HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34
Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Made in Europe partnerships) (IA) -
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View on F&T portalManufactures of net zero technology solutions, as well as energy intensive industries will benefit from the following outcomes:
- Enable the sustainable and efficient use of energy in the energy intensive industries by bridging the gap between users and manufacturers of net-zero solutions for the energy-intensive industries.
- Foster win-win situations in which equipment manufactures co-create solutions with the energy-intensive industrial sectors opening new markets for the net-zero technologies;
- Develop new net-zero technologies industrially integrated processes that support the decarbonization of industry and offer new market opportunities;
- Enhance competitiveness of the European Energy Intensive and manufacturing industries;
- Accelerate the adoption of net-zero technologies in the energy intensive industries.
As the industry decarbonises net-zero technologies[1] can be applied to a wide range of energy intensive sectors and processes. Furthermore, the Net-Zero Industry Act which is part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, is aiming at increasing the manufacturing capacity of strategic net-zero technologies to meet at least 40% of the EU’s annual deployment needs. In this framework the aim of this topic is to accelerate the deployment of net-zero technologies in at least one industrial sectors through a closer collaboration between, net-zero technology manufacturers and energy intensive industries.
Proposals under this topic should address several of the following:
- Facilitate collaboration between at least one energy intensive industrial sector, with manufacturers of net-zero technology solutions, as well as where relevant engineering, and construction firms for the smart integration of one or several net-zero technologies in specific processes. Several energy intensive industrial sectors can be considered if they share similar processes and energy related needs;
- Assess the needs of the proposed industrial sector(s) to define ‘standard’ process(es) and assess operational energy needs through a closer exchange with net-zero technology manufacturers and suppliers in order to effectively design sustainable and cost-efficient energy solutions;
- Optimise and adapt technologies, products and solutions proposed by manufacturers of net zero technologies to meet the industrial sector needs;
- Propose and demonstrate the necessary modifications of processes for the efficient and flexible incorporation and the integration of net zero technologies in existing industrial plants;
- Demonstrate the effectiveness and replicability of the proposed approaches allowing to move from custom-built project by project approach for each specific industrial plant and process, to more streamlined, standardised yet flexible solution for industrial sector(s) and/or processes;
- Develop solutions offering an optimal balance between standardisation and flexibility as well as providing high-quality tailored solutions at competitive prices;
- Support the development of skills for the integration of net-zero technologies into energy intensive industries.
Proposals should involve all actors in the value chain from the manufacturers of net zero technology solutions to energy intensive industries and engineering and construction firms. Interoperability and secure and trusted data sharing between the stakeholders of the value chain should be ensured.
Proposals submitted under this topic should include a business case and exploitation strategy, as outlined in the introduction to this Destination. As project output an elaborated exploitation plan should be developed, including preliminary plans for scalability, commercialisation and deployment (feasibility study, business plan and financial model) indicating possible private and public funding sources (e.g. Innovation Fund, InvestEU and cohesion policy funds). Societal- and environmental impact as well as implications for the workplace (including skills and organisational changes) should be outlined. Proposals should ensure dissemination and replication of the proposed approaches for wide deployment, including advising and building capacity among the relevant actors. Proposals should be based on a sound techno-economic analysis that confirms the economic viability in view of evolving regulatory frameworks.
The inclusion of a GHG avoidance methodology[2] is recommended and should provide detailed description of baselines and projected reductions.
The attention of proposers is also drawn to the complementary topic HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05: Advanced manufacturing technologies for leadership of EU manufacturers in products for the net-zero industry.
This topic implements the co-programmed European partnerships Processes4Planet and Made in Europe.
[1] Net-zero technologies as defined in the Net Zero Industry Act, Annex I: Strategic Net-zero Technologies
[2] That could follow Innovation Fund methodology: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/innovfund/wp-call/2021/call-annex_c_innovfund-lsc-2021_en.pdf
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CALL UPDATE: PROPOSAL NUMBERS
Call HORIZON-CL4-2025-01 has closed on the 23/09/2025.
639 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per topic is:
Topic ID
Topic title
Action type
Proposals submitted
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
Integrated approaches for remanufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)
IA
80
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-02
Physical and cognitive augmentation in advanced manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)
RIA
94
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05
Advanced manufacturing technologies for leadership of EU manufacturers in products for the net-zero industry (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)
IA
64
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-31
From heat-driven processes to the use of mechanical and electric forces (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)
IA
13
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32
Green and resilient flexible production processes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)
IA
19
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-33
Integrated use of renewable energy carriers in industrial sites (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)
RIA
35
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34
Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)
IA
12
TWIN-TRANSITION-36
Safe and clean processing technologies and products (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)
RIA
25
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-37
Solving issues in carbon-neutral iron and steel making processes with diverse input materials of varying quality (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)
RIA
22
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-38
Synergies and mutual learning with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Industrial decarbonisation (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel Partnerships) (CSA)
CSA
1
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-39
Towards human-centric, sustainable and resilient energy-intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel Partnerships) (CSA)
CSA
3
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-31
Digitally enabled local-for-local textile and apparel production (Textiles for the Future Partnership) (IA)
IA
33
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-44
Innovative Advanced Materials Innovation Procurement (CSA)
CSA
4
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-45
Materials Commons for Europe (IA)
IA
3
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-52
Accelerate the uptake of life-cycle assessment (LCA) for Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) chemicals and materials and resulting products (RIA)
RIA
35
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-61
Technologies for critical raw materials and strategic raw materials from end-of-life products (IA)
IA
38
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-62
Strategic Partnerships for Raw Materials: Innovative approaches for sustainable production of Critical Raw Materials (IA)
IA
31
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-63
Innovative solutions for the sustainable production for semiconductor raw materials (IA)
IA
7
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-64
EU Co-funded Partnership on raw materials for the green and digital transition (Programme Co-fund action)
COFUND
1
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61
AI Foundation models in science (GenAI4EU) (RIA)
RIA
47
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62
Facilitated cooperation for AI in Science (CSA)
CSA
7
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60
Horizon Standardisation Booster (CSA)
CSA
3
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-61
Standardisation landscape analyses tool (CSA)
CSA
3
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-62
Artificial Intelligence for knowledge valorisation (CSA)
CSA
15
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-63
Value creation pilots for scaling up innovative solutions (CSA)
CSA
10
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64
Pilot initiatives on Technology Infrastructures (CSA)
CSA
20
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-65
Network of Industry 5.0 system innovation hubs in connected Regional Innovation Valleys (IA)
IA
8
HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-66
Assessment of Technology Infrastructure needs in Ukraine (CSA)
CSA
6
Total:
639
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated around mid-January 2026.
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Please note that due to a technical issue, during the first days of publication of this call, the topic page did not display the description of the corresponding destination. This problem is now solved. In addition to the information published in the topic page, you can always find a full description of destinations:
* destination 1: Achieving global leadership in climate-neutral, circular and digitised industrial and digital value chains;
* destination 2: Achieving technological leadership for Europe's open strategic autonomy in raw materials, chemicals and innovative materials;
* destination 4: Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies;
* destination 6: Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation,
that are relevant for the call in the Work Programme 2025 part for “Industry”. Please select from the work programme the destination relevant to your topic and take into account the description and expected impacts of that destination for the preparation of your proposal.
Publication date: 2025-05-22 (6 months ago)
Opening date: 2025-05-22 (6 months ago)
Closing date: 2025-09-23 (2 months ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 25,000,000
Expected grants: 3
Contribution: 5,000,000 - 9,000,000
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HORIZON-CL4-2025-01
Call topics are often grouped together in a call. Sometimes this is for a thematic reason, but often it is also for practical reasons.
There are 27 other topics in this call:
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-61
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-62
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-63
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-65
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-66
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-31
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-44
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-45
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-52
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-61
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-62
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-63
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-64
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-02
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-31
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-33
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-36
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-37
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-38
- HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-39
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