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Jan 8, 2020 4:31:59 PM
Updated communication:
The European Commission, in agreement with the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India, intends to cancel the topic LC-SC3-ES-12-2020: “Integrated local energy systems (Energy islands): International cooperation with India” and plans to publish a new topic with the same thematic scope but with adjusted formal requirements as regards the international cooperation between EU and Indian entities.
The Commission and DST intend to call for proposals for the new topic in May 2020 with a submission deadline on 1 September 2020. This cancellation and publication of a new topic will be confirmed once all necessary procedural steps are finalized. (It is foreseen that the update of the Work Programme will be published in the first quarter of 2020).
Indian applicants are recommended to access www.dst.gov.in for further details.
As of December 20, 2019, the submission platform is no more accessible for this topic.
Potential applicants who had already created a draft proposal prior to this date can still access it, in view of archiving/saving their data only. They should not continue drafting or submit these drafts, as no data will be transferred to the new topic that will replace LC-SC3-ES-12-2020. A new proposal will have to be created then.
Dec 20, 2019 12:38:49 PM
The European Commission intends to cancel the topic LC-SC3-ES-12-2020: “Integrated local energy systems (Energy islands): International cooperation with India” and plans to publish a new topic with the same thematic scope but with adjusted formal requirements as regards the international cooperation between EU and Indian entities.
The Commission intends to call for proposals for the new topic in May 2020 with a submission deadline on 1 September 2020. This cancellation and publication of a new call will be confirmed once all necessary procedural steps are finalized.
As of today, the access to the submission platform for this topic will no more be accessible.
Sep 3, 2019 12:31:20 AM
The submission session is now available for: LC-SC3-ES-12-2020(IA)
Integrated local energy systems (Energy islands): International cooperation with India
ID: LC-SC3-ES-12-2020
Focus area: Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future (LC)
Type of action: IA Innovation action
Deadline Model : single-stage
Planned opening date: 03 September 2019
Deadline: 29 January 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time
Horizon 2020
Work programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Work programme year: H2020-2018-2020
Call name: BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY
Call ID: H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020
Specific Challenge:The fast growth of energy production from renewable energy sources offers new and economically attractive opportunities for decarbonising local energy systems (e.g. isolated villages, small cities, urban districts, rural areas with weak or non-existing grid connections). It is also a technological and financial challenge for the electricity network to integrate more renewables, but it is also an opportunity to optimise the electricity system operation in synergy with other energy carriers/vectors to increase the hosting capacity for renewables, not just for electricity but also for heating/cooling, transport and/or industry in a sector coupling approach. Novel approaches to optimize network architecture, planning and development based on the opportunities offered by integrated local energy systems and enabled by digitalisation and power electronics can contribute to addressing the challenge, as can storage of electricity in all energy vectors (e.g. electricity, heating, cooling, water, wastes, etc.), including possibilities offered by batteries and electric vehicles.
Integrated local energy systems can be used to create economically attractive conditions to boost local energy sources and activate local demand-response. Innovative approaches, for example based on Renewable Energy Communities, in line with the recently adopted Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001, can result in attractive business cases for local investments in smart integrated energy systems with weakly or non-existing grid connections. At the same time, decarbonisation can go hand-in-hand with the improvement of local air quality and citizens’ engagement.
Scope:Proposals will develop and demonstrate solutions which analyse and combine, in a well delimited system, all the energy vectors that are present and interconnect them, where appropriate, to optimise their joint operation that is demonstrated by an increased share of renewables in and higher energy efficiency of the local energy system.
Proposals should present a preliminary analysis of the local case as part of the content of the proposal and propose to develop solutions and tools for the optimisation of the local energy network, that also have a high replication potential across Europe and India.
Local consumers, small to medium industrial production facilities and/or commercial buildings should be involved in the projects from the start, preferably by creating energy renewable energy communities[1].
In bi-lateral discussions between India and the EU, as well as in several international contexts such as the Mission Innovation initiative launched at COP21, the Clean Energy Ministerial and the International Energy Agency Implementing Agreement on Smart Grids (ISGAN), this topic was identified as being of common interest owing to its potential for decarbonisation. In line with the strategy for EU international cooperation in research and innovation (COM(2012)497), international cooperation with India is required under this topic.
The cooperation must be under the form of a proposal demonstrating a local energy system (or several local energy systems) in either the EU/Associated Countries or India or both, and through a project work programme with meaningful contributions by both consortium partners from the EU/Associated Countries and India.
Mutual learning and extensive exchange between demonstrations in European and Indian contexts is encouraged under this topic.
This topic is co-funded by the Horizon-2020 programme and the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST). European partners in selected proposals will receive Horizon 2020 funding while the Indian partners will receive DST funding.
TRL will range between 5 and 8 (see part G of the General Annexes). Proposals will indicate the estimated levels of TRL at the beginning and at the end of the project.
Proposals will include a task on the analysis of obstacles to innovation in both the EU and Indian context and foresee the coordination on policy relevant issues (e.g. regulatory framework, business models, data management, consumer engagement) with similar EU-funded projects through the BRIDGE initiative as well as with similar India-funded projects. Coordination and synergies will be explored and, if relevant to the project, may be established with the Clean Energy for EU Islands initiative[2]. An indicative budget share of at least 2% is recommended for the research work associated with these issues and an additional 2% for the coordination effort.
It is considered that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU and the Government of India of between EUR 5 to 6 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected Impact:The supported projects are expected to contribute to all the following impacts:
validate solutions for decarbonisation of the local energy system while ensuring a positive impact on the wider energy infrastructure, on the local economy and local social aspects, and local air quality;
enhance the involvement of local energy consumers and producers, preferably by creating energy communities in the development and the operation of local energy systems and test new business models;
validate approaches, strategies and tools to safely and securely operate an integrated local energy system across energy vectors (electricity, heating, cooling, water, wastes, etc.) so that it is able to integrate higher shares of renewables (than it would in case of separate operation of infrastructures);
benchmark technical solutions and business models that can be replicated in many local regions and that are acceptable by local citizens.
Proposals are invited to include ad-hoc indicators to measure the progress against specific objectives of their choice that could be used to assess the progress during the project life. Indicators are expected to have clear and measurable targets.
Cross-cutting Priorities:
Socio-economic science and humanities
International cooperation
[1]‘renewable energy community’ as defined in DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
[2]https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/energy-strategy-and-energy-union/clean-energy-eu-islands