Breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

Call updates

May 24, 2024 11:16:07 PM

CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01

EVALUATION results

Published: 07.12.2022

Deadline: 07.02.2024

Available budget: EUR 251,000,000

The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:

^* Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).

Summary of observer report:

The evaluation for the HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01 call was done completely remote. The evaluation process was clearly visible and transparent to the Observer at all times. The Independent Observer had at all times complete freedom to perform her work and was served promptly with information when asked for. The Call Coordination team of the HaDEA Unit provided the Observer with all the briefing materials and presentations issued to the experts in the remote phase including a SEP account for monitoring.

Throughout the process, complete fairness and transparency were evident and each proposal was evaluated according to defined procedures against the defined award criteria. No case of non-impartial behaviour of experts could be observed. Evaluation criteria were handled in a transparent and fair manner regarding all proposals and in all call topics.

The entire evaluation process with its applied procedures was assessed by the Independent Observer. The overall quality of the complete remote evaluation process can be stated as excellent in the European context, impartial, and highly efficient. It was very professionally managed by the HaDEA Unit.

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We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

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Feb 7, 2024 8:55:13 PM

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Call HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01 was closed on 07/02/2024.

270 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic:

HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-41: 35 proposals

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in the 2nd half of June 2024.

Sep 19, 2023 12:00:04 AM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-41(HORIZON-RIA)

Breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-41

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: TWIN GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION 2024 (HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01)
Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 19 September 2023
Deadline date: 07 February 2024 17:00:00 Brussels time

ExpectedOutcome:
Projects outcomes will enable achievement of the objectives of Processes4Planet partnership by designing processes for maximum resource efficiency (related to P4Planet operational objective 5).

Projects are expected to contribute to several of the following outcomes:

Achieve a step change in the process industry’s green transformation by improving by at least 30 % the industrial processes resource [1] efficiency compared to the state of the art;
Enable the techno-economic feasibility of novel technologies and processes, demonstrated and validated at suitable scale against current industrial processes to produce the same products;
Overall positive environmental and if relevant health and safety impact demonstrated;
Reduce the CO2 intensity of the process industry and contribute to the climate neutrality goal;
Enable the increase of the competitiveness and resilience of the European process industry.
Scope:
Process industries will greatly benefit from radically new approaches that will lead to a much higher resource efficiency (including higher selectivity), producing less low-value by-products and waste and enabling the handing of a higher feedstock variability, and ultimately leading to lower level of GHG emissions linked to the process industries. To reach ambitious targets regarding resource efficiency, disruptive process technologies must be developed in addition to process efficiency options for existing technologies.

Proposals should:

Develop disruptive process technologies to improve resource efficiency, such as those based on: process intensification (e.g., 3D printed processes equipment, coupling of process steps, new processes that integrate multiple reaction steps, activation of molecules using renewable energy via alternative processes e.g. microwave, plasma); or to prevent and minimise waste generation by, e.g. processes that adjust in real time to feedstock changes or that have tighter processing control solutions to ensure higher yields from complex and fluctuating raw material feeds;
Where relevant advanced process technologies and their combinations need to be developed and supported by advanced materials innovation and the implementation of enabling digital technologies including advanced concepts on process control and data driven Artificial Intelligence.
The proposals should include energy efficiency, techno-economic and life-cycle assessments considering the overall process. This should also include the assessment of possible societal and environmental impact and the effects on the workplaces (skills, organisational change, and others).

Proposals submitted under this topic should include a business case and exploitation strategy, as outlined in the introduction to this Destination.

Research must build on existing standards or contribute to standardisation. Where relevant interoperability for data sharing should be addressed.

All proposals should build on or seek collaboration with existing projects and develop synergies with other relevant European, national or regional initiatives, funding programmes

This topic implements the co-programmed European partnership Processes4Planet.

Specific Topic Conditions:
Activities are expected to start at TRL 4 and achieve TRL 6 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

[1]Resource in the context of this topic means material as energy or water efficiency are covered by topics TWIN-TRANSITION-01-31: Energy efficiency breakthroughs in the process industries (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA) and HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-40 : Sustainable and efficient industrial water consumption: through energy and solute recovery, topics