilities for more resilient and RES-based electricity grids
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-19: Affordable and sustainable primary equipment for FutureReady multi terminal HVDC Systems
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-20: Hybrid AIControl Framework for a next-generation gridscale energy storage and system integration
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-21: Novel solutions for off-grid storage of renewable energy for critical infrastructures
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-22: AI-driven forecasting algorithms for Grid and Consumer friendly Energy Sharing – Societal Readiness pilot
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-29: Precommercial appraisal for CO2 aquifer storage

 

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 176.70 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D2-02: 14.20 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-01: 9 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-12: 15 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-13: 31.50 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-18: 20 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-19: 24 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-20: 14 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-21: 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-22: 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-03-D3-29: 25 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 3 million euros and 12 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs

 

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