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Jun 28, 2022 2:57:11 PM
A total of 7 proposals were submitted to this call.
The evaluation of the proposals will start in June and will be finalized in July 2022.
Applicants are expected to be informed about the outcome of the evaluations, indicatively, mid-August 2022.
The successful proposals will go through the Grant Agreement Preparation (GAP) phase and the deadline for the Grant Agreement signature is end November 2022.
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The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-FA4-01(HORIZON-JU-IA)
A sustainable and green rail system
TOPIC ID: HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-FA4-01
Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Work programme part: HORIZON-JTI-ER-2022
Call: EU-RAIL JU Call Proposals 2022-01 (HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-01)
Work programme year: HORIZON-JTI-ER-2022
Type of action: HORIZON-JU-IA HORIZON JU Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS]
Deadline model: single-stage
Opening date: 10 March 2022
Deadline date: 23 June 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time
DESTINATION 4 – A sustainable and green rail system
In order to improve the existing sustainability performances of railway systems, new innovative products and services need to be developed, tested and deployed. On the basis of leading-edge technologies to minimize the overall energy and resource consumption and environmental impact of the railway system, the aim of this destination is to accomplish a more attractive and climate resilient mode of transport. With the cooperation of the whole European rail value chain, the target is to optimise performances, stimulate the modal shift and improve passenger experience. Given the level of investments needed towards decarbonation of the overall rail system, the R&I activities will contribute to the objective of a Climate Neutral Europe for 2050. This means:
The selected proposal for funding under this Destination will be a Flagship Project of Europe’s Rail with significant expected impacts, which require an integrated sector systemic approach. Proposals, should therefore set out a credible pathway (including an exploitation plan) to contributing to all of the following expected impacts as described in the Master Plan.
Meeting evolving customer requirements |
Improved EU rail supply industry competitiveness |
Reduced costs |
More sustainable and resilient transport |
Improved performance and capacity |
These can be further detailed with specific impacts of this destination, as:
Proposals under this Destination should set appropriate monitoring and demonstration activities to measure the following KPIs:
KPI Title / Type of impact |
Dimension / KPI |
Baseline / Expected improvement |
|
Autonomy. Linked to sustainability via CO2 reduction on Diesel regional trains |
Extended reach (km) |
Baseline 80km and target 200km for regional trains |
|
Physical energy consumption (train, infrastructure, station) |
kWh/passenger.km kg C02/year.m2 kg H2/vehicle.ton.km |
Existing electric railways and up to 30% in specific use cases (linked also to ATO – DAS, HVAC, airless train for energy consumption reduction and innovative traction systems) |
|
Physical CO2 equivalent emissions (LCA) linked to new propulsion systems, stations and infrastructure |
kg C02/passenger.km kg C02/year.m2 |
Up to 30% for specific use cases (e.g. different fleets on specific railway lines, reduction to 0% for regional trains on non-electrified lines by substitution of Diesel by battery/H2 and heavy duty inspection vehicles) |
|
Noise emitted by train, infrastructure at component level |
dB(A) |
Between 3-8dB for specific use cases on existing electric railways, Diesel, Hydrogen trains, infrastructure, stations. (e.g. brakes (compressor), HVAC subsystems, pre-heating operations, depots facilities) |
|
Life Cycle Costs reduction |
% |
Between 5-10% for specific use cases including externalities costs |
Expected Outcome:
Building upon the work achieved in the S2R Programme and other research and innovation, the Flagship Project stemming from this topic should deliver solutions for the holistic approach to:
The Flagship Project stemming from this topic should deliver, by 2025, innovative and resilient solutions to be demonstrated by:
In addition of the above, the proposal shall cover important preparatory works needs to be launched for the future set of demonstration foreseen in the Multi- Annual Work Programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions up to TRL 8, and where possible 9:
The action to be funded under this Destination also needs to be provide the following necessary elements for the demonstrations under the action to be funded under the Destination 6, Regional rail services / Innovative rail services to revitalise capillary lines to be delivered for 2025 demonstrations: enablers 1, 2, 3 and 4 as described under the Scope section of this Destination. In addition of the above, the proposal shall cover important preparatory works needs to be launched for the future set of FA6 demonstration foreseen in the Multi- annual Work programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions, linked with the same enablers at higher TRL.
The action to be funded under this Destination also needs to be provide the following necessary elements for the demonstrations under the action to be funded under the Destination 1, Network management planning and control & Mobility Management in a multimodal environment to be delivered for 2025 demonstrations: enablers 4 and 5 as described under the Scope section of this Destination, in addition to providing DAS/C-DAS and energy management experts input for the optimization methods for capacity efficiency and energy saving. In addition of the above, the proposal shall cover important preparatory works needs to be launched for the future set of demonstration foreseen in the Multi- annual Work programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions, linked with the same enablers at higher TRL.
Scope:The Flagship Project stemming from this topic should develop the following capabilities:
Alternative energy solutions for the rolling stock
Development, validation and demonstration of traction system components, including related innovative and standardised functions, to improve technical, environmental, circular economy and LCC KPIs. To demonstrate the feasibility of the results of the innovation, the technical enabler will be applied in static test bench and real demonstrators of:
Holistic approach to energy management in the railway system
The increased use of renewable energy sources (RES), energy storage devices and the smart energy management will improve the global mobility decarbonization and the energy efficiency of the railway system. Within this Destination, this approach will be done through:
Sustainability and resilience of the rail system to deliver added value on asset management
This Destination aims to provide solutions to foster environmental advantages of rail, reduce nuisances and addressing resilience on the whole life cycle through:
Improvement of electro-mechanical components and sub-systems for the rolling stock
The technological solutions for the migration to the airless train will require high performance bogies, gearboxes, suspensions, and materials. This destination will achieve those improvements by:
Healthier and safer rail system
The demonstration of novel systems and technologies to include enhancing the air quality by air purification and air distribution while addressing the thermal comfort and air quality (virus, bacteria, volatile organic compounds and fine particles) to guarantee a platform independent approach by:
Attractiveness
This destination is expected to develop rolling stock interiors designed by modularity, plug and play fixation systems by innovative low-tech, circular design and comfort aspects, as well as to develop new architectures for driver’s cabin to reach TRL5-6 in 2025. Within this Destination, the demonstrations will be supported on:
Developments on all those 16 enablers should also cover important preparatory works with higher TRL for the future set of demonstration foreseen in the Multi- annual Work programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions.
The action shall actively contribute to measure and monitor the specific quantitative KPIs defined in the Destination description above, including its contribution to the Europe’s Rail Master Plan impacts.
The action shall actively contribute to the EU-Rail standardisation rolling development plans wherever relevant. Similarly, the action shall contribute to the development and implementation of EU policy and legislation including Technical Specifications for Interoperability and Common Safety Methods, as well as to publications of the System Pillar.
Collaboration work required with other FAs
The action to be funded under Destination 4 shall foresee a common activity/task related to capturing specific requirements and review of system specifications relevant to the actions to be funded under Destination 1 and Destination 6.
Interaction with the System Pillar
The System Pillar aims to guide, support and secure the work of the Innovation Pillar (i.e. to ensure that research is targeted on commonly agreed and shared customer requirements and operational needs, compatible and aligned to the system architecture), and the Innovation Pillar will impact the scope of the System Pillar where new technologies or processes mean that innovations can drive a change in approach, as well as delivering detailed specifications and requirements.
In this respect, the necessary resources would have to be dedicated to areas linked to System Pillar conceptual and architecture works – particularly addressing specification development (the interaction is illustrated in the System Pillar – Innovation Pillar interaction note (Annex VI of this Work Programme). The alignment of the activities will primarily take place during the Grant Preparation Phase and ramp up phase of the awarded proposal, and there will be continued interaction through the life of the project.
Gender dimension
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.
Specific Topic Conditions:Activities are expected to achieve a minimum between TRL 5 and TRL 7, depending on the enabler addressed, or higher by the end of the project – see General Annex B for a guide to the TRL definitions and criteria to be used.
Cross-cutting Priorities:Digital Agenda