CEF – Cross-border Renewables – 2025

Objective

• To promote cross-border cooperation between Member States in the field of planning, development, and the cost-effective exploitation of renewable energy sources,
• To facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources through energy storage facilities
• To contribute to the Union’s long term decarbonization strategy, completing the internal energy market and enhance the security of supply

Among financed actions

• Preparatory, mapping, feasibility, evaluation, testing and validation studies
• Software development
• Technical support measure, including prior action to define and develop a cross-border RES project and decide on its financing
• In-depth investigation and exploration of the risk factors of a project e.g. safety, technical, environmental, regulatory
• The purchase, supply and deployment of components, systems and services including software
• The development, construction and installation activities relating to a CB RES project
• The acceptance of installations and the launching of a CB RES project
• Competition, protection of the environment, state aid and public procurement

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Third countries associated to the CEF Programme (Click here)

Additional information

• Duration : Up to 31.12.2030
• Contact: CINEA-CEF-ENERGY-CALLS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 80 million euro
• Amount of the grant: any amount admitted
• Funding rate: up to 50% for the costs of studies and works and up to 70% for the costs of works in outermost regions